Mt ranitomeya variabilis layed a clutch of eggs in a deli cup at the bottom of their enclosure, the temps in my home are fairly cool so I figured I would leave them there for 7-10 days before transferring them to a larger deli cup to hatch out. Today I checked up on them to move them to another cup when I noticed that there were a couple of flies stuck to the outside of the jelly mass on the eggs. The flies were molding pretty good and now I am worried that they will cause the eggs themselves to mold. I planned on brewing some additional tadpole tea (boiling some almond leaves in spring water) for a bit to make some extra acidic tea in the hopes that this would stop the mold. Would the eggs be OK if I placed them in fresh tadpole tea? I wouldn't want them being shocked or anything. I'm also thinking about going to a fish shop and picking up some methylene blue to add as well as trying to pick out the dead flies with a razor blade (I am worried, however, of breaking the jelly barrier as I am sure it helps protect the eggs from mold and such).
These are my first eggs so I'd really hate to lose them, hopefully I'm overreacting.
These are my first eggs so I'd really hate to lose them, hopefully I'm overreacting.