Raising T. Marms. from eggs....

[chris]

thanks for the heads up charles. jen also told me about that place some time ago. i finally found out they had the worms i could use.

(Message edited by chris_dishmon on March 03, 2007)

 

[joseph]

Great photos! I am also at this stage with some marms(from Garrison). The funny thing is that they hatched during shipment so all I've done is pour some 20 or so(!) larvae into a rearing container.

 

[chris]

don't be afraid to post up some pics.

 

[ravenous]

Hows the raising going? Have you had any slip ups or is everything going as planned?

 

[chris]

great actually. still got 6 and most have spots on their tails now. they also still have their front legs but no backs. when they get the rears and grow a lil more they are going into the other 10 gallon that has a lot more stuff in it and then the 55 gallon. whew!

 

[chris]

 

[ryan]

Looks good, make sure to keep us posted.

 

[chris]

attacking the bloodworm chunks.

 

[richard]

Hope for the best chris. Its looking pretty good so far. That is a funny pic, as it seems the bloodworm is about 1/3 of his actual length lol

 

[ryan]

It looks like the larvae is sticking out a large tounge.

 

[chris]

these guys wolf these things down.

 

[chris]

one passed away today not sure why but he was one of the smallest of the bunch. maybe he didn't eat.

 

[ryan]

How many do you have now?

 

[chris]

i got 5 left.

 

[chris]

here is a good pic of 3 of them at feeding time. as you can see they have black/blue spots on thier tails and some have small rear legs and are starting to swim more like a newt.

 

[chris]

it seems i have 4 big ones and one smally. i looked at his stomach and saw no food but his buddys were fat as hell. so i isolated him and imma keep an eye on him.....feed him seperatly for now.

(Message edited by chris_dishmon on March 30, 2007)

 

[ryan]

Looking good Chris!

 

[chris]

since they got rear leggs now i moved the four to a deeper tank with a submerged piece of wood with java moss growing on it, some elodea(gonna get more today) and a low powered air pump. the other one is still isolated and being fed well so he can catch up to the others.

 

[chris]

get some!

 

[chris]

i hope everone doesn't mind me posting up so many pics. i just like to look at newts and figured everyone else wants to.