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matthew
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Hi all,
I've just got around to finishing the second half of Charles Snell's (famous?) video "Succeeding with Newts" and it has left me with brimming with ideas. Oh, and a couple of questions.
1)He says glass-climbing and escaping can be avoided if you have a glass rim inside the tank going all the way round. (I guess most tanks come with this now to support a lid, but have gaps at the corners.)He says the newts will climb vertically and hit the horizontal ledge, finding the obstacle insurmountable. Do we think this is 100% true? Is there any way a gravity-defying newt could make it over the ledge?
2)Having enjoyed raising newts from purchased eggs last year I may give toads a go this year; having satisfied myself to the legality of it, I'd like to give Captive Bred natterjacks a go.
My thinking is to make a project out of recreating an outdoor enclosure inside my garage, using a massive 5 foot tank I own.
I think I'll need:
1)a good mixture of substrates, including a sand area;
2)a viewing light, as in a traditional aquarium tube;
3)a basking light;
4)some kind of heating arrangement for when the garage gets too close to, or even reaches, freezing in Winter.
Numbers 2 and 3, or 3 and 4, may overlap.
I plan to cut holes in the glass to increase ventilation (so no more fish in that tank!)...
Comments?!
I've just got around to finishing the second half of Charles Snell's (famous?) video "Succeeding with Newts" and it has left me with brimming with ideas. Oh, and a couple of questions.
1)He says glass-climbing and escaping can be avoided if you have a glass rim inside the tank going all the way round. (I guess most tanks come with this now to support a lid, but have gaps at the corners.)He says the newts will climb vertically and hit the horizontal ledge, finding the obstacle insurmountable. Do we think this is 100% true? Is there any way a gravity-defying newt could make it over the ledge?
2)Having enjoyed raising newts from purchased eggs last year I may give toads a go this year; having satisfied myself to the legality of it, I'd like to give Captive Bred natterjacks a go.
My thinking is to make a project out of recreating an outdoor enclosure inside my garage, using a massive 5 foot tank I own.
I think I'll need:
1)a good mixture of substrates, including a sand area;
2)a viewing light, as in a traditional aquarium tube;
3)a basking light;
4)some kind of heating arrangement for when the garage gets too close to, or even reaches, freezing in Winter.
Numbers 2 and 3, or 3 and 4, may overlap.
I plan to cut holes in the glass to increase ventilation (so no more fish in that tank!)...
Comments?!