Paludarium / Terrarium Setups 

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it and goad to hear everything is going well with the axolotls!

@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 thank you

Thanks! Yes, I will def try to do that

Thank you!

@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 Thanks a lot for the suggestions and help! :)

Thank you! I would make sure they are similar size. Want to make sure one won’t eat the other. I’ve always had Tiger Salamanders together and never any problems. I do keep sub species separated though

Thanks! Black worms, earthworms and wax worms

Thanks for the info @@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887

Once they are adult they spend almost all of their time on land.

And they do alot of burrowing. You need at least 6 inches dirt so they can burrow

They were re-homed to me from a friend a long time ago. I really don’t know anyone that breeds them.

Temperate moss is difficult to grow in any setup. There needs to be a decent amount of humidity, but you also need some level of airflow so things won’t get moldy. I would be careful having any salamanders in with fish. I do use shrimp and snails as clean up crews, but avoid fish. If it’s a paludarium you can have most lungless salamander species that inhabit streams. The water needs to be very clean and cool

Thanks! The tank builds can take several weeks and including filters / materials several hundred for materials. Some take more $, some take less, just depends on the species and requirements

@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 One last question. What substrate or fertilizer do you use to keep the plants and which types of plants and cleanup crew do you recommend? Do you think a standard 10-20 gallon enclosure can be planted? Thank you for your time.

@@KrabzAgaandFriends all substrates are different depending on the animal. For terrestrial, usually organic potting soil, coconut fiber, sphagnum moss and bark chips. For aquatic usually a combination of gravel, clay and sand which I just buy from regular pet stores. Plants, I get ferns, pothos, moss, liverworts, various creeping fig and others. Cleanup crew depends on species...springtails, isopods on land. Water usually combo of snails and shrimp. I would plant any size tank.

Haha

You could go a lot of directions. Small plethodons (woodland salamanders) are one choice. Could also have some smaller newts etc. Eurycea types like Cave Salamanders or two lined salamanders are also smaller and that kind of space could work ok.

Mainly expanding foam

Mainly Nicrew LEDs for planted aquariums

Sure. I would watch this video from a few years ago I shared on Tiger Salamander basics. Talks about setup / needs etc. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fXTdoxaYGFs.htmlsi=GMzA4_Mg2DlIuzTx

It may be ok, but I probably would not. They can sometime s nibble at salamanders.

I’ve never measured, but they are pretty humid. I keep all amphibians and keep the humidity relatively high

There are several CB amphibian breeders. One I use is Indoor Ecosystems. Sorry for the late reply

Thanks! I got my blotched tigers as water dogs from a place called Reptiles n Critters. My barred tigers came from a guy in Texas who had a pond on his property and had baby tigers (small adults).

@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 thanks for the reply! i am having the hardest time trying to find one for sale. will check out this reptile expo in july in hopes some1 has one

Yes. Drilled both intake and return holes fitted with bulkheads.

@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 thanks for the reply, I had a 180 gallon setup similar to yours the return drain was on the bottom, I was always afraid if i had a leak it would drain completely.

@@mrkato4000 yep. Guess there is always a risk of a leak. I do several leak tests before I do my builds

Thanks!

Not sure. I spend a few hours every week on maintenance and feeding

Mainly breeders for most. Some were re-homed to me from people who could not care for them any longer and a few were legally collected from the wild as eggs or larvae

40 gallon

Sure, I’ve absolutely taken ideas from people like him and implemented those processes and steps to improve my own designs. For instance, his methodology ti drain false bottoms is genius and I use that in many terrestrial builds. However, I tore that tank down some time ago and made a completely different design given there were too many dead spots in the water. I like the new one much better - Amazing Salamander Paludarium published in Jan of 2021. I’ve also modified it multiple times since and in subsequent videos. I would say many of my builds differ because I typically use real materials (not all the time) and salamanders have unique needs. Watch some of the later videos and you will see what I’m talking about. The one you referenced was built before I had a RU-vid channel.

@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 oh wauw, yeah I take a lot of inspiration to, like Nordic Ants, he makes huge multispiecies vivariums and that inspired me to now buy a 120x40x50 aquarium to do the same, i'll add a waterfall and maybe even a salamander 😅🐸

Green Salamanders are a protected and rare species.

@@jurassicroom7673 you can still get them lol

@@jurassicroom7673 theres a breeder for them

@@pixel3610 like I said Green Salamanders are a protected species in most states and especially the states they originate from like TN.

@@jurassicroom7673 yeah i know, how was i supposed to know his location? why you getting upset at me. you can also get permits genius. no need to get upset at me bro

Thanks for the comment. There is over 8 inches of substrate and the land portion is 70% of the tank. I have pure terrestrial setups for tigers and some setups similar to this and they do fine in both.

Indeed it can be

Haha. I’m def not getting rid of it

@@slitheringsalamanderscapes6887 good lol. Keep up the great stuff!

Yep, still have it

Ha! I appreciate that