Fire belly newts..?

The thing I like about the BlackJungle place, is that they deal ONLY and SPECIFICALLY with poison dart frogs and the tropical plants that a habitat for them would go well with. They have thier own greenhouse at another site and breed the frogs right there on the premises. These fellas know thier stuff.

I'm just glad I live so close by them...sadly, not close enough to make regular trips there, but close enough for a jog up from time to time.
 
Emg said:
The thing I like about the BlackJungle place, is that they deal ONLY and SPECIFICALLY with poison dart frogs and the tropical plants that a habitat for them would go well with. They have thier own greenhouse at another site and breed the frogs right there on the premises. These fellas know thier stuff.

I'm just glad I live so close by them...sadly, not close enough to make regular trips there, but close enough for a jog up from time to time.
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Getting back to the subject, its a shame there isnt a place like this that deals with Newts. :(
 
My USB port is still busted, so no pictures. I do have a caution for those buying eastern newts. I finally figured out that mine came with a nasty, very contagious bacteria they call red leg in amphibians. In fish I guess its a form of septicemia. I lost two newts almost immediately. I've read all over the place that these guys are very susceptible to parasites and bacterial infections. I'm treating the whole tank at once with maracyn-two. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but I'm afraid that soon I will have another empty tank to play with.
 
When i first bought my newts one of them was missing his legs. Well now it seems like they are growing back. I have been trying to keep the water very clean for him so i think its starting to work.
 
You must be doing a good job of it. Congratulations! I've learned the hard way that cycling a tank is as important for newts as it is for fish. As soon as I'm done with the anti-bacterial treatment I'm going to reestablish the biological filter with bio spira and a new batch of ceramic rings.
 
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