Jelly no eggs in D auratus?

ktewell · #1 (**permalink**) 02-08-2010, 05:46 PM

I have a 66 gallon 3.2 auratus breeding tank with multiple coconut huts. 2 of my frogs were very obviously courting all day yesterday in and around a hut; none of the other 3 were paying them any attention.

I just checked the hut this morning and found an empty jelly mass! There are about 20-30 individual balls of jelly but no eggs.

This is new to me- do you think one of the two females ate them or was it just an incorrectly developed clutch? Have you ever had a female lay jelly alone?

I did a forum search first but each post was given different answers.

ktewell · #2 (**permalink**) 02-08-2010, 06:04 PM

Sorry I forgot to mention she has produced two good clutches in the past with a different male.

stemcellular · #3 (**permalink**) 02-08-2010, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ktewell

Sorry I forgot to mention she has produced two good clutches in the past with a different male.

Def. egg eating.

dj98ram · #4 (**permalink**) 02-08-2010, 06:42 PM

Agreed. I have a 3.3 breeding group and if you plan on pulling the eggs you have to keep a close on their breeding activity. You need to leave them in long enough to be fertilized, but not long enough that another female will eat them.

Rick H. · #5 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 01:23 AM

When my Costa Rican D. auratus were first getting going they laid a couple of batches of jelly with no eggs. It is not necessarily egg eating but worth keeping an eye on...

Rick

prolawn_care · #6 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 01:29 AM

I would say egg eating as well! Maybe pair those two up or watch the tank closer! Good Luck!!!

hexentanz · #7 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 06:28 AM

When I had my pair if I did not remove the eggs after they were fertilized the female would often eat the eggs in nervous response to the male guarding them.

bakaichi · #8 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 09:37 AM

hi guys i have a Q

i have 1 pair or auratus and it laid a clutch about 1 month ago. and some of the jelly dont have egg in it.

but are there occurace that somethime the frog just laid some jelly with out egg ?

or when ever there are jelly with no eggs = it has been eatten ?

wcsbackwards · #9 (**permalink**) 02-09-2010, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick H.

When my Costa Rican D. auratus were first getting going they laid a couple of batches of jelly with no eggs. It is not necessarily egg eating but worth keeping an eye on...

Rick

This just happened to me with a pair of Gr&Brz that just started going at it.

acedwards · #10 (**permalink**) 02-11-2010, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by wcsbackwards

This just happened to me with a pair of Gr&Brz that just started going at it.

Same here with my Gr&Brz. Some eggs were there, about six, and the rest, about fifteen or so, were just jelly pods. It was their first clutch though if that makes a difference. Still they are kept by themseleves so I thought that was odd.