Question: Egg identification

Ok, i did some more reasearch and found that wood frogs attach they're eggs to leaves/sticks and these ones were free floating, the green ones were stuck to sticks though. Any other ideas on what these eggs are?:confused:
 
I'm not sure what you were reading but out of hundreds of wood frog egg masses I've seen only a handful were attached to sticks and even those were on accident.
 
Also, The eggs are really close to hatching, as in, Over the next 2-4 days.
Is the tap water dechlorinater for fish O.K? All I ussually do is,
(I know, i'm like crazy careful about water) Boil it for ten minutes, and uncap the pot for Two days. Also, If I get pinhead crickets and I Pull them into small, Small peices will that be good? I know about the Nuetrients in the crickets, I will try and gutload as often as possible. Other than that I am awaiting their arrival!!!! These ones have been deveolping very nicely! Anyone Got Some names? Also the reg. white eggs got a greenish tint after a while too, I guessed they were just a little fresher?
Boy Names;
1Bubba
2Gerald (after deaceased grandfather)
3_____

Girl names;
1_________
2Germaine ( after Grandmother
3_________

Neutral names (Until I can tell if its a girl or a boy)
1__________
2___________
3____________

Yes, the ones filled in I will be using, so try and pick nice names for boy and girls.
(I know I won't be able to tell right away so....)
Thanks everyone for the support,
Orange Juice
 
Orange Juice said:
Ok well, i just did some searching on the Internet
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It's a good idea to keep track of where you read things. Just for future reference.

The name Gerald can always be switched to Geraldine if needed. And if you spell Germaine without the "e" it becomes a man's name.
 
Ha ha! I like Sal for a neutral name! Jennewt, I will do that next time I go searching.
Thanks for the idea about Gerald/Germaine too! Love the names, keepthem coming everyone!
 
Two Of the eggs Hatched!!! They are so cute! And best of all on my dad's birthday!:D:D:D
Now the only Problems I have are,
-Watching the water quality
-Food, Mushed peices of pin heads? or maybe flightless fruit flys?

I thought they would be a little smaller, here is how big they are now about,
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:DThanks Everyone, Orange Juice:frog:
 
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Mushed up pin heads and fruitflies wont work. The mushed pinheads wont move and the fruitflies are too large. Try live FINELY chopped blackworms, baby brine shrimp, baby daphnia, baby whiteworms, and/or pond water. As for water quality, daily water changes (30-70%) and lots of plants are good ways to keep it stable.
 
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I have a plant, Not sure what kind, and a little duckweed floating around. I bought Freeze dried bloodworms, and i will change the water every day. I;m sorry Ic ouldn't get any picures in, they blend in so well...
Also, do you think I could or should get a sponge filter?
Thanks for your help,
Orange Juice
 
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Freeze dried bloodworms won´t work. Even if they did, they are a very poor choice and have very little nutrition.
 
You need live food because the newly hatched larvae hunt by movement. Only some adult may hunt by smell that will take dried/frozen food. Since the eggs do not look like Newt eggs, they might grow up to be salamander that is terrestrial species. In that case, I don't think there is any frozen/dried food that the terrestrial salamander will eat.

If the other eggs are wood frog eggs, you probably need other type of food as well. Such as green water ...etc
 
Ok I have noticed that,
I nned some pretty quick, easy to find choices.
Yesterday I tried to feed it a very tiny small peice of worm, and no dice.
I cleaned up the muck to bare bottom with a turkey baster, and can maybe get in some pics. they are 100% all spotted salamander, there are 3 too. The water problem is not a problem anymore, I got some declorinator drops from PETCO. They don't have any legs yet, they are still like "Tadpoles" (meaning they swim like them).
Any help appreciated,
Orange Juice :grin:
 
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the other members have already mentioned that larvae hunt by movement, and im pretty sure that bloodworms (frozen or live) are still too large for the tiny critters, im no expert but id take a good guess that the average bloodworm is larger than any "baby" foods and that they cease movement once they are frozen.

you really should make sure that you can feed and house any critter before you keep it, not having the right foods and not having the water conditioner before the eggs hatched is a little "off" in my personal opinion.
 
Though I agree with the others that you should have a good knowledge of live foods for your hatchlings, especially since hatchlings are very difficult to raise and small enough foods are the biggest problem that arises, here is my quick in a pinch advice: Go back to the pond/ puddle you found them in, with a couple of containers that will hold water. (16 to 20 oz. soda bottles work great. Rinsed well.) fill both with the original pond water, and some of the bottom gook too. Make sure the are no large predacious insect larvae in your samples, and put one directly ino your setup. It should be full of size appropriate foods for your little guys. The other one I would trasnsfer into a larger contaner or another setup, and gradually add more water each day giving them room to breed more. Then you have your own captive culture for future use.
 
Might just go for Baby brine shrimps. I have been hatching them just 12 hours a batch. Pretty fast. And the size and number is good enough for the larvae. The newly hatched larvae should still give you a few days before they start hunting. So you should still have time.

Learning how to hatch baby brine shrimp is a good asset. Since even if you have other alternative, brine shrimp can always be your back up food. However, remember to change the water every day to remove the dying shrimps. I usually do daily 100% water change for larvae until they reached a good size.
 
Thank you all for the Ideas and suggestions but,
I think they are eating the CHOPPED peices of bloodworms.
I leave small peices in the tank at evening and by the next morning a few are gone.
(The rest I take out with a turkey baster.)
Thanks,
Orange Juice
 
that's odd, but if they are eating the pieces then it's fantastic, you should still try and locate live prey for the little guys/girls, as they grow they will pretty much only eat live food (unless im mistaken in that salamanders only eat moving foods).

good luck with your current endeavor.
 
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