C.pyrrhogaster aquatic juvenile.

[Azhael]

This is one of two juveniles i´m preparing for two good friends of mine who have a lonely aquarium. They have been aquatic for under a month and they are doing great!
I love the colors of the juveniles of this species, they can be really pretty.
Anyway, here he is, isn´t he a looker?

 

[froggy]

Wow, looking lovely! How big is the little chap(?ette?)?

C

 

[evut]

Beautiful newt! How gradually did you raise the water level? It looks quite deep in the photo.
And do you know how old it is exactly?

 

[Molch]

lovely fellow. Will the colors on the back disappear with age? Oh I do hope to get some pyrrh babes from my oldtimers next year...

 

[Azhael]

He´s a little under a 6,5cm long, Chris, but the other one is smaller, probably 5,5 or so.

Eva, i raised them semi-aquatic with just 3cm of water or so. When they started to spend a lot of time in the water and "diving" when disturbed i moved them to another tank and started raising the water depth daily. In less than a week they were in 14-15 cm of water and fully aquatic.
Not sure of the age, but likely close to a year. These are part of the "runts".

Yeah, the colors do disappear, Molch. Some females retain a tiny bit of color in their flanks but others, and males, don´t. It would be a pitty if it wasn´t because adults are gorgeous in their own way!

Thank you all for the nice comments