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I have 1 C. Orientalis, 3 Ghost shrimp and some live Bacopa plants in my set-up. 3 inches of water, 1 inch of gravel, Whisper filter, and 3 rocks to my newt to climb on. I've noticed around the plants and some of the walls of my tank that there is some white stuff. It looks like spit and when I move the water around it, it disappears. Does anyone know what this is? I'm thinking that my set-up is just unbalanced and it's just a natural reaction from the plants. any info would be obliged.

Man, it is so becuase your set up is so messed up, don't mix all those animals!!!!!!!!!!! Get more water!!!!! and treat them guys bettter, please. Please go to these links:

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/setups.shtml

http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/articles.shtml

Good luck, and hope this helps.
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Mark B.

Do you have a clue as to what you're talking about? It might be better if you just sat back and read as oppossed to giving advice.

Keeping a newt together with ghost shrimp and plants sounds great. You might want to make the water deeper. The "spit" is probably excess protein in the water. Be sure to keep all uneaten food cleaned up right away (unless its live food). Also, having something to agitate the water surface (an airstone or filter outflow) may help get rid of it.

>>I have 1 C. Orientalis, 3 Ghost shrimp and some live Bacopa plants in my set-up. 3 inches of water, 1 inch of gravel, Whisper filter, and 3 rocks to my newt to climb on. I've noticed around the plants and some of the walls of my tank that there is some white stuff. It looks like spit and when I move the water around it, it disappears. Does anyone know what this is? I'm thinking that my set-up is just unbalanced and it's just a natural reaction from the plants. any info would be obliged.

Thanks a lot Jen. I added an inch and a half. I hope that does well. All my Ghost Shrimp died. I don't know what happend. They all died on the third day, but my new newt is doing fantastic. He's movin' around and having a grand old time.

When I added more water (an inch and a half) more of that spitty stuff generated. I cleaned all the waste up 'cause the shrimp died on the third day of having them.

it sounds like everyone is telling you to get down to some serious cleaning too bad you just did that! well, i guess thats what ive been told too... so lets get together sometime and clean clean clean !

i have also noticed some of that "white spitty stuff" on my FBTs when i handle them... i think that might just be part of the fluids that let out as protection against predators..