New tiger salamander

[emandkel]

Two weeks ago tomorrow, I got a tiger salamander, shipped from an online retailer. Cute little one and always hungry. I've read differing opinions on how much to feed them. My little one is maybe 6 - 8 inches long including tail. He's tong-fed well from his first day here, eats crickets, roaches, and earthworm pieces. I've mostly fed him 2 or 3 1-inch pieces of nightcrawlers per day, and have only skipped a few days in feeding. How can I tell if he is getting too fat?

I'm hoping to get one or more other salamanders this week -- hoping to get a barred tiger salamander, a fire salamander, and/or a couple of marbled salamanders if I can find any in stock.

I have my tiger salamander set up in a 10-gallon aquarium, with about an inch of moist coconut fiber, a water container with about 1/4" of water in it, and a couple of hides, although he seems to like to hide in the substrate (as can be seen by the dirty look in the pics). He'll come up at feeding time, though

A couple of pictures, taken this evening: