Breeding Cynops Orientalis

[Fingolfin]

Hey, I am almost 100% new to the newt and salamander world, and last year I acquired four fire bellied newts off craigslist. I have fed them blood worms and occasionally pellet food and brine shrimp for a varied diet. A few days ago, I noticed some eggs!

yes, I know they are infertile, but I was wondering, how does one go about breeding them? Thanks!
(Side note: They share an aquarium with a couple dwarf frogs and guppies, but I have never had any problems, I will remove them shortly though as I have heard bad things about mixed species.)

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[jewett]

Congrats! This should help to get you started: Caudata Culture Articles - Raising Newts and Salamanders from Eggs

There are also many, many threads discussing this very topic so be sure to take a look around and you will learn a lot

HJ

 

[Fingolfin]

Hey thanks, I looked last night and I could not find any threads lol, I must have spelt somthing wrong

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[Springlizard]

Awesome , I'm jealous . Would love to breed newts some day

 

[Chinadog]

Hi, welcome to the site.
Why do you say they're infertile? It takes longer than a few days for them to visibly change shape all that much, they could well be viable.

 

[Fingolfin]

If they are not, that would be awesome, but they are sort of whitish, I just assumed that is correct??? A few more have been deposited since then, if they are indeed fertile that would make my day

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[AuSu]

I wondered colour too in the beginning as I had seen only frog eggs in the nature (they look black to my eye). If the egg sack ( what's that in English...) goes cloudy and starts molding, then you know they aren't good. If it stays clear you'll slowly notice the white/light gray middle starting to shape as a baby newt ��