Green/yellow Turtles & Fire Newts

[Ludwig Venter]

Way back then.... (in the 70's)... There were a lot more "thingy's" available to keep in aquariums (here in SA)....

Nowadays, I do not see them any more. I'm just wondering, Have anyone successfully bred fire Newts or those Green/yellow turtles in an aquarium???....

If so, I'd make a point of acquiring a couple again... (as is my obsession of getting a couple of Choc Gouramies)

Btw... What are those "Green?yellow" turtles called??

 

[Miah002]

Yellow bellied Sidler or somthing like that.

 

[Davo86]

Nowadays, I do not see them any more. I'm just wondering, Have anyone successfully bred fire Newts or those Green/yellow turtles in an aquarium???....

Now there is something that would be cool Ludwig, get yourself a nice turtle pond with a sandy land enclosure where they can dig out a nest and potentially breed,
I Don't think many of us on TFF have a better climate for this.

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Nowadays, I do not see them any more. I'm just wondering, Have anyone successfully bred fire Newts or those Green/yellow turtles in an aquarium???....

Now there is something that would be cool Ludwig, get yourself a nice turtle pond with a sandy land enclosure where they can dig out a nest and potentially breed,
I Don't think many of us on TFF have a better climate for this.

But, Davo... useless me trying and even Dr. Axlerod has not achieved it... do you know if anyone had been successful???

 

[Davo86]

turtles won't breed in an aquarium as they will only lay eggs in a dug out pit, BUT if you can keep them outside in an enclosure which has a sandy bank at the side of the pond then it is possible,

Edit - these links give some info but it seems it has been achieved in an aquarium by removing the female to a sandy bottomed terranium after the two turtles had mated in an aquarium

breeding RES turtles
RES turtle breeding

 

[matchstickman47]

i saw some soft shelled turtles in my lfs but i dont know how they react to fish?

 

[Davo86]

i saw some soft shelled turtles in my lfs but i dont know how they react to fish?

fish would be dinner in most cases, well community species would definitely, soft shells grown big, i.e. 12inches ++

 

[keithp]

Fire belly newts can breed in captivity. There's two species sold I know of Chinese (smaller species) and Japanese (larger species)