Hiya Henk, dunno why that link didn't work for me but I managed to access the pic in question through the AmphiaWeb link:
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/aw/search/index.html
Wow, it looks almost like a marbled newt! Too bad it's not around anymore.
I almost lost one of the most colorful of my C.e. popei recently due to a leg infection, but happy to report it's been saved and rehabilitated!
Sorry but I don't know who imported the Neurergus from Europe. All are CB juveniles. Those at one shop are being sold as barani and those at 2 others as strauchii strauchii. Which makes me wonder if the ones I got as N.s.s really are N.s.s and not N.s.b. Barani have fewer spots, right? Would you guess from looking at those pics that I have s.s.?
They do seem to prefer to dryness over moistness as mentioned by John C. and others in posts on this site. They now have a choice of 6 places to hang out (moss, plant, soil, wet paper towel, dry paper towel, ceramic object). They tend to stay in the completely dry inner part of the ceramic object, though they also like the plant.
They were eating pinheads in the shop and I'm keeping them on that for now, but will soon try handfeeding bloodworm. Have you found this to be relatively easy?
(Message edited by Tj on September 02, 2003)