Raising N. viridescens from eggs - why is it considered difficult

[Coastal Groovin]

The real problem with them is wild collected adults are known to die for no reason. When raising them from a egg they morph out at a very small size. Making it hard to feed them. Springtails, day old crickets and stunted fruit flies are all needed. They need a lot of attention to make sure they are getting food. Then getting a substrate that isn't to wet or dry is another problem. The larger Red Efts used to give me some feeding problems until I started feeding them little clumps of black worms on wet paper towels. Stick with red efts and let them morph rather that getting adults that will stop a lot of disappointment.

 

[Coastal Groovin]

Having a large culture of Costa Rican Isopods helped a great deal with feeding too.

 

[c81kennedy]

Iv got 4 red efts that are starting to darken up and turn green, when will I know when there ready for water and how would I go about transfering them?

The real problem with them is wild collected adults are known to die for no reason. When raising them from a egg they morph out at a very small size. Making it hard to feed them. Springtails, day old crickets and stunted fruit flies are all needed. They need a lot of attention to make sure they are getting food. Then getting a substrate that isn't to wet or dry is another problem. The larger Red Efts used to give me some feeding problems until I started feeding them little clumps of black worms on wet paper towels. Stick with red efts and let them morph rather that getting adults that will stop a lot of disappointment.