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[rigsby]

one Barry white tune on the radio and hey presto.

 

[Kaysie]

'Tis the season.

 

[Nathan050793]

Love is in the air. How did you trigger the change to breeding dress? Mine have been in my cold basement for over 2 weeks and nothing has changed.

 

[louise]

Great! Did these guys breed last year for you too?

 

[ben_tajer]

Nathan, Newts generally wont develop breeding plumage during the cold period, but immediately after the temperature increases and the daylight gets longer. Nice pics.

 

[Nathan050793]

Thanks for the tip Benjamin. That's the piece of information I was unclear about.

 

[Lasher]

On the few occasions I've wanted to induce mating I've always gradualy(over a month or two, but could prob be done faster) dropped the light period down to 6 or 8 hours. At that point increase the water level by at least two inchs whilst fairly quickly raising the light period to at least 12 hours a day(over 2-3 weeks).
Obviously drop the temperature a few degrees, then raise it back to optimal as the light comes up.

 

[Otterwoman]

I have mine in a tank in my living room, and as soon as the hottest part of summer is over (round about september) they start changing, and start amplexing from oct/nov until january. Last year I didn't see any eggs, but found a morph in the tank. This year I'm looking and looking in the tank for eggs, I made those plastic egg-laying strips, and I keep seeing teeny baby snails on them which I mistake for eggs, get all excited, look closer, and get disappointed.

 

[Ralf]

American Wrestling

Seems that my Notophthalmus viridescens dorsalis were inspired by martial arts rather than easy-listening-music.

 

[ben_tajer]

Great timing in that picture, I love the open mouth, makes it look like it's screaming.

 

[Kaysie]

I could tell you exactly what she's screaming. "NOT NOW! I have dishes to wash."