My Awesome Kweichow Emperor Newts

[DeadInTheBasement]

Tylototriton kweichowensis
i got 5 of these not long ago and its harder than a thought it would be to cool down the tank i have the tank at 65-75 depending on the time of the day i need them around 55-65 and i dont have a basement/garage to put the tank in...does anyone have any tips how i could cool down the tank?

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Nice newts and setup. What type of lighting is that? The only thing I could recommend is raising the light fixture so that the heat the bulbs put off doesn't end up in the tank.

 

[DeadInTheBasement]

its just an old aquarium bulb i had laying around but i only turn it on when i look at them or feed them

 

[snakeguy101]

they are awesome and so is that cage. good job.

 

[Conner]

Awesome looking newts, I've never seen any so colorful.

One way to cool the cage would be to have a fan blow across the top off it, if its open top.

If not, you could rig up some sort of base that you sit the tank on, which has a coil of tubing inside it. The tubing you could run through a commercial or DIY chiller. You'd probably have to play around with how much tubing and other variables to get the temps right, but that might work.