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Feeding larvae

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sarah

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My newt eggs hatched out a few days ago, and I have them in a small fish tank (no fish in there, dont worry!). Ive grown a culture of infusoria, and read that pippetting it in front of the baby newts is the best way to feed them as otherwise the concentration is too low?! I tried doing this but every time I do the babies swim away because the water movement scares them. Am I doing it right or what? Maybe they havnt started feeding yet but I dont know if thats cus they dont need to or because there arnt enough bugs for them.

Thanks!
 
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ester

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I usually immediately start with the smallest water fleas. But I would try putting some more of the culture into the water but slightly further away from them.

You can see if they are feeding by watching their movement. The small jumpy movement usually indicates eating.

Also, they are so transparent that you can usually see it when they have eaten by looking at their tiny bodies.
 
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sarah

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Thanks, I will try that and see how it goes. Since im using a pipette, Im so scared Im gunna accidentally suck one of the larvae up into it so doing it further away should be better with that too.

I grew the culture from boiling lettuce leaves and then adding some pond water for the microbes. Its gone cloudy so Im pressuming that means the culture is ready to be used.
 
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ester

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Use a large McDonalds straw, even if you suck up a larvae in that it wont hurt them.
 
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joan

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lol, Not like that, Sarah! Take the mcdonalds straw and put it into the culture, cap it off with your thumb, put it in front of babies, release thumb.
 
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sarah

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Oh, right that makes much more sense
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