Red eyed tree frog breeding

[CJ PELCHER]

keep your rain chamber on 24/7 and for added effectiveness add a fogger...

[Crazy Frog]

keep your rain chamber on 24/7 and for added effectiveness add a fogger...

U mean I can leave my rain chamber 24/7 on ? I do have a misting system ,misting every hour, is that as effective as the fogger ?

[CJ PELCHER]

I didnt turn mine off for 3 days once... i ended up getting 8 clutches of eggs on the third day... feel free to try it. It wont hurt your frogs... I noticed mine laid eggs more often when i had the fogger on... im not sure why..maybe because it was more hidden from view? I do all 3... RAIN/MIST/FOG. I mist 2 times... MORNING and Night. NEXT POST I SHOULD SEE OUT OF YOU IS FROG EGGS!!

[CJ PELCHER]

I just had another breeding pair lay eggs tonight. (2 fertile clutches) that makes 15 clutches of eggs in a 31 day time period... my record.

[Crazy Frog]

I also hope so that I get eggs , reason I didnt get a fogger as in thailand the humdity level are usually range from 70-90% already,by the way do you cover your top of the tank ? To keep the fog in the tank?

[CJ PELCHER]

If thats the humidity in your enclosure right now your fine...no need for the fogger.. I cover half of the tank with glass on top. I leave half uncovered for proper ventalation.

[Crazy Frog]

Maybe I should get a cover as mine is not cover up by the way what your lighting photoperiod ?

[Crazy Frog]

I just had another breeding pair lay eggs tonight. (2 fertile clutches) that makes 15 clutches of eggs in a 31 day time period... my record.

Whao,your frogs seem to be profilitic,but I understand that your tank is half rain chamber ane half terrarium and your frogs are always in there and you feed them in there maybe that the reason they are breeding so well as they are not stress out by changing of environment weekly like mine

[CJ PELCHER]

I leave my light on from sunrise to sunset... then turn a moonlight LED bulbs on. (light bar by marineland)

I would say that may be a reason why they breed so well...but ive heard many people have luck with just a rain chamber.... as i suggested before get plant clippings and feed them inside..... Just make sure there is enough plant clippings at the bottom so the crickets and climb up.

[Crazy Frog]

After two months of trying and trying,at last today morning I woke up and found two clutches of eggs,now only hoping they are fertile , by the way what would you guys recommend to take the eggs out and how would you store them,I had read up about cutting the leaf and clipping them over a tank of water but would there be a problem of the eggs drying up from the dry air? Or I should take out the frogs but they could still lay more as 2 clutches of maybe 10-15 eggs each is not alot as I understand they could lay up to 100 eggs of 4-5clutches?

[Crazy Frog]

[QUOTE=CJ PELCHER;181492]I didnt turn mine off for 3 days once... i ended up getting 8 clutches of eggs on the third day... feel free to try it. It wont hurt your frogs... I noticed mine laid eggs more often when i had the fogger on... im not sure why..maybe because it was more hidden from view? I do all 3... RAIN/MIST/FOG. I mist 2 times... MORNING and Night. NEXT POST I SHOULD SEE OUT OF YOU IS FROG EGGS!![/QUOTE

Looks like your posting bought me some luck hahaha!!

[Lija]

congrats on eggs!

[beyond colour]

Congrat on the eggs!

[CJ PELCHER]

[QUOTE=Crazy Frog;181760]

I didnt turn mine off for 3 days once... i ended up getting 8 clutches of eggs on the third day... feel free to try it. It wont hurt your frogs... I noticed mine laid eggs more often when i had the fogger on... im not sure why..maybe because it was more hidden from view? I do all 3... RAIN/MIST/FOG. I mist 2 times... MORNING and Night. NEXT POST I SHOULD SEE OUT OF YOU IS FROG EGGS!![/QUOTE

Looks like your posting bought me some luck hahaha!!

GOOD JOB! I told you it was only a matter of time =). Now you have 7 days of eggs then they will fall into the water...if you still have pregnant females cut the leaves and and tape them on a separate tank. Do your best to not disturb the eggs as it will cause egg displacement and death. Fertility will be proven by the 3rd day. If you don't see the embryo changing shape they are not fertile. On the 4th and 5th day you will notice MOLD on them also meaning infertile. Once transferred you MUST change out your water each week. If you do not do this...the ammonia that builds up in the water will stunt the tadpoles growth and even possibly will deter your tadpole from morphing into a frog completely and you will have permanent tadpoles. Put gravel at the bottom of your tadpole tank as it will hold their poo from being stirred up when they swim. I use a small water pump to cycle the water to put a little amount of oxygen in the water. Tadpoles do have little gills that will go away as they get older so its good to put some oxygen in he water for them. Also leave plant clippings from your plant in the water as well to help reduce stress and make it a somewhat natural environment for them. Keep your eggs from drying out. NOW YOU DO NEED TO BUY A FOGGER -or- find a way to keep humidity around 90-95%. If you dont do this they will dry up and will prevent embryo formation and ultimately leads to death of the tadpole. I wish you all the luck...any help im always here =) ALso for your water... use spring water if you can.... or use tap water and make sure you treat it with ZOO MED Water treatment which kills the chlorine and adds IMPORTANT electrolytes to the water!!

-Corey

[CJ PELCHER]

Actually, I just looked at your eggs... first off there should be about 15-50 eggs per egg group. Yours does NOT have that many it looks like...(could be camera angle). Ill be very surprised if any of those are even fertile...but of course I wish you all the luck in the world. Id like you to grow in experience with red eye tree frog raising. Please keep in mind a good owner will experience both good and bad of egg lays. (I have had both)

[Crazy Frog]

Actually, I just looked at your eggs... first off there should be about 15-50 eggs per egg group. Yours does NOT have that many it looks like...(could be camera angle). Ill be very surprised if any of those are even fertile...but of course I wish you all the luck in the world. Id like you to grow in experience with red eye tree frog raising. Please keep in mind a good owner will experience both good and bad of egg lays. (I have had both)

Thanks for the info,my two clutches of eggs are less than 20 each ,I shall hope that its fertile if this would be a great add on to my frog keeping and breeding experience,had always wanted to breed them but no luck in getting them in my country till 3months ago.

[Crazy Frog]

A close up of the eggs, I guess it infertile looking at the eggs

[CJ PELCHER]

Dont just give up on them until the 4-5 day. If you dont have tadpoles in the eggs by then THATs when you can decide to throw them out. There is a small chance 1-2 of them may be fertile. I had groups of 50 eggs each and only 2 of them ended up being fertile out of the entire group. Egg raising is the HARDEST part of raising red eye tree frogs. STAY ON TOP OF IT!!! 1-2 hours of humidity at 50-60 percent will dry your eggs out.

[Crazy Frog]

Dont just give up on them until the 4-5 day. If you dont have tadpoles in the eggs by then THATs when you can decide to throw them out. There is a small chance 1-2 of them may be fertile. I had groups of 50 eggs each and only 2 of them ended up being fertile out of the entire group. Egg raising is the HARDEST part of raising red eye tree frogs. STAY ON TOP OF IT!!! 1-2 hours of humidity at 50-60 percent will dry your eggs out.

Thanks,I am keeping them the same way I keep my dart frogs eggs in a 90-100% humidity container and I had tie the leaf hanging using fishing lines,lets just wait 7days if not I will just try it again.

[Crazy Frog]

Its been awhile since the last two clutches of infertile eggs, yesterday my frogs manage to lay 5 good clutches of nice looking eggs,cross finger this time it's fertile,look much better to me.