Smooth newt eggs ( lissotriton vulgaris )
Image 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 2024
Section 9(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
This section prohibits sale, barter, exchange, advertising for sale.
This only applies to 'wild animals'; these are defined as those that are living wild or were living wild before being captured or killed. It does not apply to captive bred animals being held in captivity. However, animals in gardens (e.g. newts in garden ponds) and captive bred animals that have been released to the wild are likely to be included in this definition.
