Peter Cynops
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Is any body breeding Japanese Firebelly newts (cynops pyrrhogaster sasayama) or has a suggestion on who may have some to give away or trade? I have two females form 2001 but no males. I would love to breed them again.
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cynops pyrrhogaster sasayama
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Camnp97
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I have a 2:3 group of sasayama newts that are about 6 years old and I have never had any luck getting them to breed. Any tips?
Peter Cynops
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Have you observed the color changes with the male and any mating behavior of the male? I only bred them in 1988, 1989, and 2001. I have always kept mine aquatic The key was to keep them pretty cold for a few weeks in the winter (January / February). Usually a frost free but cold area of the house like a cold room in the basement. Beyond that I didn't do anything special. Raising the metamorphs is a bit challenging as reported by others but it sounds like that is a question for another day.
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I bred them in my newt room without any special treatment. The room's window stays tilted open year-round. This drops winter temperatures to 12°C. Summers get warm, but the room cools down most nights. The tilted window also exposes the animals to natural air pressure shifts. Lastly, my aquarium lighting strictly follows the outside daylight hours. While Chicago has colder winters and Virginia has hotter summers than the Netherlands, you can still find ways to give your animals winter cooling, natural air pressure shifts, and decreasing daylight hours in winter.
Hope you will find at least one male. This an absolute beautiful species, with interesting behaviour and courtship display. You can raise the offspring semi-aquatic btw. With a maximum water level of 5cm filled with aquatic plants (preferably moss, like Java moss) the animals won't drown, but you can still keep on feeding aquatic food items like tubifex or black worms.
Hope you will find at least one male. This an absolute beautiful species, with interesting behaviour and courtship display. You can raise the offspring semi-aquatic btw. With a maximum water level of 5cm filled with aquatic plants (preferably moss, like Java moss) the animals won't drown, but you can still keep on feeding aquatic food items like tubifex or black worms.