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The ones that I borrowed are doing well but I have to take the spawn out of the ponds as the newts eat them.

I have been putting some back for a couple of weeks into my wildlife pond, difficult to know how many are surviving the gauntlet of the newts as its covered in pond weed. I have a separate goldfish pond which I won't put any in. I tend to keep a group completely separate , in a washing up bowl...

Well i enjoy it anyway....

Newts look quite placid but are really quite ferocious and will eat loads of tadpoles. I introduced newts to my frog pond and they pretty much eliminated the frogs , these days I take a couple of clumps of spawn out and bring them on in other containers. I do the same with the newts because...

The only tadpoles that i have now are in either a tank or a washing bowl all the rest pegged it. Some was definitely not fertilised (white spot) a lot has been taken by the newts. If you take them out of a pond then you need to make sure that the water in the bucket or tank does not get too...