Patrick_G Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 I heard my wife shouting from her home office yesterday. “Tadpoles!” Lucky for her there’s a big old NERM in the house. I grabbed my aquarium co-op specimen container, a handful of Java moss and my brine shrimp net. I’ve never seen African Dwarf frog tadpoles before, they are extremely small. Luckily we were able to catch 7 and get them into the container with some water from the tank. I’m hoping the Java moss has enough micro food to keep them alive for a while. Our aquarium club has an auction today so I hope I can score a vinegar eel culture or some green water. The next few days will be touch and go. 2 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjum Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Awesome!! Were there eggs in there you never saw or were you expecting/hoping the frogs were breeding?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 I'm surprised by the neat markings on them. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted November 12, 2022 Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/12/2022 at 8:26 AM, Anjum said: Awesome!! Were there eggs in there you never saw or were you expecting/hoping the frogs were breeding?? We’ve been hoping for tads for years but we never put much effort into it and didn’t really know what the eggs look like. This was a fun surprise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted November 12, 2022 Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/12/2022 at 8:55 AM, DaveO said: I'm surprised by the neat markings on them. Good luck! They’re so small it’s hard to see the markings with naked eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotope Biologist Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 They are so cute! Congratulations and good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerflower Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Oh they're so cute and tiny! What an exciting discovery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 It’s been over a week now since the first tads hatched. At this point we have over 20 in the container, but we’re losing them at the rate of about two per day. The problem seems to be getting food in front of them, they don’t seem to actively seek food like fish fry do. I think the best thing would be to raise them in green water so they’re surrounded by micro critters. At this point I’m just hoping that I can get a few to survive. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Hope you don't lose any more of them! What about fry powders? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Firstly @Patrick_GI’m sorry about the losses I know your fishwife was hoping beyond hope for some babies. This issue with their feeding makes total sense as the way they hunt is very much they just stumble onto food. I’m bummed about the rate of loss. Maybe I need to give you a gallon of green water that you could just saturate them in it? Happy to oblige. Fingers crossed 🤞 and toes too. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 On 11/21/2022 at 10:16 AM, xXInkedPhoenixX said: Hope you don't lose any more of them! What about fry powders? I’m feeding some first bites, but it’s hard to tell if they’re eating it. Like @Beardedbillygoat1975 mentioned they just sort of stumble onto food. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 @Patrick_Gi think we can work together on this as I do have some vinegar eels and maybe we can get some infusoria going too. I’ll need the same tools for the puffer fry so I’m highly interested. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 On 11/21/2022 at 11:07 AM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: Firstly @Patrick_GI’m sorry about the losses I know your fishwife was hoping beyond hope for some babies. This issue with their feeding makes total sense as the way they hunt is very much they just stumble onto food. I’m bummed about the rate of loss. Maybe I need to give you a gallon of green water that you could just saturate them in it? Happy to oblige. Fingers crossed 🤞 and toes too. I wish you were a little closer, I’d take you up in the offer. Luckily @Odd Duckis sending me some cultures of vinegar eels and micro worms. Hopefully they’ll eat some of those. On 11/21/2022 at 11:35 AM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: @Patrick_Gi think we can work together on this as I do have some vinegar eels and maybe we can get some infusoria going too. I’ll need the same tools for the puffer fry so I’m highly interested. Sounds good. Between the two of us we should be able to get some micro foods going! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 I’m ordering a paramecium culture. I’d love to have some scuds and black worms too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 On 11/21/2022 at 11:41 AM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: I’m ordering a paramecium culture. I’d love to have some scuds and black worms too. I just bought some black worms, but my wife poured them all into her frog tank! 😆 oh, well at least there’s a chance they’ll start to reproduce in there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Supportive fishwife, perhaps too supportive in this case. I just grabbed cultures of daphnia and infusoria With vinegar eels and baby brine might have enough food for the theoretical baby puffers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 I think we’re up to about 40ish tads and at least 20 more eggs! This is just one corner of the container. I’ve decided to stop removing tads and eggs from the main frog tank for now. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 OMG!!!! SOOOO MANY BABBIIIEESSSSSSS!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Congrats on the tads @Patrick_G! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flumpweesel Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 So cute and wish you the best of luck with them. On 11/21/2022 at 7:07 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: fishwife FYI never use this term with a Brit they may be displeased. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 @Flumpweeselfair enough I’ll definitely watch it mate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 On 11/23/2022 at 12:55 AM, Flumpweesel said: So cute and wish you the best of luck with them. FYI never use this term with a Brit they may be displeased. Yeah, there might be some negative connotations! 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted December 11, 2022 Author Share Posted December 11, 2022 (edited) The tads have grown quite a bit but they're still small. It's hard to get them to take live baby brine shrimp since most of the shrimp sink and the tads like to float on the surface. They seem to eat a few when a shrimp is wiggling right in their face. The temp in the specimen container only reaches 75-77 so I think they need to move to a small tank of their own. I broke down a 3-gallon planted nano cube and set it up as a shallow frog tank. I added a piece of Anubias Nana, some floaters and a little heater. Hopefully the little heater will keep it at 78 degrees. The last pic is of the adult frog’s tank. Edited December 11, 2022 by Patrick_G 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 How many? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Oh my they are adorable. Eyes, bellies and tails. 🥰. Congratulations on all your success. I hope they love their new home. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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