Himalayan Newt Eggs - Advice please?!

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Hi All,

I've just got home to see that one (or two?) of my newts have laid a load of eggs around the tank! What am I supposed to do with these? Do I leave them in there, do I take them out and keep them separate?

Any advice would be awesome.

Thanks,
Matt
 
Congratulations! This article should get you started:
Caudata Culture Articles - Raising Newts and Salamanders from Eggs

What you do with them really depends on... what you want to do with them! Do you want to raise them? And if so, how many? If you leave them in the tank, the adults may (or may not) eat them, but this is not always a bad thing, especially if they produced a large number.
 
If you don't want all those eggs, you can advertise them, I'm sure people would go crazy for them.
 
Thanks for the links and help! Very useful indeed!

All the eggs have hatched now - so I've got ~40 little tadpoles swimming around! I'm struggling a little to find the foods needed for them though! Wish me luck!

I will be selling them - just not yet. This is the first time my lovely newts have laid any eggs - so I want to see how far I can go with them before passing them on! They're so cute! :D
 
Mix of the two :) I have 3 adults - 2 are dark, 1 is light. I'm fairly sure it's the female that's light...
 
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