If you are planning on breeding your pet newts you should be aware that newts very seldomly breed outside of the wild. That said, the first thing you will need is large tank I would recommend at least 20 gallons and an air pump.You will also need at least one male and one female newt. Adult male newts can be distinguished from females by two small swollen glands at the base of their tale.

When you first purchase your newts, be patient, it may take several months for your new pets to become comfortable enough to begin mating. I would recommend you avoid handling your newts as this may cause stress and prevent mating. If all goes well you will notice the female newt will be come swollen with eggs. Make sure you have water plants in you newt taranium, either plastic or live plants will do. When the female is ready she will lay her eggs along the leaves of the underwater plants. These eggs will look like small clear balls with a small black dot in the center. You should now move the plants with the attached eggs to your second tank so that when the hatch the tadpoles aren't eaten by the adult newts.

When the eggs hatch and the tadpoles appear, only about 25% of them will survive. do not be concerned this is normal and unpreventable. You should purchase brine shrimp from your local pet store as food for the tadpoles. This is the perfect food for baby newts as they are carnivores and this food is will swim around and catch their attention.

Once the tadpoles begin to sprout limbs you will notice that they swim to the surface of the water often. This means that they are developing their internal air breathing lungs. Make sure you have plenty of dry land for you juvenile newts as they will spend much of their young life out of the water, not to return until they reach adulthood. You may feed the young newts the same food that you feed the adults.

A few things to be aware of:

1. Newts secrete small amounts of toxins through their skin. This toxin is fairly harmless to humans, although, I would recommend you wash your hands after handling them.
2. Newts, even as juveniles, must constantly stay moist, if your newt drys it will die.
3. I noticed with some of my newts that some won't eat store bought pellets, they will only eat live food. If you have several newts in one tank, make sure they are all eating what you feed them. If not try live food, such as, worms, brine shrimp or blood worms.