i have recently been given an adult tiger salamander... i have experience with frogs and turtles and some native salamanders (duskys and two lines) but never had one that required more land than water.. right now it is in a 20L with eco earth bedding, driftwood hiding spots and a large philodendron (sp?) plant from home depot.. and areas of moss in the hiding spots and around the driftwood.. as of right now i have a large shallow dish of water for him to get in... i am looking to setup a more permenent and naturalistic tank for him.. he seems to mess the water up daily so i am not sure if simple is better, if i set something up with a larger filtered body of water, will it still stay dirty all the time? im changing it out twice a day as of now.. a lot of it seems to be that he drags the dirt into the dish with him...



what i am thinking is a 30 gallon with 1/3 of the tank as shallow water.. with the frogs and turtles i would do this with sloping gravel and large rocks keeping the water on one side but i am concerned that he might end up eating the gravel... if anyone has a link to some pictures of a tiger setup or how to's it would be greatly appreciated...



the other question is .. will he trample and destroy if i landscape with plants... also how do you tell male from female?



thanks so much in advance. .
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