I took a couple of jars of pond water and some pond weeds from a friend's pond about a month ago and today I noticed these little guys. There's 3 that I've seen so far and I wondered if anyone could tell what they are? I think they look like sea monkeys so are they some kind of shrimp? Google thought a baby newt but I really don't know. This is my first jarrium and I never expected it to go so well lol thanks for reading
by MulberryLemon
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That looks like a baby newt or salamander ? It reminds me of the ones I saw in Germany last summer !
Agree about newt.
Might be a fish fry, either way its 100% a vertebrate so release them back into the pond or start cycling a way bigger aquarium/paludarium.
Releasing things back can spread fungal diseases extremely dangerous to local amphibians, but if they werent in contact with other aquarium stuff its safe to release them back.
Definitely release him OP. Keeping vertebrates in a jar would be cruel.
that’s ted he’s chill