Theloderma corticale (Vietnamese Mossy Frog)

[Crazy Frog]

Hi guys.. i am trying to breeding the vietnamese mossy tree frog since last year... finally last month my frogs have lay 40 plus eggs (the eggs were protected with jelly like gel) on my lava rocks... so i decide to took them out and put them in all in a container and fill it with 2-3mm of water so that it doesnt dry up...but after the 4 days,the eggs seem to turn mouldy... and on the 6 days all didnt make.
Yesterday the same breeding pair lay another 30 plus eggs .... what should i do with it?

A fren of mine told me to leave the eggs on the lava rocks that the frogs lay on.. the lava rocks now is place in a pail with some water in it but all the eggs are all above water level.

1) Between does the mossy's eggs need to be in water?

2) I think that the jelly like gel protecting the eggs can help in protecting the eggs from drying up... true?
3) i also think since the frog lay the eggs above the my tank's water .. i think the egg should be fine without water...if not the frog should have lay the eggs under water stick to the rocks instead..

help needed ...
thanks

[Crazy Frog]

My frogs




My tank

[tylototriton]

Definitely leave the eggs on the rocks. Moving them from the rocks will most certainly damage them. As for the water level, leave it just like it was in the tank where the frogs laid the eggs. Also, make sure that the humidity is still high where you're keeping the eggs. If you're up for an experiment, try leaving the eggs in with the frogs. There is a chance that they will get eaten or damaged and won't hatch, but there is also a chance that they will survive. Again, if you move them, be very careful. Try to replicate the conditions as well as you can.

Alex

[Crazy Frog]

Humidity is still 70-80% where i am keeping the eggs..

[Crazy Frog]

check the eggs ...some of them seem to be ok with small tapole like in the eggs but there are some that are like getting mouldy... doesnt look to good...between will the mouldy eggs spoil the rest of the eggs too as each eggs got jelly to protect it...

[tylototriton]

If you can remove the moldy eggs without damaging or greatly disturbing the others, I would.

Alex

[Crazy Frog]

i wish i can ... but the egg with jelly seem very hard to take out from the lava rocks...anyway to take them out?
seem like the eggs are glue to the rocks.

[Crazy Frog]

Manage to clear the moldy egg with a credit card and now left with 17 egg ... a total of 16 egg moldy... sad.I can see some of the egg with tiny tapole moving in it..anyway will post a picture of them soon.

[justin shockey]

that sick good luck

[Crazy Frog]

three days ago i had my first tadpole hatched..that was fast ... and today is the 10 day ..i got 10 tadpole already..now left with 4 eggs to hatched....

[Kurt]

Good luck with raising them. Please keep us posted on your progress.

[Crazy Frog]

Today all egg manage to hatched a Total of 14 tadpole and 3 eggs ddint make it after hatching most of them seem to be very restless not really moving around...Will give it 2-3 more days and they should be active and that when i will start feeding them with some sinking fish food... will post some picture soon....in the mean time anyone keeping the mossy frog in this forum?
As i heard that mossy is easy to come by in usa or other country.

[Savannah]

What substrata do you have in the water??? and what kind of moss is that? I love your tank! I'm trying to figure out a design for my 60gl for when i get my mossy's.

[kiwitwist]

Wondering if anyone who has been following this thread knows of any breeders in the US. This thread has been awesome, and it's the only one I've seen on the internet at all showing their life cycle in captivity. Awesome work, Crazy Frog!