My female Mata Mata left me an early Christmas present last night (12/24/2018)! I got eggs!
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They are in a DIY incubator: 10g aquarium with 2-3" of water. I put up turned flower pots with light difuser on top of them. A piece of glass was placed on top of the aquarium to maintain high hunidity.
The eggs are placed inside deli cups, 2 per cup to isolate in the event something goes wrong. They are burried a lmost halfway in moist zand peat moss. 2/3 sand 1/3 peat. Then I placed moist sphagnum moss around the eggs only exposing the very top of the egg. Temperature is set at 84°f I will check for fertility in a week and signs of life in a month. Probably sooner...lol
Mom laid in the water, but I was able to recover them very quickly, I was doing aquarium maintenance when she laid. I didn't think she would lay so quickly or that she bred. Either way, I am excited!
She is a recent import , I purchased her as a 1.1 pair (17" male. 20" female), and added her to a very long rerm captive male i already had (12" male 7yo). I can only assume she bred before she was captured. As she has been pretty aggressive towards the males.
Hopefully I will be able to post good news in the near future! There are not many documented accounts of successful incubation, so I am using this as a learning experience.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/897885506926126?view=permalink&id=2246841512030512
They are in a DIY incubator: 10g aquarium with 2-3" of water. I put up turned flower pots with light difuser on top of them. A piece of glass was placed on top of the aquarium to maintain high hunidity.
The eggs are placed inside deli cups, 2 per cup to isolate in the event something goes wrong. They are burried a lmost halfway in moist zand peat moss. 2/3 sand 1/3 peat. Then I placed moist sphagnum moss around the eggs only exposing the very top of the egg. Temperature is set at 84°f I will check for fertility in a week and signs of life in a month. Probably sooner...lol
Mom laid in the water, but I was able to recover them very quickly, I was doing aquarium maintenance when she laid. I didn't think she would lay so quickly or that she bred. Either way, I am excited!
She is a recent import , I purchased her as a 1.1 pair (17" male. 20" female), and added her to a very long rerm captive male i already had (12" male 7yo). I can only assume she bred before she was captured. As she has been pretty aggressive towards the males.
Hopefully I will be able to post good news in the near future! There are not many documented accounts of successful incubation, so I am using this as a learning experience.
Has anyone else ever had Mata Mata breed in the home?
