Molch
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My strauchii have produced viable eggs for the first time, and they are now hatching. I got the adults from Jennewt a few years back; they were young newts then, just reaching adulthood.
While the females laid eggs every year, they have always been unfertilized, suggesting that the boys needed a bit more time growing up maybe..
interestingly, in previous years I always cooled them down in the storage room prior to egg laying, but this year I didn't do that and left them in their main tank, which was at ca. 62 F at the time they laid the eggs.
So anyways, here I am with my first strauchii larvae. I have about 30 viable eggs. Eggs are 2 different ages, suggesting 2 laying events, maybe 2 different females. I have no daphnia at the time, so I'll attempt to raise them starting with tiny chopped blackworms, at least until I can order a Daphnia culture somewhere..
Those of you who have raised strauchii, any advice on what might be different as compared to raising other species?
While the females laid eggs every year, they have always been unfertilized, suggesting that the boys needed a bit more time growing up maybe..
interestingly, in previous years I always cooled them down in the storage room prior to egg laying, but this year I didn't do that and left them in their main tank, which was at ca. 62 F at the time they laid the eggs.
So anyways, here I am with my first strauchii larvae. I have about 30 viable eggs. Eggs are 2 different ages, suggesting 2 laying events, maybe 2 different females. I have no daphnia at the time, so I'll attempt to raise them starting with tiny chopped blackworms, at least until I can order a Daphnia culture somewhere..
Those of you who have raised strauchii, any advice on what might be different as compared to raising other species?