From what I've read people say they are easy to grow, I believe they lied!!!
Carnivorous seed are easy to grow, they just require particular care. Experience with other plants is helpful but does not necessarily directly translate. A lot of common practices in gardening are not needed or are harmful to carnivorous plants. Some of the issues that you faced are easily explainable. The very low germination you saw is probably due to old seed. This is likely if you got your seed online. Adding to that some species require additional treatment to prime them for germination. As for all your seedlings dying you did put them into the sun. At that size it doesn't take much to fry them. Acclimation is important.
If I do get some that germinate and have to go through dormancy will they be to small? And if they are will putting them in the house on the east window sill be ok?
Which seed did you purchase and what treatment did you give them before you sowed?
In habitat seedlings have exactly the same conditions as the mature plants.
Dormancy is a perfectly natural state for plants, it's nothing to be afraid of. Your east window is an unknown for climate, we would require more information to give a reasonable answer.
Carnivorous seed are easy to grow, they just require particular care. Experience with other plants is helpful but does not necessarily directly translate. A lot of common practices in gardening are not needed or are harmful to carnivorous plants. Some of the issues that you faced are easily explainable. The very low germination you saw is probably due to old seed. This is likely if you got your seed online. Adding to that some species require additional treatment to prime them for germination. As for all your seedlings dying you did put them into the sun. At that size it doesn't take much to fry them. Acclimation is important.
I bought 25 seeds of each;
Thread Leaf sundew
Red Thread Leaf sundew
Alice's Sundew
Round leaf sundew
White top Pitcher
Cobra Lily
Yellow Pitcher
purple Pitcher
Hooded Pitcher
Venus Fly Trap
And of course you know about the Cape Sundew (which 14 germinated) and I killed.
I did, no stratification, I just sowed them 3 or 4 days after they showed up.
oh and I used Josh Frogs CP soil
Of those that you ordered the round leaf sundew, white top pitcher, cobra lily, yellow pitcher, purple pitcher, and hooded pitcher all require pretreatment of the seed. Specifically, they need a cold, wet period call stratification that simulates winter. This primes the seed for germination. Without it you'll have much lower germination rates.
More questions I'm afraid.
When did you sow them?
What is your water regime?
As GM says, many of those seeds would be better with stratification. You may still get germination with unstratified fresh seed but that may be sporradic at best.
I'd aim for a higher water level than you have. A couple of inches would be nearer the mark. Remember these seeds in habitat will be germinating when there's plenty of water in the ground (spring).
Interesting that you say VFTs drop their seed in spring. I always harvest and sow mine in autumn (fall). They're still in full flower at the moment.