Eggs! Lots and LOTS of eggs!

[bleeding_sarcasm]

180 so far, and thats just counting from the front of our tank. I am estimating ~ 250 total, including obviously infertile ones.

I Put our axoltols back into their tank after being in tubs for about a month, and I THOUGHT I saw little sperm packets floating around.... Sure enough, earlier today, the rocks are COVERED with little brown and white balls! I am SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant wait to see what kinds hatch out. I am crossing my fingers and hoping for some lucys, but I am sure they will all be wild type like mom *Cries*

here are some pics, and some ultra-close ups with the new lens. [100mm] First time using my tripod!

and a 100% crop of the above picture

Ill post updated pictures of the egg development as days go by if anyone is interested. Thanks for looking!

 

[gecko geek]

wow nic pics

 

[techgirl]

That is sooo cool. Good luck on getting a lucy.

 

[Sunrise Reptile]

Woah! Check it out! They even have scales already! Very Cool!

What type eggs are they exactly? :main_huh:

 

[bleeding_sarcasm]

haha, scales, funny. Thanks everyone!

They are axolotl eggs, which is a fully aquatic salamander, lives its whole live in its "larval" form will gills and everything. those are pics of the eggs in my fish tank.

 

[Airilith]

Those pictures are awesome! Congrats on the eggs. And please post update pictures. It would be really cool to see how they develop.

 

[PacHerp]

amazing pics Tamara! Looks like the new lens is doing you very well!

 

[nwheat]

Congrats, Tamara! Those pictures are amazing!! How cool that you can see development so clearly! Post lots of progression pics, please!!!

 

[paulnj]

Very cool Tamara! Those are some great images too:main_thumbsup:

 

[BalloonzForU]

Awesome pics, Congrats!! Got any pics of mom and dad?

 

[bleeding_sarcasm]

Thanks guys

I just finished seperating the eggs from the rocks, and put them into a bucket. David should be heading home with a 10 gallon shortly so we can set them up, so I dont know how many pictures I will take of them if they arent attached to anything my bad haha.

Here are pictures of the group. Dad is a normal albino [yellow] and mom is a wild type [brown] their names are PaePae and sh*tlez.

 

[lucia]

Those pics are freakin' amazing! I'll be looking forward to seeing the eggs as they develop! By the way, what kind of camera do you have?!

 

[leolover2]

Incredible pics!!

 

[bleeding_sarcasm]

THanks, I use a canon digital rebel xt [soon to be upgraded]

A few days went by and nothing really happened, they just looked like solid balls. Until today, so I thought I would post a quick pic.

 

[techgirl]

That's cool looking. Keep the progress pics going. I'm loving them.

 

[GECKOFREAK]

Awesome pics, Tamara! Axolotls are so cool

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

WOW!!!!

 

[nwheat]

Very cool! Thanks for the update!

 

[supperl]

Tamara these pcis are more than just cool!!!! Plz post update pics that is so cool you can see the way from the egg to the "hatchling" :main_thumbsup:

 

[eyelids]

Very cool Tamara! Any updates?