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    Fire belly newts

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    Hi Guys, anyone have experience with these critters, whats the best way to house them and what do they eat.

    Lastly, noe of any place I can get them cheap, Ben's selling at 8 bucks!! anywhere else cheaper
    ...I love rubies too ...
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    8 bucks? Which ones are they?

    For long reply I posted before,
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    Any other questions... ask here again.
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    vinz,
    i think it's the same as the one in your avatar... it's for my son, once i found a lfs in bukit panjang selling at 4 bucks... didn't get it the last time, out of stock now
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    I've seen them at $2 before. At $8, it could be something else. My avatar may be too small to identify what you saw. You can check my website gallery for bigger pics of the Chinese Fire Belly and the Paddletail.
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    i went down to halus yesterday,and saw one shop selling.small one is $4 and big one $5....the big ones look like paddletail...they haf ALOT in one bottom tank..its the 1st shop when u see when u come in from pasir ris there

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    THXS, will probably go down to Lor Halus this weekend

    somebody going to be very happy, he's been asking for it for months...ever since he read a book abou keep newt from the library
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    Cool...

    Remember about the climate here though... don't make the mistakes I made when I was a kid... []. Need any help on them, let me know. If you do get paddletails, make sure you get only one or you give them lots of space and/or places to hide. They are solitary and will fight.

    Don't mix diff species of newts and frogs... the larger will always try to eat the smaller and all newts have some form of toxin.
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    About climate, what the temp range, room temp should be ok right?

    As to housing a 1ft tank with plants ok for 2 ??
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    Room temp is fine. Keep away from direct sunlight!!! Try to avoid closed rooms that heat up in the day.

    1 foot with low-light plants for 2 is great! Use a small internal filter and a one tube FL (if you want lights). If you're not using rooted plants, then get pea-sized substrate. They eat by sucking their food in, and sometimes they suck in gravel as well, which could lead to a usually fatal impacted stomach if they swallow too much gravel. If you need fine gravel for plants, then put a 1cm layer of the pea-sized gravel above that.

    Create a small piece of 'land' using drift wood. They are mainly aquatic, but they occasionally come out at night.

    Remember to cover the tank, they can climb glass walls. Also, if you can create a small water fall with the filter, the moisture buildup in a covered tank will keep things moist and cool for them.

    Avoid chemicals like anti-chlorine, better to use aged (1 day) water.

    An ex-newt tank.

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    what do you feed them? I would imagine BW, what about dry pellets???
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    No, no dry pellets... they tend to look for food on or in the substrate. I'm assuming you're getting Chinese Fire Bellies.

    I give mine frozen BW. Occasionally I get them live brineshrimp... it's interesting to watch them hunt for the brineshrimp. Have tried frozen brineshrimp before too.

    If you give them live brineshrimp, remember no to add direct to the tank... BS come in brackish water, not suitable for newts. Scoop them out with a fine net and rinse out them before adding to tank.

    If you end up with Paddletails... they will take frozen BW. Never tried BS on them. I fed my friends one with baby feeder frogs.
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    hmmm...i tink if possible,use frozen bw better....cleaner...try to avoid feeder fish,as they moz prob will carry diseases tat will harm ur newts....

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    Hi, bought a pair(male with boarder tail, female with slimmer tail?) at 4 bucks each. Happy Day for the kids!! Set up the tank with gravel small sponge filter and java fern, no lights yet.

    Wat's the diff bet Chinese fire belly & paddle tail?
    The bellies does look like the one on your avatar, vinz, red with black marks.

    BTW, fed them BW, which they ate...I read from the book that you can feed them once every 5 Days...
    if I put some ghost shrimps & small fishes, will they hunt for it? Good if we are to go away for holidays[]
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    If the red markings are distinct and not marble-effect like then it's most likely the CFB. CFBs have slightly rough skin, and look cuter. Paddletails also have very smooth skin and a rounded tail tip, like a paddle. CFB tails taper to a smaller rounded or pointed tip. The males have a shorter tail in proportion to their body.

    I have 7 at home. I feed them one cube of Hikari BW every day. For a pair, feeding them twice a week is fine. They can last very long without food. During the week before you go on holiday, fatten them up with more frequent feedings before you leave. They'll last months. Don't feed them ghost shrimp or fishes... firstly, they are too big, secondly, the CFBs may not be interested (I have yamatos and otos in my newt tank and have not lost one to predation, yet, in the 1 year they've been there) and thirdly, larger ghost shrimps are aggresive and might turn on them.

    As they grow, they will shed their skins. It is their habit to eat their own skin... so don't get worried if you see them eating a sheer newt-shaped body suit.

    Paddletail, note shape of tail in the foreground.

    CFB, tapered tail tip and rougher skin. I believe this is a male.
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    Thxs vinz, now I noe the ones we bought are definietly CFB! You're right , they are cute fellas

    My wife was saying:"What! You're buying lizards!!!"[]
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    Hey Vinz, how long have they been with u? Seeing them reminded me of mine the last time I had them. Paddletail are my fav but now no space 4 them though. Favourite part is when they swim from 1 end to the other end of the tank. Mine last only 9-10 months.
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    The CFBs been with me more than a year.

    The paddeltail belongs to a friend and was under my care when we were working in our previous job. He's been around longer than a year.
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    Fire belly newt

    I just bought 2 fire belly newts.

    Do they eat frozen bloodworms? They don't seem to be going after the worms.

    Will it die if I don't have any thing for it to come onto the surface?

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    Newt usually breathe through their skin but if there's not enuf o2, it may swam to the surface to gulp in some air. I've never tried feeding them bw but they do take tubifex. Small fishes can be considered in their diet too,eg rasbora size fishes. Lost a shoal of neon when I started keeping newts together. I like how they swim in the tank, just like a crocodile! How big is their tank?

    Please wash your hand before handling them as the salts on your palm might irritate their skin. Also do not hold them for too long coz of your body temperature is far higher than their body temperature. They might get shock.
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    Both of them are in a 3ft by 2ft by 1.5ft tank. I just turned off the lights and both of them are resting at the top of my CO2 reactor which is slightly above the water.

    I have some cardinal tetras, lamp eye and rummy rednose, will the newt hunt them for food?

    I'm kinnda worried abt them not eating the BW. When I'm feeding the fishes, they are hiding.

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