Newts

[frogged]

I'm a member of caudata.org & I reserch it every day well maybe I was just lucky
at keeping them together or maybe its b/c the water is 1 ft. deep & I keep these animals together
1 chinese golden thread turtle,1 firebellied toad, 1 paddle tail salamander,1 siren,2 goldfish
4 clams, & a few minnows so was I just lucky?

Members of caudata.org do NOT keep paddle tail salamanders with anything else. Lady luck must be shining on you. As I have clearly stated, what you see above as a lack of aggression, usually ends up to be a build up of stress, toxins, and tension, causing overall poor quality of health in the later years.

Consider the statistics of how often it does not work and how often it does. By the way, firebelly newts require temperatures of 16-20 celsius, and firebellied toads, 22-26 celsius.

In considering statistics and the experiences of others, you have thus found, statistics to support your opinion. Opinions become incorrect when proven wrong by overwhelming opposing views, as we have here. We have here, an entire list of mixing errors, made even by experienced hobbyists. http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/M...isasters.shtml

Certainly mixed tanks, like our natural environment, require large spaces with low bioloads; obviously, beginner hobbyists cannot do either properly.