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    emberlisa
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    Default Inbred tadpoles?

    As some of you may know, I have 7 ACF. All of my tadpoles came from Insect Lore. Is it safe to assume that they are all siblings? They won’t be sexually mature for another 6 or 7 months, but what happens then? How often do females lay eggs? I want to leave the males and females in the same tank, but what happens if fertilized eggs appear? What do you do? What happens if inbred tadpoles are raised?

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    Default Re: Inbred tadpoles?

    I'm not sure how many times/how much eggs will be laid, but I'm sure it could be alot, seeing as how most frogs lay huge clusters of eggs, the most I've heard of is 20,000 from one Bufo Marinus.

    I'm not sure, and hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but in the event that you had tadpoles, and assuming you did not remove them, would it technically matter, because wouldn't the parents just eat them anyway?

    Even still, unless you know you have males & females, you won't have to worry, and even then, the likelihood that they're brothers and sisters is not 100% unless you know for a fact they were laid in the same cluster. But, if all that does happen, I can't say for sure what inbreeding will do to the tadpoles or to them once they become frogs, but amongst most animals, inbreeding is something most creatures try to avoid (I think).

    I really can't say indefinitely what the outcome would be, but I'd say take it one step at a time. Hopefully someone with more knowledge of these frogs or with more frog experience can give a better answer.

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    Default Re: Inbred tadpoles?

    Quote Originally Posted by emberlisa View Post
    As some of you may know, I have 7 ACF. All of my tadpoles came from Insect Lore. Is it safe to assume that they are all siblings?
    It's probable but only Insect Lore's supplier can answer that question accurately.
    Quote Originally Posted by emberlisa View Post
    They won’t be sexually mature for another 6 or 7 months, but what happens then? How often do females lay eggs? I want to leave the males and females in the same tank, but what happens if fertilized eggs appear? What do you do? What happens if inbred tadpoles are raised?
    The likelihood is that if you have males and females they'll produce eggs as soon as they reach sexual maturity. What happens then is up to you but if you're not interested in raising tadpoles just leave the eggs in the tank and the parents will soon eat them or any tadpoles that develop. I can't say with certainty what the long-term consequences of inbred tadpoles will be but it's not usually a significant problem for hobbyists like us.

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