Nano-Cube 24G Vent Viv

[alifer]

YA-HOO … Finally after hearing calling on & off for months & what I assumed was occasional breeding behavior from my Vent threesome I finally noticed a large Vent tad in a brom last weekend. Apparently the parents have been feeding the tad or it’s been eating drowned FF because the tad looked pretty plump. On top of finding a big fat tad, I came home from work yesterday and all three frogs were inside a film canister breeding. I had added a film canister a couple of weeks ago just in case the Vents didn’t like the broms.

This could not have come at a better time, because frog sightings in my viv were getting pretty scarce of late and I had not seen all three of the frogs in several weeks and it had been almost one year since I placed the three Vents in the viv.

Rick

Wow neat! Congratulations Please post some pics if you can!

[alifer]

Originally Posted by §lipperhead

Wow neat! Congratulations Please post some pics if you can!

It's difficult to get a good pic of the Vent tad,
it dives to the bottom of the brom when it sees me,
which is most likely why I didn't notice it until recently.
I did get to sneak a look when the tad rolled over on it's
back to eat a FF floating in the water.

[alifer]

Great news, my 1st ever Vent froglet is hopping around the viv.
It was completely raised by the parents with no help from me.


New Vent froglet, the tad has morphed!!!


Same vent vent froglet


Updated full shot 6-26-07


The bottom film canister has a small tad from eggs laid a couple of weeks ago
and there is a film canister just above that which has eggs from last weekend!!!

Rick

[kyle1745]

Looks good, and I would watch the lid as it could bow over time, and let the frogs out.

[alifer]

Originally Posted by kyle1745

Looks good, and I would watch the lid as it could bow over time, and let the frogs out.

Hey Kyle

Thanks, I actually had to replace my acrylic light lens last weekend with a new one because the old one cracked were it bends when ever it's opened. Other than the fact that it cracked after a year it’s worked well to prevent FF & frog escapes.

Rick

[alifer]

I’m really enjoying the frogs lately. I recently bought a single female Vent from a local SCADS (Southern California Dendrobates Society) member and it has drastically changed the dynamics of my group of Vents for the better. For the 1st year my threesome of Vents was very secretive and would hide if they spotted me, although they did lay eggs and successfully raised one froglet. When I added the forth adult Vent that changed and now I can spot at least a couple of them out in the open at any given time and sometimes all five will come out in the open for a fruit fly feeding frenzy.
-Rick

[alifer]

Here are a couple of new pics


Vent on glass


Adult & Froglet
I’ve been slowly pouring in leaf litter to cover moss
& I’m seeing the frogs hunting springtails often now.

-Rick

[loogielv]

i know this is an old thread, but i dont care. This is retarded. This is absolutely retarded how nice this turned out. I dont believe I've ever seen anyone just throw out a few ideas, try them all, and they all work exactly as planned first shot outta the box...

"hrmm, i dont want too much light...what about diffuser?...bam. good to go"
"hrmm, i dont want the front to get foggy...how about an under bottom vent? bam. good to go"
"hrmm, the temp isn't bad, but it gets sorta hot up here..lets try this here and that there...bam. good to go"
"hrmm haven't seen my frogs in awhile..maybe their breeding..hey look at that...good to go..."

seriously man, that's just awesome. a true victory story if i've ever read one.

[alifer]

Originally Posted by loogielv

i know this is an old thread, but i dont care. This is retarded. This is absolutely retarded how nice this turned out. I dont believe I've ever seen anyone just throw out a few ideas, try them all, and they all work exactly as planned first shot outta the box...

"hrmm, i dont want too much light...what about diffuser?...bam. good to go"
"hrmm, i dont want the front to get foggy...how about an under bottom vent? bam. good to go"
"hrmm, the temp isn't bad, but it gets sorta hot up here..lets try this here and that there...bam. good to go"
"hrmm haven't seen my frogs in awhile..maybe their breeding..hey look at that...good to go..."

seriously man, that's just awesome. a true victory story if i've ever read one.

That's got to be the funnest reply ever, just great!

I'll have to take more pictures soon. The viv is still up & running & the Vents are doing well. I'm not actually sure how many Vents are in there, but some days I see several out at one time making the rounds looking for flies. There is one brave frog that is just about always out and not really afraid of me at all.

Rick