Recently my D. auratus have been behaving somewhat strangely; the female follows the male wherever he goes and they spend a lot of time in the bromeliad.
This as been happening for just a couple of days. There has been some calling, and I thought they might be getting ready to breed.
Then, I noticed a few unusual behaviours that I have never seen before, particularly when they were in the bromeliad.
We decided to get to the bottom of this strange behavior. Today, we peered into the bromeliad, and found the cause of the unusual behaviour.
My eyes probably popped three inches out of my head:
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...us_tadpole.png
What should I do about it, pull it out, keep it in with the frogs...?
Im quite worried (this is my first tadpole) and need some advice. Please respond!
You can put a petri dish in with some water and allow the parents to move the tad to the water or you can pull it out and put it in water treated for tads. I move mine myself and if it is in the eggs then it has to be scraped onto a sppon and then moved to the new water If its a tad swimming then you can catch it or pulll the bromeliad and flush it out into a container. Joshesfrogs has good articles on this including videos.
The water I use is tap treated with conditioner and then some blackwater extract (found in pet store fish sections). You can put the extract in until its a light tea color.
I feed my tads tadpole bites, tetra tropical fish flake and dried seaweed which is also available at the pet stores.
I also put in Java Moss since they like to eat that too.
Reminds me, I have eggs to pull too :-)
1.0.0 Red Eyed Leaf/ Frog - Agalychnis callidryas
1.1.1 Bumblebee Dart Frog - Dendrobates leucomelas
1.1.0 Dendrobates truncatus - Yellow Striped
1.1.1 Dendrobates tinctorius – Bakhuis Mountain
1.1.0 - Dendrobates tinctorius - Powder Blue
1.1.0 - Ranitomeya vanzolinii
A link to some good info and the tad section is farther down the page.
Josh's Frogs How-To Guides » Poison Dart Frog Care
1.0.0 Red Eyed Leaf/ Frog - Agalychnis callidryas
1.1.1 Bumblebee Dart Frog - Dendrobates leucomelas
1.1.0 Dendrobates truncatus - Yellow Striped
1.1.1 Dendrobates tinctorius – Bakhuis Mountain
1.1.0 - Dendrobates tinctorius - Powder Blue
1.1.0 - Ranitomeya vanzolinii
And a link to a YouTube video that is from a series posted by expertvillage that will help. I would look at the other ones from the series also.
How To Care for Poison Dart Tadpoles : Containers For Raising Poisonous Dart Tadpoles - YouTube
1.0.0 Red Eyed Leaf/ Frog - Agalychnis callidryas
1.1.1 Bumblebee Dart Frog - Dendrobates leucomelas
1.1.0 Dendrobates truncatus - Yellow Striped
1.1.1 Dendrobates tinctorius – Bakhuis Mountain
1.1.0 - Dendrobates tinctorius - Powder Blue
1.1.0 - Ranitomeya vanzolinii
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