Hi guys,
I just made this in attempts to find help. I currently have 2 ADFs- Kermit and Miss Piggy and a algae eating fish (its not a placo) in a 10gallon tank.
I have noticed my frogs several times in the past "hugging"but never any eggs even though we watched closely for them.
my frogs are currently "hugging" again right now... I have done a lot of reading on mating ADFs and what to do with the eggs etc and I get it. This brings me to my problem- I never see any eggs. I am not sure if they just have a quickie and dont produce any eggs? or maybe we were wrong and theyre both males or both females (I find this VERY unlikely) and doing it as a dominant thing? I would take the eggs out as soon as I saw them, except for I never see them produce any. Kermit just "hugs" Miss Piggy for a while and thats it... he lets go sooner or later, having produced no eggs, and nothing ever happens.
Why is this?
Is there something I can do to promote egg production? or encourage Kermit to hang on a little longer?
Thanks!
Leave them be, they don't sound like they need any help. Are you in a position to raise tads right now? They are hard to grow out where ADFs are concerned.
The eggs are tiny black specs. I find them hard to see. Anytime I "tried" to breed these guys I used a seperate bredding tank that was bare bones with floating live plants for the eggs to stick to and then removed the adults back to their home tank.
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Don't worry about it. Your frogs maybe immature, two males or two females. Males will have the following sexual characteristics:
1) call
2) nuptial pads, looks like darkened "gloves" on the fingers
3) 2 small pimple-like glands behind the front legs
Maturity in about 9 months. If you are interested in breeding them, there are several threads on the forum that will explain the process. I understand that they are difficult unless you are prepared. hugging = amplexus.
Terry Gampper
Nebraska Herpetological Society
“If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may understand why it is for us not merely noise but a song of poetry and emotion.”
--- Adrian Forsyth
I know my frogs were hugging for what seemed like FOREVER with no results. Finally after they matured enough (at least this is what I am assuming), I noticed the one female (who I originally thought was male LOL) started getting very bloated to the point where I was paranoid about dropsy. Well low and behold one night I came home to find eggs....I'm talking a TON of eggs. If it happens you will DEF notice it. If you find just little white circles in the water they are unfertilized, if they are half brown/half white and covered in a jelly-like substance, you should have taddies in no time. Important thing is to have a separate beta tank or something on hand so you can move them before they get eaten....if you are going to attempt to raise them, it's hard! but worth a tryHope this was helpful!
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