Ken Worthington
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Hi people, just popped in and I'm presently posting to present a poser precisely pertaining to popular opinion as per paramenters :happy:
My partly perused but patient 'parenting-project' pleased me by periodically and perchance persistantly pro-creating, producing, pretty predictably, a particular proud populus, perhaps potentially problematic, pertaining to the probability of potential public/private purchasers.
Please PM me in Public Profile as per particular problems with Postage and Packing and with parcels previously posted in person.
With that many 'P's, I've got an excuse to make P-pod wine :wacko:
Anyway, I've taken my medication now, and here's my question;
Depending on which rooms of the house that I might keep the plastic tanks with the C orientalis babies in, they can be kept at around 10*C in one room, maybe 13* to 14* in another, to 17*C and inbetween without problems, so what would experienced orientalis breeders recommend?
Whilst I appreciate that I'd want them to be as big as reasonally possible when it comes to morphing (for ease of care, etc), I realise that the lower the temperature, the lower the rate of their metabolism, although oxygen will be more abundant with the slightly lower temperatures, maybe?
I've read the various (and very helpful) articles in Caudata Culture, etc http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/raising_juveniles.shtml , and the recent article about morph rates and longevity correlation theories. http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1-gen...ascinating-bizarre-research-sciencedaily.html
By the way, the details;
frequent 50% water changes, adding a mix of 75% bottled 'spring' water/25% parents tank water (with safe parameters)..... smaller Daphnia....... some Elodea to hide amongst, some duckweed (!)..... no air-line or filter..... around 9 hours of diffused sunlight daily...... temperature is around 16.0*C, a bit too high?
Any advice would be welcomed.....as Brucy might say; 'It's a 16, higher or lower?'
My partly perused but patient 'parenting-project' pleased me by periodically and perchance persistantly pro-creating, producing, pretty predictably, a particular proud populus, perhaps potentially problematic, pertaining to the probability of potential public/private purchasers.
Please PM me in Public Profile as per particular problems with Postage and Packing and with parcels previously posted in person.
With that many 'P's, I've got an excuse to make P-pod wine :wacko:Anyway, I've taken my medication now, and here's my question;
Depending on which rooms of the house that I might keep the plastic tanks with the C orientalis babies in, they can be kept at around 10*C in one room, maybe 13* to 14* in another, to 17*C and inbetween without problems, so what would experienced orientalis breeders recommend?
Whilst I appreciate that I'd want them to be as big as reasonally possible when it comes to morphing (for ease of care, etc), I realise that the lower the temperature, the lower the rate of their metabolism, although oxygen will be more abundant with the slightly lower temperatures, maybe?
I've read the various (and very helpful) articles in Caudata Culture, etc http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/raising_juveniles.shtml , and the recent article about morph rates and longevity correlation theories. http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1-gen...ascinating-bizarre-research-sciencedaily.html
By the way, the details;
frequent 50% water changes, adding a mix of 75% bottled 'spring' water/25% parents tank water (with safe parameters)..... smaller Daphnia....... some Elodea to hide amongst, some duckweed (!)..... no air-line or filter..... around 9 hours of diffused sunlight daily...... temperature is around 16.0*C, a bit too high?
Any advice would be welcomed.....as Brucy might say; 'It's a 16, higher or lower?'
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