Yes, please do so Aaron. And remember, adding artificial coloring to their food doesn't count!
Jen...I'll separate what I have left and see what happens. But I'm running out of C.e.p larvae to "experiment" with as most have morphed already and the adults are not laying more. (I do have massive quantities of C.e.e larvae -- too bad C.e.e are not as colorful as C.e.p...)
I suppose it's genetic. I don't know to what extent food has anything to do with it (beta-carotene and all that stuff). I always start my hatchlings out on brine, then switch to tubifex, and finally a combination of tubifex and bloodworm, but mostly bloodworm.
If we humans can transform a wolf into a pug through selective breeding, dunno why we can't enlist Mother Nature's help in coming up with a hybrid strain of C.e.p, one that's covered head to tail in pure gold
By the way, the WC newt in the very first pic above was being sold as a "designer newt"