great information

[flybyferns]

I found this very interesting. Although this is( or was) a huge system, there are lots of little bits and pieces of very useful information.

Husbandry, Frog Husbandry, Raising Tadpoles and Frogs, Long Protocol, X. tropicalis, Mustafa Khokha Developmental Biology Lab (Xenopus tropicalis), Yale School of Medicine.html

[mpmistr]

I'm surprised they keep their xenopus laevis at such high temperatures. I keep mine at 70F I always thought that x. laevis was happiest at 62F-72F.. they seem to keep theirs at 77F.

[Jakub T]

For almost two years I have a pair of Silurana tropicalis and only male occasionally shown a willingness to breed. I think I need to make stimulation. I have a large plastic box, which will serve as a breeding tank. I'm going to imitate the dry and rainy season (as in Africa). First, for 4-6 weeks, I will keep them in an old water, allowed to evaporate naturally, without the filter, and fed occasionally, once or twice a week. Then I intend to do a lot water changes, add filtration and start feeding frogs heavily (earthworms, bloodworms, crickets). I heard that this method produces the desired results.

[froggin]

I'm surprised they keep their xenopus laevis at such high temperatures. I keep mine at 70F I always thought that x. laevis was happiest at 62F-72F.. they seem to keep theirs at 77F.

Yeah, I also heard ideal temp for them was around 71F. But I heard they survived even in warm water (around 86F) in their wilderness (waterholes) of Africa as well. In fact, my x. laevis survived at 86F in summer.

[froggin]

For almost two years I have a pair of Silurana tropicalis and only male occasionally shown a willingness to breed. I think I need to make stimulation. I have a large plastic box, which will serve as a breeding tank. I'm going to imitate the dry and rainy season (as in Africa). First, for 4-6 weeks, I will keep them in an old water, allowed to evaporate naturally, without the filter, and fed occasionally, once or twice a week. Then I intend to do a lot water changes, add filtration and start feeding frogs heavily (earthworms, bloodworms, crickets). I heard that this method produces the desired results.

I am not familiar with breeding of Silurana tropicalis. It's said it is difficult to breed Silurana tropicalis, compared to Xenopus Laevis. Let us know if you successfully breed them. As for x. laevis, their could be various ways of breeding. Some people use fridges though I for one would not try it. My x. laevis bred almost everyday when the water temp drastically changed from around 62F to 71F in a day. At that time I fed them everyday. It seems temp change and nourishment are triggers when it comes to breeding of x. laevis.

[Jenste]

For tropicalis, they do appreciate higher temperatures than laevis. I keep both at room temperature during the summer but install a heater in the tropicalis tanks during the winter.