My new paddletail - he was free!

jewett

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So a week ago today I was looking through my cities online classifiedes and saw a newt and 3 fish, free to a good home. So I went and got them. I was expecting the newt to be a Cynops orientalis as they are just about the only newt I see in stores around here, but nope - its a pachy. It's small, only about 1/2 the size of my female, ~3.5". I guess its because its young? Anyway, since I already have a paddletail my intent was to fatten it up and advertise it come fall when shipping is more safe. But now I am not so sure. I have grown fond of it, and with the two successfull captive breedings that took place with other members of this forum this past winter/spring, I have all these grandios ideas if this is a male. I do have one big tank just sitting empty - 4ft long. So I am kinda excited. The little guy is eating well, though I can't tell if its put any weight on. It does have the very long and slim body composition of a male, but again, maybe this is because its a young? I guess I will just have to wait and see. So heres hoping it gets big soon, its a male, and it and my female won't try to kill each other if and when I put them together.
 
Sounds good. The newt is lucky to have found you. (Subtle hint: we want photos;))
 
I would like to think its a lucky little thing. I would love to post pics, but all my photos automatically download to photomax, and from there I can only share them through email. If someone wouldnt mind trying I could send them to another member, and they could try to download? I guess I could even try emailing them to myself (why have I never thought of THAT before?!) Hmm, I am going to try something...
 
Ok, so I am still too dense to figure out on my own how to post pics in threads, but I do have some pics in the members gallery of my latest addition under Pachytritons. The little fellow is still doing well, eating blackworms and very small bits of earthworm - it didn't take it long to eat worm chunks offered on the end of a toothpick! The setup seen in the pictures is temporary, since I wanted something simple. I will be placing it into a 10g, more permanent tank in the neat future. But so far, I am pleased with how well it has settled in.
 
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