Golden clutch

[salix]

Okay, this is the spot in the tank I saw them disappearing under the moss.


This is what I found when I lifted off the top layer of damp moss. They had dug all the way down to the cocofiber substrate and hollowed a spot for the eggs.


Here are a couple of pictures of the clutch after I lifted it out into a petri dish. The tads look quite far along and I'm assuming close to hatching. I hope I took care of them correctly, it would be nice to produce a batch of F1's.



I put a tiny bit of water in the dish, sprayed it and placed the whole thing into the box I use to incubate pdf eggs.

Deb

[Ed]

I think your tads are actually trying to hatch.. if you look closely you will see that the jelly is breaking down. I also couldn't see any individual egg capsules. You may want to add more water to that petri dish...

Ed

[laylow]

Great find! Very exciting!! Keep us posted as they develop please!

[salix]

Originally Posted by Ed

I think your tads are actually trying to hatch.. if you look closely you will see that the jelly is breaking down. I also couldn't see any individual egg capsules. You may want to add more water to that petri dish...

Ed

I did, that was the clutch before I did anything to it. At that point I had only dampened the dish with a spray bottle. Before I put them away, I picked away some of the excess substrate and poured in a little water. Then I gave the whole thing another spray and placed them in my egg box.

I may wander back out to the frog room before lights out tonight to give them another check.

Thanks,
Deb

[salix]

I went back out to the frog room to check the dish. There were about a dozen tiny tads free swimming already. The bulk of the clutch was still in the egg mass. Hopefully they do well and I caught them in time. I pulled the eggs on day six after they were laid.

This is pretty exciting for me, my first mantella tads!



Deb

[Vermfly]

Congrats Deb! I hope you have a lot of healthy froglets.

[stemcellular]

good work, they are hardy so you should get a good number oow!

[azure89]

Awesome find, hope they do very well for you.

[baita83]

congratulations good luck, have large spring tail cultures started now they are tiny and eat a lot when they come out of the water

[botanyboy03]

Congrats on this Deb. Its a shame you didn't pick the right Survivor though Can't wait to see your babies grow up.