Kurt
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Hi,
I have an Ambystoma larva that I caught in a pond in NH. I am not sure of the species, but that's not that important right now. What is important is I need to feed him. I had been feeding him daphnia that I had collected out of my pool. The first group I collected I put in with him immediately, he was overwhelmed by the number of them, but he was eating them and he was looking well fed for the next few days.
A few days ago we finally got around to "opening" the pool. Before throwing in chlorine I gather a ton of daphnia out of the pool knowing they would not last long after we began treating the water. So I put this back up source in a basin and left it on the back porch. Long story short, the next day the Sun came out and cooked them. I thought "OK no problem, maybe I can culture the ones I still have in with the salamander"
Then I did a water change in the larva's critter keeper and I forgot to use the dechlorinator. The tap water here is usually not all that high in chlorine so I wasn't overly concerned. Well, the salamander survived, no problem, but his food wasn't so lucky. The last of the daphnia died off with in 24 hours of the water change. What I have learned is daphnia are more sensitive to environmental changes than amphibians are.
Now I have a dilemma, what can I feed this little guy that is readily available? Can I get him to eat frozen or dried fish food? Are live black worms too big? Is live brine shrimp?
I have an Ambystoma larva that I caught in a pond in NH. I am not sure of the species, but that's not that important right now. What is important is I need to feed him. I had been feeding him daphnia that I had collected out of my pool. The first group I collected I put in with him immediately, he was overwhelmed by the number of them, but he was eating them and he was looking well fed for the next few days.
A few days ago we finally got around to "opening" the pool. Before throwing in chlorine I gather a ton of daphnia out of the pool knowing they would not last long after we began treating the water. So I put this back up source in a basin and left it on the back porch. Long story short, the next day the Sun came out and cooked them. I thought "OK no problem, maybe I can culture the ones I still have in with the salamander"
Then I did a water change in the larva's critter keeper and I forgot to use the dechlorinator. The tap water here is usually not all that high in chlorine so I wasn't overly concerned. Well, the salamander survived, no problem, but his food wasn't so lucky. The last of the daphnia died off with in 24 hours of the water change. What I have learned is daphnia are more sensitive to environmental changes than amphibians are.
Now I have a dilemma, what can I feed this little guy that is readily available? Can I get him to eat frozen or dried fish food? Are live black worms too big? Is live brine shrimp?