Asevernnnn
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I have a couple questions on my T. verrucosus that I bought a little more than 2 weeks ago.
1) Feeding: The first 2 days it ate a couple pieces of chopped nightcrawler and then stopped eating for the rest of the week. Last week it ate a couple of pieces again, a few like every 3 days. Earlier this week it tried to eat one, but its too big, so it gave up and swam away from it. So i cut it up, but it never touched it. It started to gain some weight last week, but since it hasn't touched food this week at all, its back where it was before it started to eat. And it doesn't have much weight on it, which concerns me. The first few days it ate on land, but now only eats underwater, so I tried pellets(HBH), which all my newts accept, but It doesn't touch it either. Any advice on feeding? Usually I leave out food at the front of the tank, but it usually spends time near the waters surface, which leads to my 2nd question, or at the back of the tank, where it would be harder to clean the uneaten food. The breeder also said that they were fed chopped earthworm every 2-3 days and always had dwarf isopods in the tank.
2) Floating: Previously it was housed terrestrially but I've been having it in a setup that has a few land areas, and at first had about 1" of water, but it has been increasing and its about at 4.5" currently. Anyway, whenever it like gulps up for air or just went in the water its always floating at the top of the water and is usually on or near the floating plants or the taller plants, probably to feel more secure. Since its floating its not near where the food it very often, and when its actually on the bottom of the tank its usually at the back(Picture of Setup Attached). So I was worried if there was an issue making it float all the time and if I could do anything to prevent it. A lot of my other species of newts/axolotls will gulp, float, but will release excess air almost right after it gulps so they can go to the bottom again. But it usually gets rid of that extra air when it gets scared of something, or sometimes just on its own. I was wondering why this happens so often and if theres anything I could do to prevent it.
3) Setup: About 4.5" of water, water temp is usually 68-72F, theres 2 terra-cotta pots in the setup, one that is upside down with a couple rocks on top that used to be a land area, and another on its side, sort of like a hide. I spot clean everyday, and usually put some new water in aswell. When the light is off, it usually gets on the land area and when the light is on, its usually in the water. It used to be the opposite of that until I got a new light for the tank.
4) Additional Info: It has always refused Waxworms, Currently the widest part of its body is the head and it just gets skinner from there, so I need to get some weight on it, it has only accepted chopped Canadian Nightcrawlers.
Any Advice would be appreciated because I get concerned about everything lol,
Aaron
1) Feeding: The first 2 days it ate a couple pieces of chopped nightcrawler and then stopped eating for the rest of the week. Last week it ate a couple of pieces again, a few like every 3 days. Earlier this week it tried to eat one, but its too big, so it gave up and swam away from it. So i cut it up, but it never touched it. It started to gain some weight last week, but since it hasn't touched food this week at all, its back where it was before it started to eat. And it doesn't have much weight on it, which concerns me. The first few days it ate on land, but now only eats underwater, so I tried pellets(HBH), which all my newts accept, but It doesn't touch it either. Any advice on feeding? Usually I leave out food at the front of the tank, but it usually spends time near the waters surface, which leads to my 2nd question, or at the back of the tank, where it would be harder to clean the uneaten food. The breeder also said that they were fed chopped earthworm every 2-3 days and always had dwarf isopods in the tank.
2) Floating: Previously it was housed terrestrially but I've been having it in a setup that has a few land areas, and at first had about 1" of water, but it has been increasing and its about at 4.5" currently. Anyway, whenever it like gulps up for air or just went in the water its always floating at the top of the water and is usually on or near the floating plants or the taller plants, probably to feel more secure. Since its floating its not near where the food it very often, and when its actually on the bottom of the tank its usually at the back(Picture of Setup Attached). So I was worried if there was an issue making it float all the time and if I could do anything to prevent it. A lot of my other species of newts/axolotls will gulp, float, but will release excess air almost right after it gulps so they can go to the bottom again. But it usually gets rid of that extra air when it gets scared of something, or sometimes just on its own. I was wondering why this happens so often and if theres anything I could do to prevent it.
3) Setup: About 4.5" of water, water temp is usually 68-72F, theres 2 terra-cotta pots in the setup, one that is upside down with a couple rocks on top that used to be a land area, and another on its side, sort of like a hide. I spot clean everyday, and usually put some new water in aswell. When the light is off, it usually gets on the land area and when the light is on, its usually in the water. It used to be the opposite of that until I got a new light for the tank.
4) Additional Info: It has always refused Waxworms, Currently the widest part of its body is the head and it just gets skinner from there, so I need to get some weight on it, it has only accepted chopped Canadian Nightcrawlers.
Any Advice would be appreciated because I get concerned about everything lol,
Aaron
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