Luke The Leuc

[deranged chipmunk]

Very cool. Love leucs!!

[tonyball]

just wanted to update this thread and say I currently have 6 adult leucs and 1 froglet, but Im trading my 4 galacts and 2 auratus and 2 Bakhuis for 10 more Leucs next week, cant wait, I really like the Leucs

[flybyferns]

just wanted to update this thread and say I currently have 6 adult leucs and 1 froglet, but Im trading my 4 galacts and 2 auratus and 2 Bakhuis for 10 more Leucs next week, cant wait, I really like the Leucs

Gosh , Tony
I wish you lived closer.
Mine have become quite comfortable and proficient at procreating

They ,very recently, decided they were ready
In the past month:
5 tads out of the enclosure
5 eggs developing , nicely - out of the enclosure
more eggs in the enclosure - found today .....sigh

I have 2 females ( 3 males ) .............eggs disappear quickly if I don't move them
Oh those beastly girls!!!!!

I never knew......... that ...this is what happens when you mix sexes

BTW---- someday --- hopefully a long time from now --- I will move my leucs to one of my 36"H exos
They LOVE to climb.

[tonyball]

That's awesome! I hope this new group produces better than the current group I have, seems to me that I read somewhere Leucs are season breeders and based on what you say about eggs disappearing I probably need to check the huts more often

Gosh , Tony
I wish you lived closer.
Mine have become quite comfortable and proficient at procreating

They ,very recently, decided they were ready
In the past month:
5 tads out of the enclosure
5 eggs developing , nicely - out of the enclosure
more eggs in the enclosure - found today .....sigh

I have 2 females ( 3 males ) .............eggs disappear quickly if I don't move them
Oh those beastly girls!!!!!

I never knew......... that ...this is what happens when you mix sexes

BTW---- someday --- hopefully a long time from now --- I will move my leucs to one of my 36"H exos
They LOVE to climb.

[Happy Frog]

It's funny you updating and what you've said in your post...

I myself am building up what I call a super colony of standard, nominant Leucs. This colony will be for my own personal enjoyment and any offspring will stay with me. What I'm doing is buying 2-3 frogs from different breeders/lines, maybe 4-5, and have them all together in a large enclosure. I already have the aquarium. It's a 210 gallon and the dimensions are roughly 72x24x29. I've had this aquarium for several months and have been trying to decide what to do with it. I actually took the aquarium from someone to pay off his debt to me when I used to raise African Cichlids. I used to barter quite a bit and I'm still trying to squeeze my money out of some of these guys.

It's going to be a daunting task trying to set the whole thing up but I'm going to do it. My biggest problem is constructing the background. I'm not really good at it.

I'm not sure when I'm going to start but I'll keep you posted if and when I begin it.

[tonyball]

that sounds like its gonna be an interesting project for sure, definitely keep me posted

It's funny you updating and what you've said in your post...

I myself am building up what I call a super colony of standard, nominant Leucs. This colony will be for my own personal enjoyment and any offspring will stay with me. What I'm doing is buying 2-3 frogs from different breeders/lines, maybe 4-5, and have them all together in a large enclosure. I already have the aquarium. It's a 210 gallon and the dimensions are roughly 72x24x29. I've had this aquarium for several months and have been trying to decide what to do with it. I actually took the aquarium from someone to pay off his debt to me when I used to raise African Cichlids. I used to barter quite a bit and I'm still trying to squeeze my money out of some of these guys.

It's going to be a daunting task trying to set the whole thing up but I'm going to do it. My biggest problem is constructing the background. I'm not really good at it.

I'm not sure when I'm going to start but I'll keep you posted if and when I begin it.

[Happy Frog]

that sounds like its gonna be an interesting project for sure, definitely keep me posted

I'm trying to research the best way to construct a vivarium this size so that it will last a long time. I'm also trying to figure out the optimal amount of D. leucomela to put in it. I'm thinking eight Leucs may be the best amount. I have a trio(1 female and 2 males) in a 18x18x24 Exo Terra. Four of those Exo Terras will fit into the 210 gallon, but I don't think 12 Leucs would be a good amount in a six foot long vivarium no matter the depth or height.

So you'll have about sixteen Leucs. What are your plans for them? Are you going to set-up multiple vivariums for them?