Alpine newt eggs( Ichthyosaura Alpestris)
We will always check eggs to make sure there fertile before sending.
Hatching the eggs and care:
Temperature 🌡️
Eggs will hatch at 8°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
The alpine newt is a common species across Europe they are cold tolerant and can survive outdoors year round in the uk ,but as there not a native species always ensure they cant escape into the wild ,alpine newts are similar in life cycle and habitat to our native smooth newt and require the same care reaching a max size of around 12 cm ,They spend most of their time in the water during the breeding season and throughout the summer, but come back to land in late autumn to hibernate through the winter but unlike smooth newts these can actually be kept in water year round and only need a terrestrial phase if your hoping to breed them ,alpine newts feed on aquatic insects, worms, midge larvae and tadpoles. On land they mostly feed on earth worms and small insects.
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