Gothic
New member
Hello!
I've kept many lizards as well as a couple skinks and frogs in the past, but now I'm interested in my first newt or salamander. I'm in college right now, and the dorm rules have a limit of 10 GAL for an aquarium, but no rules for terrarium size so I could feasibly have a larger paludarium setup with just 10 gallons of water and a land portion, which is what I'm leaning towards because I've always wanted to build a paludarium. Alternatively, they aren't allowed to look in closed containers so I could find a large cabinet with a removable front or something like that so that I can hide a larger setup if the 10 gallons + terrestrial part wouldn't work.
So here are my main questions:
-What is a good species to keep in 10 gallons worth of water?
I'd like a species that would interact with both portions of the setup: land and water. This isn't a hard requirement though.
I'd also like to be able to have things like a shrimp or two and some aquatic snails in the water portion, isopods + springtails and maybe some small terrestrial snails in the land portion. Shrimp are not a need. Would maybe even like a couple small fish but that might be too much.
Finally, it would be nice to be able to culture my own food source. This is not a need but it would be nice to not have to buy new food all the time since I'd likely be ordering online due to having few 'exotic' pet stores in my area down here.
I'd also like to start preparing for the cost of the setup if possible, so that I can save and begin buying things, so if anyone has recommendations for good tanks, plants, etc. that would be awesome!
Thank you!
I've kept many lizards as well as a couple skinks and frogs in the past, but now I'm interested in my first newt or salamander. I'm in college right now, and the dorm rules have a limit of 10 GAL for an aquarium, but no rules for terrarium size so I could feasibly have a larger paludarium setup with just 10 gallons of water and a land portion, which is what I'm leaning towards because I've always wanted to build a paludarium. Alternatively, they aren't allowed to look in closed containers so I could find a large cabinet with a removable front or something like that so that I can hide a larger setup if the 10 gallons + terrestrial part wouldn't work.
So here are my main questions:
-What is a good species to keep in 10 gallons worth of water?
I'd like a species that would interact with both portions of the setup: land and water. This isn't a hard requirement though.
I'd also like to be able to have things like a shrimp or two and some aquatic snails in the water portion, isopods + springtails and maybe some small terrestrial snails in the land portion. Shrimp are not a need. Would maybe even like a couple small fish but that might be too much.
Finally, it would be nice to be able to culture my own food source. This is not a need but it would be nice to not have to buy new food all the time since I'd likely be ordering online due to having few 'exotic' pet stores in my area down here.
I'd also like to start preparing for the cost of the setup if possible, so that I can save and begin buying things, so if anyone has recommendations for good tanks, plants, etc. that would be awesome!
Thank you!
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