My Newt Holy Grail

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I finally have found my Taricha laying eggs, after a few years of hoping and putting this colony together. I am very pleased about this! I hope to follow their development in this thread.
So, I found them today, immediately set up an egg tank, and put them in (before they could be eaten!).
 

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Congartulations.

Actually I think the egg in the first picture has developed some days already.

Uwe
 
Congrats Dawn!!
I expect being kept updated :p
 
I really think that what appears to be an eye is some debris in the tank making an optical illusion.
 
Congrats!! How exciting!! Looking forward to hearing more - beautiful!!
 
You mean they are not developing Dawn? They are! I can see two eggs in there. The first one from here is in middle development and the second a bit covered by the first one is ending its development (is more advanced)
Cheers,
Jorge
 
Yay! Congrats :D Beautiful looking female, by the way - I love her extremely chunky arms.
 
It may be just me, but that newt has the saddest look on its face that I've ever seen. (I am not implying your Newt isn't a happy creature, it just looks like it's frowning.)
 
Hey congrats!!!! I love this species! I got amplexus this year but no eggs:(. Im glad someone else is doing great! Hope to see more pics.
p.s. How many are in your colony?
 
congratulations. Your newt looks extremely healthy. Anyone that can keep one looking that good deserves some captive breeding. Good luck with the eggs
 
Glad my boy finally wooed your ladies :)
 
Congratulations Dawn. Of course it only happened because I visited you recently...
 
Good luck with them. I hope they will become more common here soon. It's a great specie.
 
Dawn dear, I think Uwe is right. Behind the two obvious eggs is the head of a larva very close to hatching. If that's not a larva, I'll eat my hat.:tongue: Do you have a higher-resolution original of the photo?
 

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Like I have said Jen. Behind that other eggs in middle development one is pretty far advanced like you just pointed out.
Cheers,
There are no debris at all
 
eljorgo said:
Like I have said Jen. Behind that other eggs in middle development one is pretty far advanced like you just pointed out.
Cheers,
There are no debris at all
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Oh sorry, eljorgo, I was skimming and missed your post.

I also forgot a well-deserved congratulations to Dawn on reaching this holy grail. Well done, Dawn!!!
 
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Shizeric said:
It may be just me, but that newt has the saddest look on its face that I've ever seen
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You'd be sad too if you just started labor...

John said:
Congratulations Dawn. Of course it only happened because I visited you recently...
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Last time I had a caudata member in my basement, I found a mystery newt--also a Taricha, in with my alpestris!

Jennewt said:
Do you have a higher-resolution original of the photo?
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OK, maybe you all are right...I just did a water change the day before, though, how did I miss them!??!

Jennewt said:
I also forgot a well-deserved congratulations to Dawn on reaching this holy grail. Well done, Dawn!!!
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Well, pictured there is "Rosa," and she's the one actually doing all the work...Congratulations, Rosa!
 

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OK, maybe you all are right...I just did a water change the day before, though, how did I miss them!??!


Yes, this is a developing egg as I mentioned before. This egg is at least 10 days old.

So you do not "only" have eggs, you have fertile eggs (even better).

Uwe
 
Any updates on your eggs/larvae? How are they doing?
 
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