Hazara Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Here's a couple of closeups!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 wow nice newts i like the close up its kinda freaky looking really :lol: :lol: Do you still have newts?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 those are amazing photo's Hazara!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazara Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Cheers guys - unfortunately I don't still have em.... (Did I mention they are escape artisits). The last one got out after I'd had it for about 7 years... and the cat, surprisingly, was very crook for about a week afterwards. I have my suspicions :evil: I do miss them, they were characters - I had them in a tank near my computer so I could keep an eye on them. I had the tank 50/50 water land and in the water and I had WCMM's breeding - but the newts weren't interested in them at all. The land side was no higher than an inch above the water level so it was always damp in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:50 am Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's a couple of closeups!! ahh, attack of the moon monsters,lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opticalblue Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 I have some also and find them fascinating. I have bought an imported terrarium and put a glass divider across the bottom to make half water and half land. I used potting mix on the land with medium,smooth gravel on top and gravel only in the water. I installed a 12 inch light with growlux type tube and planted emerse grown Echinodorus bleheri and magdalensis (both died - I think from lack of light). Cardamine lyrata and Hydrocotyle leucocephala both are growing OK on the land then into the water. I am still learning about these guys but I understand they can obsorb through the skin and you therefore want relatively inert material for them to be in contact with. Soil with one third potting mix and strong light would probably grow the plants provided you cover it to keep it away from the newts. You will need good shelter for them to get out of the light. I spray everything with water from an atomizer most days and that usually brings them out from hiding. Good luck, You wll enjoy catching aphids. A bit of a long shot but you mentioned you got some Magdalensis... Do you remember where you got this from... I'm on te hunt for this? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 there was some at HFF Mt Roskill recently, can't remember if it's still there or not though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opticalblue Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 there was some at HFF Mt Roskill recently, can't remember if it's still there or not though Yes they have it in a tank there bt they don't sell it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 No fish or plants at the moment, only reptiles and chickens--they don't throw so much water around when it shakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 wow, massive grave dig here..... :digH: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reuben.a Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 just thought id ask a stupid question...are aphids the yellow things that you often see hundreds of on swan plants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 They are but I never feed aphids from swan plants because they are pretty much the sole food for monarch caterpillas which are toxic to reptiles and I am not sure if they pick up the toxicity from the plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazara Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Sure do - milkweed have poisonous sap. I always tried to encourage the taller growing dandilion type plant (its name escapes me now - puha?). Potato vine was good at attracting aphis as well. My noots were also trained to take ox-heart from tweesers, but I always gave it a sprinkle of vitamin/mineral mix first. I also remember being told not to feed fish/reptiles aphis off roses - but cant remember why. Pretty sure I did anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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