Updated Triturus Baby Pics

[david]

The kids sure grow fast.

Marmortus (love those toes)

Marmortus (where's lunch?)

Montandoni (off bbs, on daphnia)

Montandoni (checking out the camera)

Cristatus (3 incher)

Cristatus (slightly smaller sibling)

And might as well follow Nate's and Jen's lead. Aquatic Strauchii

 

[bri]

Wow, those are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!

 

[justin]

nice pics david please can you tell me what camera you used cheers justin

 

[david]

It's an older Sony Mavica FD94 camera. It has good telephoto, but isn't much in the pixel department

 

[jesper]

Very nice pics, Dave!
I will put up a review of the 4Mpix olypus c-4000 zoom with supermacro as fast as I receive it and have a chance to use it, hopefully at the end of the next week. Judging from the reviews and awards it has gotten it is the best supermacro in the 4Mpix class. Now, John and his Nikon-follwers

is going to protest and say that Nikon 4500 is at least as good....
My answer to that is:
Well give me a ring when the Nikon 4500 reach a price of 200 euro - than it might be able to compete!

(Message edited by jesper on March 14, 2004)

 

[jesper]

I must say that you certainly squeeze the maximum out of that camera Dave!

 

[mark]

Nice pics Dave, looks like the cristatus will be morphing soon.
Do you have any more pics of your N.strauchii?

 

[pin-pin]

amazing shots! (but scary lookin' toes...)

 

[david]

No Mark, but I'll take some this week

 

[mark]

Thanks Dave,
Do you keep them aquatic all year round or just in breeding season?

 

[david]

They're juvies. I've had them for 6 months

 

[TJ]

Nice!!! I love that first pic especially! Looks a bit like an alien

 

[david]

The cristatus are morphing out at about 3 to 3 and 1/2 inches (7 1/2 to 9 centemeters)

 

[bri]

adorable.
by the way - do you plan on trading/selling your marmoratus ever?

 

[jennifer]

Dave, how did you get them so big before morphing? Did they stay larvae more than 3 months? What did you feed them? My karelinii never reach more than 2 inches before morph.

 

[david]

NO Jen,the eggs were laid Christmas Night. They took about 10 to 14 days to start hatching, so they're probably about 2 months old. BBS Daphnia, and live black worms

 

[david]

Maybe Brian, after I've developed a good breeding base

 

[elizabeth]

<font color="ff6000">Aquatic Strauchii ?? Do they take well to a water environment? I thought they stayed on land ? I'd Better find new information.</font>

(Message edited by bethnewt on March 24, 2004)

 

[david]

The first of the montandoni to morph.

 

[david]

You get the cristatus morphing at about 3 inches and the montandoni is lucky to be an inch. I guess it's time foe springtails and pinhead crickets