Cynops Orientalis Embyonic development

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This thread will also prove interesting.

I have quietly been raising captive bred cynops orientalis larvae for not quiet 2 weeks.

On arrival I had 1 larvae and 7 eggs.

I now have 5 larvae and 3 eggs.

These guys are really tiny.

They are absolutely beautiful.

I believe it will be like walking on eggs shells raising these guys.

I am thinking I have well met my match.

They appear to develop quickly.

I will keep you informed of this adventure.
 
All eggs hatched.

I lost one larvae---reason unknown

growing well. (just very tiny compared to other species.

I took pics
 

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looking good to me:happy:. i want my newts to breed but they probaly wont but keeping hopes up:D
 
I hope you will raise as many as possible. It turns out to be that orientalis isn't the easiest to raise. Keep the good work going.
 
Trust me I am literally holding my breathe. :confused:

This is by the seat of my pants :rofl:
 
Just a quick update.

The smaller larvae are now getting microworms.

They just aren't that crazy about the whiteworms.

I had to remove a larva that is a floater.

I found a champagne glass that fits just perfect.

He is getting microworms.

I gave this little baby a tester whiteworm.

He is doing much better.

He ate it. :happy:

Last fin count was 4 or 5 :confused:
 
It is awesome isnt it, i started my firebellies by buying 12 eggs on the net, when they arrived one had already hatched, they were so small! mine loved water daphnia, and i got hooked for hours watching them slowly stalk and lunge at them. When they started morphing it was the coolest thing ever.
 
The floater successfully passed his bubble. Was returned to original tank.
 
My babies were moved to the same type of setup as the t marm's.

This will give them more room to move around.

The largest baby swallowed a red wiggler within the bat of an eye.

I looked all over the tank..........not red wiggler.

Gheeze he must be really hungry.

Attached are their school pictures.

Aren't they cute?

So far this species has not given me a stitch of trouble.

They are my favorite so far.

Now don't get me wrong, I love my t marm's.

The t marm's are rather fussy and touchy.
 

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The largest larva which is 3/4 of an inch at most is exhibiting signs of morphing. He/She is hanging on top of the plastic plants. I think this larva is trying to jump on the band wagon.:p
 
This is an exciting thread to follow!!! I'm not sure if i want to raise any newts from eggs yet. Although I'm starting to be more open minded towards the juvenile stage.
 
OK......I had my first morph.

Since the tiny creature is so small, it was transferred to a medium sized critter keeper.

Some soil was placed from the original home which contains leaf litter, spring tails and white worms into the critter keeper.

This is only a temp setup.

The original home is a mansion compared to this temp setup.
 
The recent morph did not survive.

I think I should have had a different setup e.g. paper towel as substrate :confused:
 

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