Anyone curious about breeding pixie frogs in captivity? Breeding pixie frog project.
From my experience of caring and breeding pixie frogs I have never had a pair like these ones I have now! In the past 2 months I have been getting many great responses from my SUB-ADULT pixie frogs! I have already got amplexus and I'm going to make a dirary for anyone who is interested. If any one is curious I will attempt to breed my frogs by just doing it like breeding any other frog NATURALLY WITHOUT HORMONES. At first I did my research about all of the pixie frogs' habitat and how pixie frogs live in the wild and my goal was to mimic that with only exo terra plantation soil(lots of it), a homemade rain chamber, 3-4 inches of water(so the female doesnt drown), and only 1 male and 1 female. It doesnt sound like much because it isnt! At first i did my research and found out that pixie frogs have to be about 8 years to breed. I also found out that pixie frogs need a large breeding group and a kids pool to breed in. But my curious self tried felt like trying to do the "impossible" just to try.
STEP 1: at first i start by feeding them only about 10 crickets a week and i cooled it down a few degrees. I will minimize both these for 2 weeks until it is about 20 degrees celsius and no crickets.
STEP 2: I will put them in a full brick of substrate in a 20 gallon tank so then they could dig down and aestivate for 7 weeks with no food. And then misted the tank once a week gently.
STEP 3: I then put on a temporary rain chamber for 1 full day to wake them up naturally. Once then i will put them in a 30 gallon tank with a rain chamber or a kids pool if its raining.
STEP 4: the eggs or the calling... TBD
THIS DIARY WILL BE COMLETELY SAFE FOR MY FROGS AND NONE OF THEM WILL BE HARMED AS I HAVE 2 YEARS OF RESEARCH OF DOING THIS AND I HAVE EVERYTHING PLANNED.
I WILL BE POSTING A VIDEO DIARY ONCE A WEEK WITH PICS EVERY OTHER DAY AS I HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILMING AND AM JUST ENDING STEP 2 AND HAVE MOST OF THE DIARY ALREADY FILMED.
have fun following this thread for the whole summer!
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