T. Verrucosus Eggs!

[caudatadude28]

I know I haven't been active in a long time but nothing new has really been happening. Until now. I have had a hunch that my female t. verr. was gravid for quite some time now. I used water level and temperature changes along with light cycles to stimulate breeding starting last fall and my work paid off! My t. verr. are three years old I believe with the female being around six inches and the male around five inches. I have many many eggs and she still looks very fat so who knows if she's done or not. I have them in a ten gallon tank with tons of java moss and island made from flower pots and slate. I think I'll just replace the java moss with some other moss I have and replace the slate covered in java moss. I also plan on collecting pond water and raising the eggs in a 20 gallon long tank with pond water since I dont have black worms and would rather not purchase them. What do you experienced tylo keepers think??

~AJ

 

[Otterwoman]

That sounds fine, and congratulations!

 

[atlatiselliott]

Cool! Well congratulations!!!!!

 

[caudatadude28]

The eggs should hatch anytime now! I hope to get pics up soon. I have a 20 gallon long, a 5 gallon, and a couple small plastic containers for housing. I'm using pondwater for the first week or two for feeding.

 

[Otterwoman]

You'll have to get a lot of food for them until they're big enough to switch to minced worms. That would be my goal, getting them on to minced worms. And watch out for dragon fly larvae, they'll eat your larvae.

 

[eljorgo]

Cool! Well congratulations!!!!!

Hey Elliott. What are you doing with my picture of my kweichow newts taken be me as your profile pic?
Please remove it anytime soon. Will make sure you do. Im the author and do not want my images flowing around without my knowledge.
Cheers,