Kweichowensis Eggs

Thanks for the words of encouragement. There are now 50+ hatchlings. Sorry but no pics. I have still yet to buy a digital camera.
Chip
 
Quick update. Right at 100 eggs were initially laid with 98 of them hatching. So far only one larvae has died however a few appear smaller and weaker than the rest. All of the others are feeding well on baby brine and to a lesser extent ground tropical fish flakes. Last week an additional 30 more eggs were laid. I guess that I should have been careful about what I was wishing for...
Chip
 
Just thought i'd let you know that my Kweichowensis are laying eggs again now. I have about 3 or 4 hundred eggs from a few females.
How are yours doing now?
 
That's an impressive amount of eggs! Nothing really became of the second batch that mine laid. Only a few hatched and none survived. There are about 91 larvae from the first. They all seem to be growing very well and have adapted to eating frozen bloodworms (which makes life easier).
Chip
 
Hello, I recently bought a pair of kweinchowensis and I was wondering if you could give me some info on breeding them? Any info would be great! Thanks.
 
I breed Kweichowensis, to be honest....once you have healthy animals established they're not too hard to breed.
I keep 5 adults in a 4 foot x 16 inch tank, roughly half land and half water. The water section is only about 5 inches deep and the land section is rather plain having just a few hides for them.
During the winter the animals will all stay on the land under their hides and the temperature in my newt room will go down to about 58f on the coldest days. They need a good few months at these temps and around march/april time when the temps naturally start to raise you'll find that they become alot more active. As the temps raise to the high 60's fahrenheit usually the males will go to their water section and wait for the ladies. Usually, around 68f ish...the females enter the water. It's at this time that i usually transfer them to another breeder tank. This has three quarters water and a quarter land....the tank i use for this is three feet long x 12 inch wide. The water should also be as deep as your longest newt, and the land section is soil with a hide. Tylototritons generally breed between may/august so during this time your likely (in my experience) to have several spawnings from the newts....9 times out of 10....laid on the soil.
 
Quick update. All but two have morphed. Last night the first morphs started eating again, after nearly three weeks of being off feed. I remember you describing the same situation Andy but I was starting to wonder if they were ever going to eat again. Anyway that's one less worry now.
Chip
 
Well thats great news! well done!
At the moment i have about 100 larvae and have had four seperate spawnings....one of which was last night! I'm actually starting to get too many here!!
Yes, waiting for them to eat is definately a worry, but once they start theres no stopping them. They'll generally eat as often as you offer food, they grow like weeds when given plenty of worms.
 
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