Krokodil
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- Stratford-Upon-Avon
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- England
Recently bought some T.Verrocosus and happy to say they are doing well.
I have them in a 27 gal right now, and they are breeding which is nice. Substrate is a sand/slate mix, have lots of live plants in there too which are growing nicely, wasnt expecting them to, not very green fingered
Water is at 22-24c, activity is high and feeding is good, but also chaos. They dont seem to be able to smell earthworms, they just swim at the glass and attack each other, even when i try to tong feed them its a bit hit and miss. So I changed tactic, now when i drop the eathworms in, i also drop in a few bloodworms which they can smell, it works a little better.
As for larvae at first i seperated some from the adult tank, but interestingly the ones left with the adults grew much much faster, so now I leave them all in, and only remove injured ones to a smaller tank.
Moving house in 2 weeks and dreading moving the setup. On the plus side I have a 50 gallon tank that will be a barebottom temporary home until I can resetup the 27gal they are in now. Once thats all done, the 50 will become a bit of a project for a water/land setup 80/20. Will post snaps of that as it progresses I think.
Really enjoying keeping these animals, full of character! Think I have 2 darks and a light variant, male is dark. The lighter female is also HUGE! Having a blast so far though
I have them in a 27 gal right now, and they are breeding which is nice. Substrate is a sand/slate mix, have lots of live plants in there too which are growing nicely, wasnt expecting them to, not very green fingered
Water is at 22-24c, activity is high and feeding is good, but also chaos. They dont seem to be able to smell earthworms, they just swim at the glass and attack each other, even when i try to tong feed them its a bit hit and miss. So I changed tactic, now when i drop the eathworms in, i also drop in a few bloodworms which they can smell, it works a little better.
As for larvae at first i seperated some from the adult tank, but interestingly the ones left with the adults grew much much faster, so now I leave them all in, and only remove injured ones to a smaller tank.
Moving house in 2 weeks and dreading moving the setup. On the plus side I have a 50 gallon tank that will be a barebottom temporary home until I can resetup the 27gal they are in now. Once thats all done, the 50 will become a bit of a project for a water/land setup 80/20. Will post snaps of that as it progresses I think.
Really enjoying keeping these animals, full of character! Think I have 2 darks and a light variant, male is dark. The lighter female is also HUGE! Having a blast so far though