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Smooth newt eggs ( lissotriton vulgaris ) CB 2026

Image of egg is for example, the newts fold the leaves with their back legs making them harder to see this is one I had opened so the egg could be seen clearly

Hatching the eggs and care:

Temperature 🌡️

Eggs will hatch between 6°C and 24°C

Between 15°C and 22°C is optimal

PH 🌊

6.5 to 7.5

Food 🦐

The larvae are very small when they hatch and need very small foods ,at this stage they rarely eat frozen foods so live is essential:

Daphnia

Copepods

Artemia (Baby brine shrimp)

Rotifers

as they get larger they will start to accept some frozen foods

Tubifex

Blackworm

Bloodworm

Daphnia

Brineshrimp ( adult )

White worm

Small gammarus

Small water louse

Tank mates 🦎

Smooth newt larvae can be kept with other similar sized newt larvae like palmates and alpines they can also be housed with frog and toad tadpoles.

Smooth newt eggs newt eggs ( lissotriton vulgaris ) cb 2026

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