T. Verrucosus semi or fully aquatic

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I am planning on getting a Tylototriton sp.
most probably, the verrucosus.
As the caresheet on this and other websites sais,
they are the most aquatic tylototriton species.

Now I'd prefer to keep them semi terrestial, with a 50/50 setup (maybe a little bit more water then land.)

My question being, would they actually use the land part
or would I be wasting space because they'd spend most time in the water.

Still kinda new to all of this and prefer to be very well educated before getting any animals.

grtz.
 
Filter or pomp required?

Would I need a pomp or filter for the water part of their enclosure?
 
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I'd say that the land part would be a waste of space definitely. After sexual mature they will not need to come out. Off course if you offer they may come out but I really think its a waste of time and space and I wouldn't offer them land. As for the filter you can have a weak one, that does not create those much waves... But they really don't require them either. I like your nick btw seriously, was the reason that dragged me on this topic:D one of my very favorite plants types ;)

cheers,
 
I agree. A proper land area would be wasted, unless you cool them below about 18C, in which case they often become more terrestrial. I think this differs between animals and bloodlines, though. I would definitely give them a cork bark island and lots of floating plants at the surface. They like to stick their heads out, particularly at night. The plants need to be sturdy enough to support these large animals.

I would also make sure that the top of the aquarium is well ventillated. I had some issues with skin problems in some fo my animals until I increased the ventillation above the water. They seem to like to dry their skin out a bit when they come out onto the cork bark and don't do well long-term with stagant air, unlike most other aquatic newts.

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my experience is that the verrucosus remain in aquatic at 20 ° -24 ° C. They often lie on cork and change constantly between water, aquatic plants and cork oak and can achieve good nutrition in 6 months 14cm,
 

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ummi i see you have the adults with the juveniles in the same setup. My verrucocus adults are very greedy and territorial at feeding time do you not worry they will eat the juveniles?
My verrucosus are the dark ones.
 
Least i forget.. My Verrucosus are fully aquatic also but do come onto the top of the driftwood every couple of days and dry out a bit like chris says but they go back in as soon as there is food in the water or i do a partial water change,im keeping mine at 18 to 20 degrees fully aquatic with a small area of wood pretruding the water surface incase they want to pop themselves out of the water. The darker variant appear to be the most aquatic as it says in caudata culture caresheet
 
I have a pair that I've kept for quite a few years now in a 50-50 tank, and in my experience, they use both sides. Not predictably either, they'll go back and forth, or one will prefer the terrestrial side for a while while the other prefers the aquatic side.
 
Thx everyone for the answers.
Verrucosus would be the least fit for a 50/50 setup,
but other tylototriton are quite hard to find.
I will setup the vivarium once I'm sure what tylototriton will inhabit it.

and thx eljorgo, I like the name and the plants too :)
 
So I decided to go 60/40 water-land or something like that.
Here are some pictures of the setup.
I will be adding some elodea, Microsorium pteropus and Vesicularia dubyana to the water part.
And some bark and rocks to the land part.

vivariumverrucosus004.jpg

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vivariumverrucosus001.jpg


Any tips or ideas are more than welcom.

And I have one more question concerning the spaghnum moss I'm using.
I've read on this forum that it's not good to use it because of the acidity.
On other fora and caresheets I've read they say it's good to use it with verrucosus.
Anyone who can shine some light on this for me? :)
 
Not sure why the pictures arent showing...
 
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