My new tylototriton shanjing setup

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heather

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A lot has been said recently about attempting to breed mandarins by providing them with a large planted setup- well I decided to go with as much surface area as I could afford at the moment (~45cmX91cm) a 40gallon breeder tank. after 3 hours of setting it up and getting it ready for my mandarins this is what I've got... the stream- highly recommended by another hobbyist who has worked with t.shajing is from my older setup (a 20L...~31cmX76cm).
I am going for broke here now- throwing in all the shots- I am determined to breed shanjing now.
view the tank and it's 7 inhabitants at http://www.geocities.com/pleurodeles/mandarinphotos/
 
Wow... lovely animals, great set-up.
Good luck and keep us posted.
 
Thera
As Matt and John say, good luck with the breeding,and thats a grand set up.
I am hoping to obtain some shanjing in the future, so I am especially interested to see how other people keep these newts.
I have read the care sheets on caudate central, and amphibian.co.uk, but a good photo of a set up always helps.
MORG
 
How are the set-ups going, Heather? Any lessons to share? Any news?

Best//Matt
 
Set-up is awesome, I planted mroe and more plants so it's really really planted now, like a mini-forrest floor in my living room. people are scared of me now... lol

the mandarins like ti I think, they adjusted well and are all eating very well.
trick now is getting plants or algae or something to start growing in the water area.
 
Hi, is it OK to have just one Mandarin, or should
they be kept in groups? Thanx.
Joe
 
whoa, they all look like security camera shots of Jurassic Park! Do u clear poop or just leave em there as fertilizer?

Joe, i've not read shanjings as being social creatures but when i had a pair lasttime, they always spend time together like sleeping together (and not eating together. I think it also depends on the size of ur tank. But seriously, i'm not too sure too.
 
Hi, Update? I moved my colony this may and august (that's 2 moves) so they still have yet to live an enter uninterrupted year in the tank. I am hoping their new situation will help out considerably. They now live in their tank in a dark, cool, wet, basement. They seem to like it. Right now they are "cooled" down for the winter... naturally. its an old cement basement and it has no heating, stays realy cool year round, right now in the 50s.

Trust me, the moment I've got eggs everyone will know
 
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