Hi Jennifer
Well, it doesn't pretend to be an ad since almost 90 % of all of them are already booked for. I don't pretend to sell anything here since I won't post them. And since that post on caudata.org very few people knew this years breedings. The intention was just to inform and also encourage enthusiast to assist to the Gersfeld meeting since its a great oportunity to share experiences, meet other enthusiast, assist to conferences and also there is exchange of captive breed animals. I also expected some questions so I was ready to answear any question.
Some info:
I keep adults all year round in water and I do the same with juveniles (they never go through a terrestrial stage). The first picture I post with 4 n.kaiseri are already juveniles from this year, the second one is a breeding adult and the third one is a larvae (I still have 20 % of the animals with gills). Apart from the picture of the adult wich was taken in may the other two pictures were taken the same day of the post along with the ones of caudata calendar competition.
On temperatures I keep them in summer at 21 grades and in winter bewteen 5-10 grades, I keep a truck of all year temperatures (I use a teco refrigerator) and also I keep truck of daytime hours (very few in winter and 12 hours light in summer). I will post accurate info was I have time to gather and sum up the info.
Eggs were lay 90% on plants and 10 % in rock holes, so it has being proven that if avalable they prefere plants over rocks.
Adults are feed with live tubifex, life daphnia, frozen red worms, live dendrobaena, liver (chicken, rabit and lamb) and once a month I dust liver or tubifex with vitamins (new ENT amphibian vitamins).
Juveniles are 'well educated' so they will eat almost anything given
but main diet has being live tubifex with vitamins, daphnia (best food on the first month of hatching till they grow enough to eat tubifex), and frozen redworms but the ones I have already given away the new owners have reported me that they eat anything even pellets, cutted galeria, etc.
I will take some pictures and gather some taken from eggs and so on.
Best greetings
Yago