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jesper
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I just caught up too....amazing, never thought someone would succeed so quickly. Congrats!
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anthony
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Andy, congrats! Yours are very beautiful indeed. It just goes to show you what hard work and patience will bring. Hopefully mine pull through and become as gorgeous and robust as yours. Really excited to see some of the larvae from this species, all the best with them!
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andy
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Thanks guys, i'll be posting pictures when i can but unfortunately my P/C has died
so i cant post as often as i'd like to. Hopefully i can fix it soon....though at the moment my machine has me stumped!
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david
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They laid their eggs on plant underwater?
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andy
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Yes, all eggs were laid in the water.
But after close inspection today it looks like most of these eggs are not going to come to any good. It's long been a dream of mine to keep and breed this species so i'm pretty gutted.
I see development in a lot of the eggs...or at least it looks like they started to develop but then stopped. On top of that it looks like some bloodworm have found their way into the containers of eggs. They burrow through the outer jelly and appear to have been feeding on the material inside. It was hard to spot them as a lot of the eggs have a covering of dirt/plant material on them. There are some that look okay still and i also see division in these eggs but not as much development as i'd expect after nine days....but we'll see if anything comes of them.
I do however have a plan to try and get more eggs. It's a sudden rise in temperature and humidity that gets these guys breeding and right now they're in a cool spot of the house for the summer. My plan is to put them back in my newt room (which is now empty of newts due to rising temps) for a couple of days, it's quite humid and about 70f in there right now....i'm wondering if this heat/humidity rise will kick start my other females into laying. If they look like they're interested in courting/laying again i'll put them back into the large aquatic breeding tank.
But after close inspection today it looks like most of these eggs are not going to come to any good. It's long been a dream of mine to keep and breed this species so i'm pretty gutted.
I see development in a lot of the eggs...or at least it looks like they started to develop but then stopped. On top of that it looks like some bloodworm have found their way into the containers of eggs. They burrow through the outer jelly and appear to have been feeding on the material inside. It was hard to spot them as a lot of the eggs have a covering of dirt/plant material on them. There are some that look okay still and i also see division in these eggs but not as much development as i'd expect after nine days....but we'll see if anything comes of them.
I do however have a plan to try and get more eggs. It's a sudden rise in temperature and humidity that gets these guys breeding and right now they're in a cool spot of the house for the summer. My plan is to put them back in my newt room (which is now empty of newts due to rising temps) for a couple of days, it's quite humid and about 70f in there right now....i'm wondering if this heat/humidity rise will kick start my other females into laying. If they look like they're interested in courting/laying again i'll put them back into the large aquatic breeding tank.