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[jendog35]

I have 2 taricha G, male and female, and have had them for almost a year and a half..I was doing a routine cleaning, and I did a double take on a small tiny moving thing at the bottom of the tank..It was a larvae!! I don't know the scientific term for it, but I only seen 1. It had all it's legs and I don't know how I didn't spot the eggs..well, my question is, how do I care for this, and will the parents eat it??

 

[SludgeMunkey]

...well, my question is, how do I care for this, and will the parents eat it??

Care:http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Taricha/T_granulosa.shtml


Parents eating it: Yes, if given the chance.

 

[jendog35]

Care:http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Taricha/T_granulosa.shtml


Parents eating it: Yes, if given the chance.

I know how to take care of the adults, but I need help with the larvae.

 

[Neotenic_Jaymes]

remove the larva ASAP. Look for more larvae, theres a good chance theres more of them. You can raise the larva in a tub for now and feed it daphnia or baby brine shrimp. Raising larvae seems like alot of work but it actually isn't that bad one it becomes routine. You should use water from the the previous tank where you found it. Every 3-4 days change half the water in the. After a month or so, that little guy will be able to take on blackworms and from then on it won't be so bad. If you have any more questions just ask.

 

[jendog35]

remove the larva ASAP. Look for more larvae, theres a good chance theres more of them. You can raise the larva in a tub for now and feed it daphnia or baby brine shrimp. Raising larvae seems like alot of work but it actually isn't that bad one it becomes routine. You should use water from the the previous tank where you found it. Every 3-4 days change half the water in the. After a month or so, that little guy will be able to take on blackworms and from then on it won't be so bad. If you have any more questions just ask.

I thought so, but thank you...
Where do you suggest that I can order or purchase some of the food for the larvae?

 

[ferret_corner]

I don't breed but if you need food ASAP and can't buy live baby brine shrimp - you might try liqui fry from the petshop.

Larvae generally snap at live moving things - so you will probably have to hatch some brineshrimp.

Good luck!!

 

[jendog35]

I don't breed but if you need food ASAP and can't buy live baby brine shrimp - you might try liqui fry from the petshop.

Larvae generally snap at live moving things - so you will probably have to hatch some brineshrimp.

Good luck!!

Well, for it to get the stage it is in now, it must have found some kind of food source..I feed the adults worms, but I am just amazed it has survived this long..I hope I find more survivors.
Thank you..

 

[oregon newt]

Well, for it to get the stage it is in now, it must have found some kind of food source..I feed the adults worms, but I am just amazed it has survived this long..I hope I find more survivors.
Thank you..

There are probably all types of little things floating in your established tank that larvae can feed on. One way to get these in into a separate tank for your larvae would be to collect some some pond water and poor it in that tank, provided you remove anything that could eat the larvae. You could also provide these through means of live plants. There are some articles on raising larvae found on Caudata Culture.

 

[Otterwoman]

Does your local pet shop sell any kind of blackworms or small worms like that? Or, you can go to a local pond wth a brine shrimp net and see what you can catch, though watch out for dragonfly larvae and large things that'll prey on your larvae. Blackworms can be minced very small for pretty much anything to eat. Right now it's spring and there are a lot of baby worms in the ground, you can chop them up too. I've found lots of tiny earthworms lately.

 

[Jennewt]

Just in case you haven't found these articles yet:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/raising.shtml
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/microfoods.shtml

 

[jendog35]

Just in case you haven't found these articles yet:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/raising.shtml
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/microfoods.shtml

Awesome! Thank you..
sigh, I was only able to find 1 survivor, the other one must be hiding really, really good..I'll do a thorough cleaning tonight..
The larvae so reminds me of the adults, it's like it knows me already, knowing it is going to get some food..
I hope I find more.

 

[Sean Brady]

You could find a local shallow pond or marsh and just scoop up some water and there should be daphnia in the water. For my larvae, I did this and poured the daphnia in the tank for food. However, since your larvae did not come from a local pond or marsh, I would place the daphnia-filled water into a large ziploc bag and add the water that you are using in your tank to the bag. Then let the life in the bag grow for a few days, then pour it in the tank. Adding the water that you use in the tank to the daphnia water is to "distil" since the pond or marsh water is "foreign" to the larvae and may contain certain bacteria.