CWhit
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Hi, I've got 10 larvae ranging from a week to just two days old, plus some unmatched eggs. I lost one today so thought I'd check I'm doing everything ok, can anyone help please?
They're in a plastic fishtank with a sponge filter on low, with some elodea and miss balls. I get the water from my established aquarium. As soon as the first one hatched I put a load of daphnia in with them.
I'm raising fresh BBS every day, then lowering the water level, putting in the BBS so there's a high concentration. After about an hour I top up with fresh aquarium water.
I'm siphoning up any debris from the bottom 3 x a day with a pippette, it takes a while especially with the dead BBS but they're worth it!
I have cultures started of grindal worms, white worms & blackworms ready to go when needed.
Am I missing anything? Should I be doing anything else? It's my first time with newts and any advice is welcome!
Thank you
Claire
They're in a plastic fishtank with a sponge filter on low, with some elodea and miss balls. I get the water from my established aquarium. As soon as the first one hatched I put a load of daphnia in with them.
I'm raising fresh BBS every day, then lowering the water level, putting in the BBS so there's a high concentration. After about an hour I top up with fresh aquarium water.
I'm siphoning up any debris from the bottom 3 x a day with a pippette, it takes a while especially with the dead BBS but they're worth it!
I have cultures started of grindal worms, white worms & blackworms ready to go when needed.
Am I missing anything? Should I be doing anything else? It's my first time with newts and any advice is welcome!
Thank you
Claire