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Ok so just wanted to say hi to all my amphibian people and ask a few questions, first I've been trying to find some good young healthy newts and cant, and I want to do a live plant tank and want to know good plants/substrate as well as how many newts per gallon. Thanks in advance.
 
Daniel Ogrizek , his profile name is Daniel, has some great Kaiser newts that are pretty cool . I believe he breeds some other newts as well . Kaiser newts are mostly aquatic.
 
Adult Eastern newts will work well too in a planted aquarium. Plants such as anubias, cryptocorne, java fern, java moss, and anacharis/elodea are all fairly easy to maintain. Seachem and Fluval make really good substrates. The anubias plants and java fern grow much better when attached to driftwood as opposed to be planted in substrate. Also there's also the option to have no substrate at all and maintain the plants in pots or deal with only the ones that grow on driftwood.
 
Amphib, do make sure you can provide low enough temps for the species you choose, and keep in mind that a planted viv will run a couple degrees higher than ambient during the time the lights are on (yes, even with LEDs) especially if you're fighting low humidity by restricting ventilation.
 
Hey AmphibGuy!
I see you're from Victoria. I live in Corpus Christi, a few hours away from you! I have some Spanish ribbed newts (Pleurodeles watl), lesser sirens (Siren intermedia), and axolotls currently. I will also have some Eastern newts next month! Let me know if you need help with getting your tank ready or if you're interested in any of these species.
 
Any aquatic plant, or semi aquatic plant will work great for newts, atleast newts that are getting towards a water life that is. When dealing with the small babys that lose there gills and want to climb up on land for about a yr in there eft stage, would be wise to build a half land half water(50/50) paladarium setup. The difference between a vivarium and paladarium is that the paladarium holds water. With out plants you would have to do alot of water changes to remove the nitrates. Dont be bashful to stock the hell out of your set up with plants, also gives them a place to hide. Some newts can skip the land stage completely and go straight to the aquatic life like eastern newts. Im unsure about other varietys having that capability.
 
As in for substrate, I use sand for my eastern newts and never had a problem. I also have crested danube newts and I have no substrate in that enclosure but its stocked with semi aquatic pothos and wandering jew that grow heavily right out of the tank and over the ledges. I have lots of floating salvina's and water lettuce among with water hycinath and in the middle i have floating hornwort and guppy grass and java moss along with ferns and japan hydrocolte and yet no substrate besides some mulm that has built up on the bottom. The more plants the better as I just found a baby thats been growing big from feeding live daphnia that I raise. I feel if you want to breed, plants help for the survival rate. Im still a rookie too and learning all the time.
 
Go to Josh’s Frogs! Their website has links to what plants are safe and well fitting for all different types of amphibians and reptiles! Super fun!
 
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