I've hatched out about 10 (in 2 or 3 waves) from WC parents which have since died. They were laid, hatched and kept in a 15 gal. tall aquarium set up as a vivarium with a bark substrate, thickly planted, sprayed twice daily and, since summer started, a fan during the day to keep the air moving. Fed with flightless drosophila, mostly melanogaster but some hydei. (I also added soil from the garden, taken from under pots, etc., to supplement the fauna.)
All has seemed good until recently, when some have just seemed to slow down, and then they gradually die. I've lost 2 and a 3rd and 4th don't look good. Others still look fine.
They've been moved into a smaller enclosure based on notes I saw about finding food. In the 15 gal they were living with 2 D. leucomelas frogs (I know, but it made for a more interesting thing to look at) which have gotten pretty voracious, so I thought they might be slighted on the food. However, the sickly ones don't seem to have changed.
Another possibility is heat: it's been quite hot (80s and 90s) the past 10 days and we don't run the air conditioner too much, though I'd be surprised if the environment got to 80.
Any ideas would be most welcome.
Regards,
Bill
All has seemed good until recently, when some have just seemed to slow down, and then they gradually die. I've lost 2 and a 3rd and 4th don't look good. Others still look fine.
They've been moved into a smaller enclosure based on notes I saw about finding food. In the 15 gal they were living with 2 D. leucomelas frogs (I know, but it made for a more interesting thing to look at) which have gotten pretty voracious, so I thought they might be slighted on the food. However, the sickly ones don't seem to have changed.
Another possibility is heat: it's been quite hot (80s and 90s) the past 10 days and we don't run the air conditioner too much, though I'd be surprised if the environment got to 80.
Any ideas would be most welcome.
Regards,
Bill