New blood for my Cynops pyrrhogaster group

Chinadog · Jun 9, 2014

Earlier this year Eva(evut) kindly sent me some eggs from her colony of C. p sasayama, and today two of them morphed. I've also been raising some offspring from my adults on the same daphnia and cyclops diet to see if there are any variations between two strains of sasayama. Straight away it's obvious that Eva's strain are much bigger, much redder and have much rougher skin than my own morphs, even though they've been raised under the exact same conditions. All but two babies from my group have now gone to new homes

, but hopefully, it will be interesting to compare the two strains as they grow up.

evut · Jun 12, 2014

I'm pleased you've managed to raise some from the eggs. The belly patterns look very different from what I've seen so far in mine - they usually have spots, not connected lines. Lovely looking newtlets!

Chinadog · Jun 15, 2014

Yes, he's a looker for sure! The others from his group are morphing with the usual splodges of black on a orangey background. I'm starting to wonder if he's a stowaway from the other group, I do have an adult female that looks a bit like that, but he's the only youngster i've noticed with a belly like that.

Cfigliola · Jul 25, 2014

Hey chinadog

Just wanted to let you know the 5 juvies you sent me are doing very well and have probably doubled in size. They are getting so fat and the 2 that were considerbly smaller have gained all thei colouring now. Was a struggle to get them to eat at first but now they take frozen bloodworm easily. Thanks again

Chinadog · Jul 26, 2014

That's good to hear! Now you've got them started remember to offer variety. Over reliance on any one food can lead to deficiency, bloodworm for example, are too low in calcium to be fed all the time.

Chinadog · Oct 19, 2014

After a mix up with the tubs, I'm now certain who's who between the two groups of juvies. The one above with the stripe is actually from my own adults, almost all the other morphs them have that same pattern this year.
The first pic is from my group and the rest are (definitely!) from the eggs that Eva sent me. They are colouring up nicely due to their food being dusted with powdered Cichlid staple after it was recommended to me by Mark. If anything they seem brighter in the flesh than on screen, the camera has taken the edge of the red for some reason.

evut · Oct 19, 2014

They are looking great. Especially the one in the second picture - reminds me of my nearly clear bellied juvie (he's gotten some more spots since but still looks a bit different). I will have to try supplementing with the cichlid food in the future.

Chinadog · Oct 19, 2014

Yes, it's obvious who his parents are!
The pellets aren't Cichlid staple as I said, they're Cichlid gold sinking pellets by Hikari
I have another small group of juvies that haven't been given the dusted pellets and there's a big difference in colour development. I'll post some pics of those once the camera's re charged.

Azhael · Oct 19, 2014

Argh...i miss seeing those adorable little faces...
They look very healthy and with a lovely colour, well done there

Chinadog · Oct 19, 2014

These are the ones that haven't had the Cichlid gold. Other than that they've been fed the exact same diet of chopped nightcrawlers as their staple with meadow sweepings as and when I can get them.
They're still slightly orange, because they were raised on daphnia, but patch on the other group.

Chinadog · Nov 29, 2014

I saw one of the juvies out hunting this morning, they're doing really well at the moment and seem to be in a growth spurt. I've always thought belly patterns were quite variable, but this year, nearly all the youngsters from my eggs seem to be carbon copies of their mum.
Meanwhile, in the other tank this seasons eggs are beginning to hatch.

manderkeeper · Dec 6, 2014

Cute little things! I think it's cool that you're running tests with different groups to see what the effects of various things are. I think those types of experiments are very interesting.

Chinadog · Apr 12, 2015

I had to round up the baby pyrrhos earlier today, They are growing quite slowly compared to last years because I've been raising them in a terrestrial set up, but their bellies are much a much nicer colour. Again, the camera has taken the edge off the red, but the difference is obvious compared to to the small yellowish one in the pic. He is one of the first morphs from this year and hasn't been eating the Cichlid gold for very long yet.

Chinadog · Feb 20, 2016

Well the 2014 babies went back to the water a few months ago and are starting to mature. I had to net these three out the other week when they went to live with their new owner, so I got a quick snap for the album. Their red bellies have turned orangey because they've been on worms since they went aquatic, but I think they were the nicest ones I've bred so far.
One thing that I have noticed with babies produced with my particular group is males out number females by about 2:1, has anyone else noticed this with their pyrrhos?

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