Paramesotriton laoensis breeding

[paul_b]

This here is thee weeks on land:

Paul

 

[jef]

great job paul!now the difficult part can begin.keep us posted.

 

[paul_b]

Thanks Jef!

great job paul!now the difficult part can begin.keep us posted.

It was a difficult part to bring them up to metamorphosis!
Never have had such sensitive larvae - not the different Cynops, not Salamandra, even not Paramesotriton deloustali.

Paul

 

[jef]

were they reluctant eaters?what were they sensitive for?water changes,food?

 

[paul_b]

Hi Jef,

I have to clean the water each day, and to change ist each two days.
Then no problems.
But no chance with filtration, air, water from the parent tank ...

Paul

 

[andrew]

Really well done, Paul....great to see this! How many morphs do you have?
I wonder if they'll be typical Paramesotriton morphs when it comes to getting them feeding etc?

 

[paul_b]

Really well done, Paul....great to see this! How many morphs do you have?
I wonder if they'll be typical Paramesotriton morphs when it comes to getting them feeding etc?

80 morphs until now and they seem to do like my deloustali!
But the laoensis larvae are much more sensitive than the deloustali larvae.

Paul

 

[paul_b]

... they seem to do like my deloustali!
...

Here a photo of a deloustali morph, just on land:

See the rest off the gills!

Paul

 

[paul_b]

Hello!
Some more photos:

2 weeks!

Paul

 

[John]

I must say Paul, you're doing extremely well. I take my hat off to you! Wunderbar!

 

[newtlord]

Hey Paul, they really look healthy and fat enough and I think you have pretty much, although it is the first time. You did a good job and I have to say wunderbar, too (form German to German).

Sylvester

 

[andrew]

Fantastic....what a great site to see, Paul. I hope us keepers of Laoensis can do this on a regular basis and negate the demand for w/c animals.

 

[froggy]

Marvellous job Paul. They look a little like Cynops pyrrhogaster sasayama morphs with those dorsal markings. Great to see this species doing so well in captivity; hopefully no more will be taken from the wild...

Chris

 

[paul_b]

Thanks everyone!
But my best reward is to see this beauties doing well

Paul

 

[Ralf]

Hi Paul, wonderful chubby little morphlings.

Do you always keep them on this kind of gravel and what do you feed them?
Are they out in the open or do they hide beneath shelters during the daytime? What is their behaviour at night?

Hopefully you can reveal some of your secrets before your lecture in Gersfeld this fall.

Way to go.

Ralf

 

[paul_b]

Hi Ralf,

yes, I keep them on this gravel, with holes of slate.
They are in the holes nearly all time.
So I can keep the tank clean very good.
I feed them with Thermobia domestica (http://de.geocities.com/archiv_cynops/Futtertiere/Ofenfische.htm),
Collembola (http://de.geocities.com/archiv_cynops/Futtertiere/Springschwaenze.htm),
Aphidina (http://de.geocities.com/archiv_cynops/Futtertiere/Blattlaus.htm).

First I used coco humus - but the morphs did not like it.

Here a photo of "Big Mama":

Paul

 

[Jennewt]

Absolutely beautiful babies, Paul!

I want to ask... how do you clean the tank with wet gravel? I tried to use wet gravel as substrate once, and the result was that it became stagnant (smelled like a swamp). So, I've never tried again.

 

[paul_b]

@Jennewt:
aproximate 4 cm gravel, in 2 cm water.
On one side a small part without gravel, so that there is open water with Java moos.
Every two or three days I suck te water off, and rinse gravel with fresh water.
Every weekend, I take all juvenile out of the tank and clean it all with a lot of water very intensive.

Paul

 

[paul_b]

Two months on land:

Paramesotriton deloustali and laoensis:

In this time they grew 0,5 cm.

Paul

 

[andrew]

Really good job, Paul....a great sight to see.