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Hello, i've just registered.
I have recently - about 2 weeks ago - acquired my first newts. From the information here i'm fairly certain that they're chinese fire bellies. Everything seemed to have been going swimmingly until a few days ago. Three of the four are getting pretty fat. I'm worried because the roundedness doesn't look very even - it's sort of lumpy? I have read the information about bloat and i'm not sure whether or not it's that because they haven't gone dark and shiney - quite pale in fact - and they don't have swollen throats.
Is this just because it hasn't progressed yet, constipation or nothing but me being oversensitive to them?
They are living in a tank that is 30x12x15 inches and have an elite stingray 10 filter.
They did have their first earthworm yesterday. Each of them had a go at rolling it about like a mini croc but none of them actually ate it. I threw it out when they seemed to loose interest.
Here they are, i apologise for the poor quality of some of the pictures.
I have recently - about 2 weeks ago - acquired my first newts. From the information here i'm fairly certain that they're chinese fire bellies. Everything seemed to have been going swimmingly until a few days ago. Three of the four are getting pretty fat. I'm worried because the roundedness doesn't look very even - it's sort of lumpy? I have read the information about bloat and i'm not sure whether or not it's that because they haven't gone dark and shiney - quite pale in fact - and they don't have swollen throats.
Is this just because it hasn't progressed yet, constipation or nothing but me being oversensitive to them?
They are living in a tank that is 30x12x15 inches and have an elite stingray 10 filter.
They did have their first earthworm yesterday. Each of them had a go at rolling it about like a mini croc but none of them actually ate it. I threw it out when they seemed to loose interest.
Here they are, i apologise for the poor quality of some of the pictures.