On Thursday night, while buying some snake food, I got 3 more Chinese fire-bellied newts. How does that happen?

I plan on quarintining them for 1 month before introducing them to the fire-bellied newt that I already have. The new newts are currently in a 2.5 gallon tank with a few rocks and floating plants and cork.


Should I do a partial waterchange or a full water change daily? I've changed like half of their water every morning since I got them. This way I don't have to stess the newts by moving them to another container every day. I fill a 2 quart pitcher will water and I add the declorinator and by morning it is cold enough to bring the water temp. low enough for most of the day. Then at night, I put a ice waterbottle in the tank.

A full water change may stress them too much, I'd stick with partials. I need some new newts Hope all yours do well! I very rarely see newts come out of pet stores in as good condition as yours seem to be in.

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I heard about your tragic loss and I wish you strength. I hope these are in as good condition as they appear. I got these from the same place I got my first batch of four. Only one survived the first time. These are much larger than my fire-bellied newt that I've had. I thought that they were Japanese fire-bellies at first because of their size, but I did some research and concluded that these are just bigger Chinese fire-bellied newts.

Just make sure the tank is nice and clean, and that the water is well treated. They look pretty good from what I can tell. Definately chinese. I've never even seen another japanese other than my old guy, they're not very common.

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Furryscally, Since your like the only one I know that is experienced in keeping newts, I was hoping you could help me figure something out.

Two out of the three newts that I got do a lot of tail wagging when on this makeshift land area I've provided. Could this be a form of mating behavior or is it more likely an indication of a dominance/territorial issue? I'm curious because it is something that my other newt never does.They only seem to get aggressive towards one another at feeding time.

Tail wagging huh. lol, I've never seen anything like that I'm afraid. Remind me and I'll see what info I can find though. It sounds like it might be a dominance display or something, but I've never heard of it before if it is. And there's got to be SOMEBODY else here with newts! Anyone?

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They sure are pretty!

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very pretty, thanks for sharing!

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Nope. I'm pretty sure your the only one. It is day 8 and all three still are looking good. I think I fattened them up too much though. I'm cutting them off from the waxworms for a while.

They really look awesome. I've never seen ones as healthy looking as those come from a store before. Nothing even close. You're certain they're all chinese right?

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