Cynops pyrrhogaster juveniles movement

[idontthinkso]

When is it safe to put juveniles into water ?

What age / what length?

They are currently on paper towels.

 

[Bellabelloo]

Juveniles Pyrrho's can be very temperamental when it comes to going aquatic.
With mine, I removed the towels and added about 1 cm of water to their tub, added lots and lots of plants and only offered food in the water, ideally daphnia and small blood worm. Most would happily start to paddle and submerge....some would refuse and would cling to the sides of the tub and avoid water contact. I had one that took so long, that I had to add a cork island...eventually he gave in and now merrily swims with all the others.

 

[idontthinkso]

Some weeks ago i had put water at one side of their tub, but they didnt go for it I didnt put food in it , though 1 earthworm seemed to somehow like the water, but i think that earthworm was too big anyway what age / length were yours ?

 

[sde]

Believe it or not, some people have actually had success raising them mostly aquatically. But you must provide lots of plants.

http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1173-...423-raising-c-pyrrhogaster-fully-aquatic.html

http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1173-...9-cynops-orientalis-2011-mass-production.html

http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1173-...275-raising-metamorphs-aquatic-new-way-p.html

These should help.

So in the future if you have more juveniles/morphs, you could try this. -Seth

 

[idontthinkso]

Thanks Seth ! I have already read those articles, thats why i am raising my own larvae aquatic. But i was asking this for some juveniles i have bought from a guy who raised them this way, i was wondering when to move them to a tank