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T.Cristatus egg laying?

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eddie

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I have 2 plump females that look to be carrying eggs,1 male has been crested for weeks now,the 2 females are sniffing the live plants and pushing their feet together as if to lay an egg on the plant but when theyre done theres nothing on the plant,is this pre laying?Has this happened to anyone else?
 
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david

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Yes Eddie, mine did the same thing before they started regular egg laying. Glad to hear they're doing well. Look at "Hoping for Eggs for Christmas " string for the latest baby pics from my group. WHat kind of plants did you use?
 
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ralf

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Eddie, I've seen this behaviour in other species as well. Looks like they're "practicing" in advance.

Ralf
 
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eddie

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I have a few different type of plants in there,anacharis,java moss,java fern,a few others i forget the names of.Hopefully she will lay in a few days,all my newts and sals are kept in a nice cool basement,so theres no need for hibernation.Dave,theyre doing great,very hardy newts.Good pics on the baby cresteds.
 
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eddie

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Well it happened,i have T.cristatus eggs,not alot but about 6 that i see attached inside the small stems that are tightly squeezed together,they ignored the elodea i have in there and attached it to a java fern and another reddish type plant,i seperated them and they look fertile,they sure are picky what they lay on.}
 
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mark

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Hi Eddie,
good news about the eggs, good luck with them.
I think i read somewhere that the "Crested" newt group prefer laying on larger leafed plants so that could explain why they only laid on your java fern.
 
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david

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That's great news Eddie. I have good luck using anacharis. The leaves are big enough for them to be comfortable laying the eggs, but small enough where they're easily visible. Makes it easier to weed out the bad eggs.
 
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eddie

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Just to update the cristatus egg laying,she is now laying on any plant visible to the eye.She's still not done after laying for 2 weeks.How long will she keep laying?I know they lay hundreds of eggs but for how long?
 
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david

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Mine have mostly taken about a month to 6 weeks to finish.
 
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david

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By now you should have your hands full of larvae Eddie. How are they doing? Have your 2 females stopped producing yet?
 
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eddie

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I wouldnt say my hands are full of cristatus larvae,theres about 10 that have hatched and look good,others are still yet to hatch,but i keep them in a cool basement.That would explain the slow egg hatching,but the one female is still laying about 2 every other day as far as i can see.
 
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