Cynops morfs setup (+questions)

[joeri]

This is my setup for my cynops orientalis morfs. At this moment there are 5 in it.
The tank size is 80*30*40 cm, waterdepth 10cm.

As you can see the light is above the setup so it doesn't heat the tank up to much. The airpump in it is made escape proof. I made a small hole, so the tube only just fits. The frame itself fits perfectly as well (custom made with ducktape-aluminium and gaze)

At the moment I have a stock of daphnia and there are quite a few in the water already as well. I red here that to encourage the newts fast back into the water you better not feed them on land and give them only a small landarea:

now; things I'm afraid I have done wrong:
* landarea is still to big?
* water is to deep?
* I give springtails once a week (in the hope my newts don't starve)?
* other things?


I hope to get some response as I'm expecting +/-25 more c.o. morfs.
So thanks in advance, Joeri

 

[joeri]

Oh yes, one part came out wrong.
I also have live tubifex and frozen bloodworms. But those 2 spoil the water to much if they don't get eaten fast. So I'm waiting to use them in this tank till I spot a newt in the water.

 

[pin-pin]

Hi Joeri,

My tank for newly metamorphosed c.o. looks very similar to yours. I use 10-20cm of water with no problems. Less water just means more vigilance on the water quality. I don’t use an air hose or even filter.

I started with whiteworms on land, blackworms in the water. After two weeks, they took to tiny pieces of chopped nightcrawlers. To prevent the water from fouling, I feed them as much as they can eat in front of me, then suction the rest of the food out with a turkey baster. This allows me to do a mini-water change. The whiteworms, I just leave on the land area…very easy.

 

[jeffrey]

Hi Joeri

With my cynops when I go them as larvae I had them in a little tank only 35cm x 20cm x 20 cm, when they morphed I moved them into a 60cm x 30cm x 40cm tank, which was set up similar to yours but I also had bunches of elodea in too as extra places for them aside from the land area.

I gradually reduced the land area they had access to over a few weeks by adding an extra cup of water every day to the tank.

I fed bloodworms in the water and encouraged them in to feed, there was also daphnia in the tank most of the time. I used a turkey baster everyday to remove any waste, giving them a mini water change everyday. They showed no adverse effects. All are happily aquatic now. I now feed them bloodworm, small earthworms and occasionally large daphnia.

Jeff

 

[joeri]

Thank you very much for your responses.
I had to check google to see what a turkey baster is, only to find out I use it myself

Hope I can find these white worms somewhere, so far I had no luck. I understand they are fairly easy to breed.