Thanks for the advice. I've been neglecting them (and this thread!) for too long and intend to do something about it in the next few days. Think I can manage PVC tubes and thick clumps of plants...
Ed, 30 babies is a lot! (depending of course on how many adult caecilians you're keeping). I've so far had only had one baby from my 7-8 adults after keeping them for almost a year now.
I wanted to ask whether you think it'd be OK to move my cardinals, zebra danios and miniature gouramis into the caecilian tank (I need their tank to properly accomodate my new Paramesotriton). I've heard before how some people successfully keep tropical fish in with their T.natans...
I'm keeping my T. natans at around 29C.
Hi Tim,
It was out of 7 adults (3.4) that I go the 30 babies (I haven't had less than 25 babies a year for several years now). Gestation in these guys is 11 months with most births coming in January and Febuary and into May on occasion.
Most of the time fish are okay with T. natans but some animals learn to catch the fish while they sleep and can predate pretty heavy on the fish. I've had them catch and eat adult red eye tree frogs on more than one occasion. If you have access to the magazine Reptilia they published and article on these guys about a year ago.