Newts

[janeamandamoult]

Can any one tell me what cold water fish i can get to put in my pond that will be alright with my newt? My newts name is Russell. he is a wild newt, That was in the pond when i bought the house,

[dampflippers]

I personally wouldn't add any fish if I wanted Mr and/or Mrs Newt's family to flourish.
Any type of fish will eat their eggs and newtpoles I'm afraid.

[Matt Smith]

If you want a wildlife pond for Russell and his mates, leave the fish out.

[N0z]

You can keep fish and newts together but if you want the newts to spawn and the newt tadpoles to survive you will need a area of your pond dedicated to the newts which is full of plant life (including plants beneathe the surface like oxygenators and plants above like marginals) to create cover for the newt tadpoles.

[posie]

I think it would be good if 'Russell' had a spouse, are you sure he's the only one? And welcome to WAB, we've got a lot of wildlife pond experts on here..(Not me though)

[galanthophile]

I have newts and frogs in my pond and the only fish I have are sticklebacks. They all seems to live together ok.

[janeamandamoult]

Thanks for all the help!

[vole-woman]

I bet you've got several. Try going out after dark and shining a torch into the pond - I bet you see more newts (and other water life) than you ever imagined existed. I know I was amazed when I tried it with our garden pond.

If any of your newts have laid eggs, they'll do it by folding small pond plant leaves over, so look for those.