Hongkongensis eggs

Mark
not good news
larvae seemed to start disappearing and I just found out that it was cyclops type animals eating them. I have 2 left, and I doubt one will last....really angry I didn't notice...what can I use for food as when I skim the pond for tiny food, I get countless numbers of these things ...?
Chris
 
That's a shame Chris, very sorry to hear it. When I raised chinensis from eggs, I started the larvae on chopped blackworms (1-3mm pieces) as a first food. They did exceptionally well on this, and I raised...I'd guess around 80-90% of the eggs to healthy subadults. I've long since forgotten specific numbers. Good luck to you.
 
Hi Chris,
If the cyclops are in a certain size range then you can eliminate them from the collecting container by running it through a larger mesh and then rinsing it. This way you can keep crustaceans like daphnia and get rid of the cyclops.
Ed
 
Hi Chris,
Thats really bad news, i thought you were getting a grindal worm culture for the larvae.
Don't you have an aquarium shop near you that sells Daphnia?
Good luck with the two you have left, hope they survive.
 
I have gotton daphnia, but I can only get hold of magna (the biggest daphnia incase I spelt it wrong) and they are way too big to be eaten. The cyclops + the other critters which are harmless are all tiny, although the cyclops are a fraction bigger, it would be incredibly difficult to filter them out, and then others may be predatory as well... I have microworms but the larvae don't seem too interested. They don't sem to want chopped thawed bloodworm either. I have sent for grindals but they have not yet arrived.
Chris
 
I have heard this before but I cannot picture something as small as cyclops eating something as big as a larva. They must be natures best hunters...
Sometimes mother nature has an unreal touch to her.
Sorry about the larvae Chris, hope the two left survive.
 
Ralf I will try to get some. Jesper - the cyclops continueally 'nip' the larvae, particulatly on feet and gills, then more and more gang up as the larva gets weaker and more stressed until it dies then they all cluster round and eat it. I now realise what was actually happening - I though the cyclops were just bumping into the larvae, because of the way they feed - darting in and then darting out very quickly...
Chris
 
That is horrible, but how do larvae survive in nature then? I suppose cyclops are present in breeding ponds, maybe we just have unnatural amounts in our tanks then?
 
Jesper
I should think that these cyclops are not present in Hong Kong. This is why my alpine newt larvae consumed them - they are adapted to cope with them...
Chris
 
Aha, very interesting - I wonder how the alpines manage them? Didn't they just eat them?
That was my first thought - why don't the little buggers just eat them.
 
Hello, everyone. I need some help with my newt eggs. Is there anyone here that can give me some information?


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Just an update - I have 2 larvae left - one from Juraj's lot and one from my unidentified very warty-but-not-fuzhongensis species. Whats odd is that although the adults are nothing alike, the two larvae are identical. I have found they are much happier when provided with a shelter. I have never seen them eat, but they are growing (slowly) and must have eaten something in nearly 2 months. I just hope they keep going...
Chris
 
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