My Fire Belly Newts Laying Eggs!!!

[Mbieszck]

So I've heard from few different people leave the eggs in the tank and some say remove them. What does people do on this? Just sucks for me is I got so many plants in my tank hard to find them

 

[Canecorsonewt]

They say you can leave them in there. Mom and dad might eat some eggs but when they hatch they should leave larvae alone. If they are like my n.v.l you could have over 300 eggs in one season, shouldn't be to big of a deal if a few eggs get eaten.

If you remove the eggs, i used a toothpick to lightly scrap of leaves. If the eggs are in java moss its almost impossible to remove.

 

[Mbieszck]

That would definitely be crazy if they lay 300 lol, how many babies do you have now?

 

[Canecorsonewt]

I only have 2 young c orientals around 8 months. I have two adult n.v.Louisiana newts, they lay eggs lick crazy. They look and hunt for there own larvae and eggs. My n.v. are better at hunting there own larvae then eggs. I had a bunch last year, gave eggs away and young newts to. But i dont have time this year to raise any, i have seen at least 10 so far in aquarium. So ill see if any can survive in aquarium, i have more hiding places know.:uhoh:

 

[Mbieszck]

Can you send me photos of your tanks so I can get some ideas of hidden spots. I've got lots of plants in there so it's definitely hard for me to see the eggs but of course different for them I'm sure lol

 

[Canecorsonewt]

I have only had newts for a little over a year. I might not have a great setup but im satisfied with it. If I can find a used 20 gallon wood stand on Craigslist I will upgrade. I need to slow down I figured I have spent well over $300 on this hobby since last year. Most of it is fun, I did have a quiet a few of the larvae and juveniles die. I her it happens to a lot of people.

 

[Mbieszck]

Sucks some of my eggs are turning white

 

[23matt3]

Hopefully you get some that are keepers!

All the eggs that mine have produced have turned white as well

 

[Mbieszck]

The one I pulled out couple weeks ago finally hatched yesterday

 

[Mbieszck]

I finally seen couple tadpoles in my tank today

 

[Jort]

In my experience a lot of eggs get eaten, but I find it difficult to search for them. My eyes are really bad, almost blind with one of them, so I'm really glad if I see larvae swimming in the adult tank.

 

[Niels D]

You already have offspring of the C.orientalis? That's really nice. Good job!

 

[Mbieszck]

My issue is I've got so many plants in my tank to even find the eggs unless I pull each plant out. But I guess the way I feed them a lot they don't eat every egg and there so much food under the rocks the tadpoles eat off of.

Heck I've found medium size Newts in my tank that I didn't even know they were in there

 

[Niels D]

unless I pull each plant out

With some species I'm doing this once a week.

 

[Jort]

Yes, but I guess that big lady was gravid already when I got it from you.

You already have offspring of the C.orientalis? That's really nice. Good job!