Cynops Orientalis Embyonic development

[esnailme]

This thread will also prove interesting.

I have quietly been raising captive bred cynops orientalis larvae for not quiet 2 weeks.

On arrival I had 1 larvae and 7 eggs.

I now have 5 larvae and 3 eggs.

These guys are really tiny.

They are absolutely beautiful.

I believe it will be like walking on eggs shells raising these guys.

I am thinking I have well met my match.

They appear to develop quickly.

I will keep you informed of this adventure.

 

[esnailme]

All eggs hatched.

I lost one larvae---reason unknown

growing well. (just very tiny compared to other species.

I took pics

 

[rebel]

looking good to me:happy:. i want my newts to breed but they probaly wont but keeping hopes up

 

[Joost]

I hope you will raise as many as possible. It turns out to be that orientalis isn't the easiest to raise. Keep the good work going.

 

[esnailme]

Trust me I am literally holding my breathe.

This is by the seat of my pants :rofl:

 

[esnailme]

Just a quick update.

The smaller larvae are now getting microworms.

They just aren't that crazy about the whiteworms.

I had to remove a larva that is a floater.

I found a champagne glass that fits just perfect.

He is getting microworms.

I gave this little baby a tester whiteworm.

He is doing much better.

He ate it. :happy:

Last fin count was 4 or 5

 

[bichogrilo]

It is awesome isnt it, i started my firebellies by buying 12 eggs on the net, when they arrived one had already hatched, they were so small! mine loved water daphnia, and i got hooked for hours watching them slowly stalk and lunge at them. When they started morphing it was the coolest thing ever.

 

[esnailme]

The floater successfully passed his bubble. Was returned to original tank.

 

[esnailme]

My babies were moved to the same type of setup as the t marm's.

This will give them more room to move around.

The largest baby swallowed a red wiggler within the bat of an eye.

I looked all over the tank..........not red wiggler.

Gheeze he must be really hungry.

Attached are their school pictures.

Aren't they cute?

So far this species has not given me a stitch of trouble.

They are my favorite so far.

Now don't get me wrong, I love my t marm's.

The t marm's are rather fussy and touchy.

 

[esnailme]

The largest larva which is 3/4 of an inch at most is exhibiting signs of morphing. He/She is hanging on top of the plastic plants. I think this larva is trying to jump on the band wagon.

 

[suztor]

This is an exciting thread to follow!!! I'm not sure if i want to raise any newts from eggs yet. Although I'm starting to be more open minded towards the juvenile stage.

 

[esnailme]

OK......I had my first morph.

Since the tiny creature is so small, it was transferred to a medium sized critter keeper.

Some soil was placed from the original home which contains leaf litter, spring tails and white worms into the critter keeper.

This is only a temp setup.

The original home is a mansion compared to this temp setup.

 

[esnailme]

The recent morph did not survive.

I think I should have had a different setup e.g. paper towel as substrate