My italian tank setup for pleurodeles

[Nettuno]

hi to everybody,
I illustrate you my job performed in an aquarium of 100 liters, systematized for newts pleurodeles waltl, done all in style rock that I have seen in sicilia.
You excuse for my English imperfect.

 

[Otterwoman]

Did you mean to attach pictures?

 

[Viv]

Where are the pictures?

 

[Nettuno]

yes! excuse me, the topic has been approved from not too long.
To realize I break down him/it I have used some sheets of polyethylene and then I have given to them the forms of rock using scalpel and electric welder.

 

[Nettuno]

here I have finally succeeded in inserting the first images

 

[Nettuno]

these images are during the preparation of the aquarium.
I have used varied aquatic plants as musk of java and cladophora.

 

[enricolatiano]

Very beautiful, andrea

 

[Nettuno]

these are the photos of the materials I used, as plexiglass, polystyrene, warm glue, silicon
and colors in staircase of grey and ivory.

 

[Nettuno]

while in these photos, you/they can be noticed the particular ones from where the water and the point of harvest of water it goes out.

 

[eldaldo]

are those corydoras in the second picture of the setup? What kind are they? Corydoras catfish are probably my favorite type of fish to keep. do you keep them in with the newts? I know from experience that some can withstand pretty low temperatures in the 60s (i kept some in a an unheated tank in the basement for the summer, which is also where i keep my newts). How has it been? Do the newts show any interest in them? They have those spines on their fins and are kind of slow, which is the only thing that would worry me about keeping them with newts.

 

[Nettuno]

yes, are of the corydorases Aeneus, Corydoras Paleatus and corydoras panda, I have together them the newts from three years, and I have never had problems, inside I also have the panjos khuli, ancistrus, a lot of caridines multidentata, snails neritina zebra. They are all cleaning beings, eaters of algas and residues of food.
I have a small world submerged of one hundred liters.

 

[Nettuno]

here are some cohabitants' photos

 

[Nettuno]

here is my tank later around three months.

 

[mr cyclone]

Cool Tank dude.

 

[Nettuno]

they, have enough hideaways and places where star well.
Even if the pleurodeleses are not territorial, the ideal for this tank is the paramesotriton.

 

[Nettuno]

I adjourn last change, I have replaced the zone emerged with a trunk

 

[Yahilles]

The tank looks nice (great background!) but why on earth do you keep waltls with Corydoras?!

 

[Nettuno]

Why?
the corydoras are not a problem for the great creatures pleurodeles. They have been cohabiting together for 4 years.
I have sincerely taken, I sprout in nature, I have found in nature from my parts lissotriton italicus with gambusie.

 

[Yahilles]

Bad things may happen when eventually newt tries to eat one. Saying just in case, you never know what happens.

 

[Azhael]

Corydoras do have spikes that can get lodged in the mouth or throat of a predator causing great damage and asfixiation. Definitely a risk to be considered. I realize that´s a big species of corydora, but P.waltl can get very large too. Also, corydoras require conditions which are not suitable year-round for the newts. by keeping them together you are sacrificing the optimum care of one of them or both.