Fire Belly Toad/Newt Vivariam

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well in that case i am sorry.. and as of this month they will both be seperated...... i realized the toxin thin tho which is why every 2 days i change the water in the tank... but yea as of dec 1 they will be seperate
 
Another big danger is that both species you have in there are very voracious and specialy the newts can rip a feet or hand out of your toads, and then you risk loosing both animals because of the already mencioned toxins. And then its the breeding risks. If by any means one of your species enters breeding, testosterone filled males can try to mate with a animal of the wrong species (this happens!) and risk drowning it in the mating enbrace. Here the most likely culprid are the toads toards the newts. You DONT need a large or fancy tank to house a pair of newts, any 20 or so gallon aquarium you can get really cheap at a garage sale will sufice plus some peaces of cork, some twigs and some Anacharis and thats it. The risks are simply not worth it, your doing good by changing the water every few days and by sheltering thouse otherwise homeless animals (I would like to know what was going true the minds of the people that considered dumping them!). Why not going the full circle and give yourself the peace of mind and relax by knowing your pets are not going to harm each other?
 
will do guys....... looks like i shall be setting up a 10 i have in storage for the 2 newts temporarily till the end of the month
 
kearth;3647070; said:
i was not trying to make you look ignorant at all.

both of those, the fire bellies and the newts, secrete a toxin that is harmfull to each other. In time that toxin will start killing off the tank inhabs.

Just offering advice that is all. I dont want to see either of them start dying and in time it will happen. I understand it take money just please seperate them as soon as you can before it becomes to late.

I have been raising and breeding frogs for years just passing on what I have learned.
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i dont know f its related but i had a firebely newt in a tank with 2 dart frogs... the newt died more than a month later
 
That's cool, but generally, Amphibians should not be mixed other than by established experts. And even then, these 2 species are not compatible. Aside from FBT being very aggressive, they are both highly toxic and are not immune to eachother's toxins.
 
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