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Hello everyone
I'm just finishing up my build and will be adding plants and cleanup crew in the next few weeks, with a mind on actually adding frogs probably some time in February. I have a few questions about breeding...what if I don't want to do it?
As these are my first ever dart frogs, I'm not really ready to get into the breeding aspect of keeping frogs. What is the best way (other than only have one sex of frog, which seems next to impossible to ensure) to reduce the likelihood of mating? And when the inevitable happens, what is the best way to remove/dispose of the resulting eggs? Should I even remove the eggs, or does egg-rearing represent a natural behavior that would benefit my frogs behaviorally to be allowed to carry out? If that is the case what do I do with the tadpoles?
My set-up is a 35 gallon hex tank with a GS background, and hydroton drainage layer. I'm planning on housing 3-4 leucs. I haven't actually purchased any plants yet so any recommendations for plants that might aid my goal are also greatly appreciated!
Sorry about all the questions, but there doesn't seem to be much info out there about preventing breeding, at least that I could find. Everyone wants to encourage it!
I'm just finishing up my build and will be adding plants and cleanup crew in the next few weeks, with a mind on actually adding frogs probably some time in February. I have a few questions about breeding...what if I don't want to do it?
As these are my first ever dart frogs, I'm not really ready to get into the breeding aspect of keeping frogs. What is the best way (other than only have one sex of frog, which seems next to impossible to ensure) to reduce the likelihood of mating? And when the inevitable happens, what is the best way to remove/dispose of the resulting eggs? Should I even remove the eggs, or does egg-rearing represent a natural behavior that would benefit my frogs behaviorally to be allowed to carry out? If that is the case what do I do with the tadpoles?
My set-up is a 35 gallon hex tank with a GS background, and hydroton drainage layer. I'm planning on housing 3-4 leucs. I haven't actually purchased any plants yet so any recommendations for plants that might aid my goal are also greatly appreciated!
Sorry about all the questions, but there doesn't seem to be much info out there about preventing breeding, at least that I could find. Everyone wants to encourage it!