The Ultimate Eastern Newt Paludarium

[@tinasherr8945]

Wow amazing you are creative!

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

Thanks!

[@chadashton7029]

I have juveniles that live in my flower garden and pop out now and then when it gets warm. I used to catch those things when I was a kid. They are actually tough as nails. Thinking about building my 120g tank into a paludarium and might keep some of these guys if I do. These are fire bellies.

[@jpemydura4860]

Very nice. They'll love that home.

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

Thanks!

[@icecowsun]

this awesome!

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

Thanks!

[@laceymoriah]

What plants did you use? I like it! Nice job!

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

Thanks! Temperate Mosses, liverworts, ferns and good pathos. In the water a a Amazon sword, Anubias, Java fern and Java moss

[@laceymoriah]

@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 thank you! I am redoing my eastern newt paludarium because my old one had some problems and I was wandering what plants work with eastern newts. Thank you!

[@laceymoriah]

@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 oh I also listen to you on the amphi cast I like the episode you did.

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

@@laceymoriahthank you!

[@theroninrenofficial9058]

This is awesome. I'm actually picking up an eastern newt this week! I'm starting the tank build today!

[@ashketchum9858]

Amazed, keep it up , this vid was on🔥!

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

Much appreciated!

[@ChillGeckos]

I love using bar keepers friend 😀

[@ilikejazz8070]

Cool!

[@fanetoincognito]

Great video and amazing setup. Going to be building a new paludarium for my Lake Urmia Newts and will definitely use this for inspiration

[@SanQuenton410]

I used to catch these all the time as a kid. Went camping this past summer with my 6yr old. Caught a ton and kept 4. Now it’s become a hobby lol. Such an amazing build. Definitely got a new subscriber from me, started my first aquarium aquascape. Can’t wait to get this good at a build of this caliber.

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

Nice! They are really cool animals. Relatively hardy and fun to watch.

[@marc6016]

Very freaking cool!

[@SCORPlOPATH]

Turned out amazing! Great video 👍🏼

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

Thank you!!

[@TurboFish]

Thanks for making this!

[@theghal]

Hi I'm getting a few eastern newt

[@austendontworryaboutit2239]

Why do you use the outtake on the side, couldn’t you do it on the bottom so get more water out? Or is it better on the side

[@liamreeves4946]

Great video, but what do you do about their cooler temperature requirements, is your room cold or normal?

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

The room is in my basement and is typically in the mid 60s

[@gq_aquatics]

Nice vid bro. And great builds!. Where did u get ur newts?

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

Thank you! The newts were re-homed to me by someone I knew. Originally, they were wild caught. I took them as they didn’t really know how to care for them etc.

[@melanistic__]

Nice Paludarium!!! I like the one "18.03" what filter do you use for that one ?

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

Thanks! For that one I used a repti filter, but it wasn’t really effective. I ended up redoing that tank and now use Fluval 207

[@lilblast7745]

Anyone know where to find these or fire bellied newts? I’ve been looking forever

[@sheaarnold-f3h]

I live in Virginia and would love to have this exact setup for my newts.would you be willing to build and sell it to me? I don’t have a lot of spare time to do it.I did my own build but no where near this good

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

Thanks for reaching out. I would consider it, but this specific build took quite a bit of time (weeks) and is super heavy because I used real rocks. I haven’t sold them before, but I’ve been considering building custom enclosures to sell. I would need to figure out the cost, which given the time and materials would not be insignificant. What kind of newts are you going to house?

[@sheaarnold-f3h]

Hey I have sent a message back but don’t see it in comments.I have eastern newts in the eft stage like in your video.currently looking for a female…if you ever decide to build and sell them please keep me in mind.I like all of your builds.

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

@@sheaarnold-f3h I’m on IG as @slitheringsalamander Send me a DM and we can discuss how much it may cost and other questions on a potential build

[@ixnairoz25]

what is the type of stuff you use at 3:55 ? what is the name

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

It’s egg crate light diffuser. Basically, a big plastic cross/cross board. Can get at Home Depot for about $20 give or take

[@ixnairoz25]

@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 i'm from the Netherlands, is a divider type stuff ok too? I searched it on Amazon and it resembles it a lot.

[@SaschaWolf-pk9mp]

Hello, I am from Germany and I also get newts. I would like to build something like this, but unfortunately I can't find the white grids that are glued in from the first one. Can you tell me exactly what they are called?

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

Sure. They are egg crate light ceiling panels. The brand is Plaskolite. In the US you can find panels for sale at home improvement places like Home Depot

[@frosty8597]

Do you have to cycle the water for newts and salamanders like you would have to for a fish tank and test for nitrates, ammonia, ect?

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

Pretty much. I usually wait some time before introducing animals

[@alexsilasi630]

Where did you get the eastern newts from?

[@theghal]

Search newts for sale online and click the top link

[@zareenalban891]

Upstate New York in August/j

[@Jason-wj2bt]

Link of buying everything?

[@tahteescreations]

I wanted to get newts, but none of the workers in the reptile/aquarium store knew much about them :/ Are they hard to care for? Do they need specific lighting and filters?

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

All depends on what species you get. In general though, cooler clean water is key. LED lights are fine, and will usually grow lower light plant growth. Salamanders and newts need cooler temperatures and want to keep clear of high temps since most (not all) are from temperate climates

[@tahteescreations]

@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 oh okay thanks for letting me know 🙂

[@raulinshoes]

This is an excellent build, Thanks for posting this. I have a few questions, 1 what kind of lighting do you use for this? also could this support some small fish? Lastly, what kind of canister filter do you use for this?

[@raulinshoes]

@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 Thanks for the quick response. Do the newts eat the shrimp?

[@theghal]

You can't put fish with newts. The newt will eat the fish. House them separately

[@ssjssgecko5411]

@@theghal it depends

[@Lizardman-d5j]

@@theghal you can put white cloud mountain minnows with them. I think you can do the same with celestial pearl danios but i'm not sure.

[@mynameislisa2281]

Nice newt habitat, but what the hell! You let that big spider just walk off! Does your wife know about this?

[@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887]

Haha. She would have demanded I put it outside. One of many that I’m sure live in my house!

[@theshark9574]

come on down to Diaper Dug's Downtown Drug Den!?

[@larryfilas4886]

Hello Mike, My Eastern Newt died, and in Illinois I am having no success finding another one. Would you sell them? If so let me know how much? Thanks.

[@theghal]

*newts