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garrison
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Well, after my post in the help section I have encountered no further deaths. My babies are thriving and I'm finding them to be vert different from the C.cyanurus larvae I raised last year. They are much more avid hunters than the cynops were, maybe since they seem to have such a great talent for swimming. I've seen some chase down daphnia through open water that were seemingly too large for them, only to find that enough nibbles and they were successful. My cynops would hop around the bottom looking and sniffing for food only to be foiled when something swam upwards.
I started these larvae on microworms since I had good luck with them in my last larvae, and I am now giving them bbs, daphnia, and I am introducing blackworms to see how that pans out at this stage. I hate to say, but I'm sort of glad there's a 50% mortality rate in the eggs since my adult female has not quit after at least 300 or so, whew! Anyways, here's some shots of em'
here's mom showing off what she does best so far
and of course dad, who's trying to hide from responsibility
I started these larvae on microworms since I had good luck with them in my last larvae, and I am now giving them bbs, daphnia, and I am introducing blackworms to see how that pans out at this stage. I hate to say, but I'm sort of glad there's a 50% mortality rate in the eggs since my adult female has not quit after at least 300 or so, whew! Anyways, here's some shots of em'



here's mom showing off what she does best so far


and of course dad, who's trying to hide from responsibility

