So, i have 2 O Pumillio bastimentos rfbs since about 2 weeks. 4 months and 5 months old. The 4 month is a male and already calling. The 5 month is hopefully a female and silent and quit a bit larger as the male.
I have seen the bigger frog eat smal FF, but i have not seen the smalle male, inhave only seen him eat springtales
Now, a couple of days ago i saw the small walking and moving a bit strange and with spams like movements. First i did not notice it, just registered somewhere in my mind. I also notice he now slept on the floor and did not climb up into a bromeliad for the night. The other moved very direct and controlled.
But when i caught on, i consulted a few pfd friends and decided to out it in a small container with only a few dusted ff (and leaves and a brom pup)
Putting the dusted flies in, i also spilled a bit of Ca dust in the leaves. Also sprayed with water with a Ca/Mg/vitamine added. Which saved him, i do not know, but the spilled Ca powder could have been absorbed through his skin i think.
Now, this all got me thinking: how do these frogs get there Ca in the wild? There are no dusted insects around and i do not think that the wild insects they eat have a so much higher Ca content as our FF/amphids and Springtales we feed.
Are they getting it from contact with the (clay?) ground?
I do have a small cup with clay in every tank, but in (unlike the Ph bicolor) i have not seen the rfbs use it.
Other question, is there a way to raise the Ca content of springtales? Dusting them is impossible.
Isopods are too big.
I have seen the bigger frog eat smal FF, but i have not seen the smalle male, inhave only seen him eat springtales
Now, a couple of days ago i saw the small walking and moving a bit strange and with spams like movements. First i did not notice it, just registered somewhere in my mind. I also notice he now slept on the floor and did not climb up into a bromeliad for the night. The other moved very direct and controlled.
But when i caught on, i consulted a few pfd friends and decided to out it in a small container with only a few dusted ff (and leaves and a brom pup)
Putting the dusted flies in, i also spilled a bit of Ca dust in the leaves. Also sprayed with water with a Ca/Mg/vitamine added. Which saved him, i do not know, but the spilled Ca powder could have been absorbed through his skin i think.
Now, this all got me thinking: how do these frogs get there Ca in the wild? There are no dusted insects around and i do not think that the wild insects they eat have a so much higher Ca content as our FF/amphids and Springtales we feed.
Are they getting it from contact with the (clay?) ground?
I do have a small cup with clay in every tank, but in (unlike the Ph bicolor) i have not seen the rfbs use it.
Other question, is there a way to raise the Ca content of springtales? Dusting them is impossible.
Isopods are too big.