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garrison
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I have been trying to raise larvae of T. marmoratus in this last month or so and I have been very unsuccessful. For some reason none of my larvae seem to make it past the striped stage where they still seem to have that strip of yolk sac on their bellies. I've seen one or two that started to develop front legs and they seemed to have died like the rest. I've been trying to feed them bbs and while I was able to see a couple eating at one point they ended up dying anyway for no particular resason.
I've read from other people's experiences that water changes aren't tolerated by larvae in this species so I've tried to keep them in the exact same water as their parents tank, only topping it off if it gets low. I'm not sure what else to do, as they have daphnia, cyclops, and bbs to eat every day. Are these foods to large? It says in caudata culture that these are all good foods to start with, but mine never really get to the point where they are "active midwater predators".
This is sort of a mess of a post but I'd like to get help asap as I have another large batch about to hatch in the next few days. Thanks.
I've read from other people's experiences that water changes aren't tolerated by larvae in this species so I've tried to keep them in the exact same water as their parents tank, only topping it off if it gets low. I'm not sure what else to do, as they have daphnia, cyclops, and bbs to eat every day. Are these foods to large? It says in caudata culture that these are all good foods to start with, but mine never really get to the point where they are "active midwater predators".
This is sort of a mess of a post but I'd like to get help asap as I have another large batch about to hatch in the next few days. Thanks.