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.
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