E. Tricolor Breeding

tricolors

I just wanted to say that at one time I had a group of eight San Isabel tricolors and they really went to town. I also kept the temps around 80....mostly high 70's. Humidity was a constant 98%. Clutches of 15-25 were not uncommon. They would breed under anything- clay pots, cork, huts, cut plastic bottles, etc..... At one point I got sick of opening the hut to check for eggs and just left petri- dishes out in the open. They continued to lay on them, which was cool. The tadpoles had a tendency to jump out of their cups though, which was odd since my cups had an inward facing lip= harder to get out. I am now down to one lone female since the rest all either escaped or died from my ignorance.

Good luck!

Justin

tricolors

Brian,

I recently lost the male a few months ago, but yeah a pair works fine. Having eight of them was crazy- always fights and half the time only a few eggs out of about 50 were ever fertile. I think that the males were so combative that they barely had any time to fertilize the eggs. I would stick with the pair and see how that works.

Enjoy,

Justin

Re: tricolors breeding

jbeetle said:

I would say a pair should work, but almost everyone I have ever talked to about tricolors says they do best in groups. Since the calling of one male will spur another, so there is some healthy competition. I can't talk from experience yet, but I will be keeping one type in a small group and another as a pair. Maybe I will notice some differences so I can make a better judgement from my own experience. But I think either way you should get breeding. Also, the larger the group the more space you should give them. If they are crowded too much it might cause more fighting and loss of eggs.

Click to expand...

Good point Beetle. Definately have a lot of space if you are going to keep groups.

Justin