paddle tail eggs

[rigsby]

just to show last year was'nt a one off they,ve been at it again this year.
sorry for the poor picture quality but the side of the tank has a slight growth of algae and i didn't want to disturb her by cleaning it.

and one off topic...a gargoyle gecko egg hatching (forgive me but i couldn't resist

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[Jake]

Congratulations Ian! That's great news. (the newt eggs, and the gecko)

 

[Jennewt]

Congrats, Ian! So yours lay eggs on plants? The photos from Erik K. showed his paddletail eggs attached to a clay pot, so I thought they might be newts that lay on rocks.

 

[rigsby]

They are laid on a lump of driftwood jen its just the poor quality of the picture, i'll try to gently clean the glass and get a better shot.

 

[jewett]

Ian, thats great news! Can you tell us what conditions your animals are housed in? I like to learn the specifics

 

[rigsby]

they are in a three foot tank, five in all, two males. I have a filter which keeps the water moving, gravel bottom and drift wood and pots for hiding places, although she has laid eggs on driftwood both times now. I tend to disturb them as little as possible just the odd water top up. I leave them in the garage all winter and the temps get pretty low down to around 2 degrees, as soon as the temps rise slightly the dominant male courts the females, the other two females are now in the pots but i cant see if the have eggs.

 

[caudatadude28]

I know this is an old thread but I was wondering what paddletail morphs looked like and if they were terrestrial or not. Do you have pics of the larvae and morphs?

 

[newtamander]

Ah! How do people get paddle tails to breed? Mine wont. Oh well congrats anyhow!