Fire belly newts..?

tricksterpup said:
Then that should work. I just like the underwater canister filters out there. you can use them to do water falls in your tank if you ever wanted to. :)
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I probably couldn't make a nice waterfall if I tried. Lol. I just might put a rock under the waterfall part.
 
Good luck with it. I look forward to the pictures!

I'm still looking for a suitable place to put my tank, since I don't have a stand that can hold a 30 gallon currently.
 
i got my fire bellys today i got four of them they look great. i was wondering if they are ok on land all day. it seems like they don't go into the water at all. i put one in the water when i first put him in the tank and he swam for a min and then just sank to the bottom. then it looked like he had a hard time crawling up the driftwood. do you think this is ok?
 
04cobratorchred said:
i got my fire bellys today i got four of them they look great. i was wondering if they are ok on land all day. it seems like they don't go into the water at all. i put one in the water when i first put him in the tank and he swam for a min and then just sank to the bottom. then it looked like he had a hard time crawling up the driftwood. do you think this is ok?
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Give them time, i would do the handling down to a minium, since our oils in our hands can be deadly to them. But in time they should be fine and swimming around and eating like little pigs.
 
Mine never go in the water. They hang around on the platform I made for them and even climb the plant I have in there and sit on the leaves. I just put a piece of bark in there for them to crawl under...which they do.

Don't worry about them, just make sure they can get on land any time they want. As long as they have the choice to go in the water or not, they should be fine.
 
thanks guys. one more thing i am feeding them blood worms so what i did was took a milk cap and made it even with the dirt and then put the blood worms in there will they eat at there own time? thanks
 
04cobratorchred said:
thanks guys. one more thing i am feeding them blood worms so what i did was took a milk cap and made it even with the dirt and then put the blood worms in there will they eat at there own time? thanks
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No, you would want to place the blood worms in the tank itself, they will eat them there.
You can feed them frozen brine shrimp, blood worms, daphnia, probably small frozen krill as well. Also fresh chopped worms make an excellent dinner for them. But you also must remember these guys are touchier than fish in water quality, so you should do weekly changes as a minium.
Amphibians are the canary for water tests, many companies use them for this reason. They are very suspetable to many ailments if not properly taken care of.
 
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