mating or fighting?

[ColleenT]

so i was told on a different forum to keep them together and let them work it out. i put her back in last night and this morning they are all fine and leaving each other alone. if they can work it out that is great. if not, i'll rehome anybody who is a problem.

[DigitalPunk]

Leaving them alone to work it out is awful advice unless you want to end up with 2 stressed and possible dead frogs and one alive and happy frog. Adult Azureus will assert themselves and establish dominance. Females will bully other females and eat their eggs. Males will bully other males. The stress of the bullying couple with the inability to escape the area will increase that frogs chance of suffering and possibly contracting an opportunistic parasite. It is best to do what you had started doing and separate them as you see aggressive behavior.

We are not trying to simulate nature, we are trying to provide a safe and happy home for them and sometimes that includes keeping the weak ones from being picked on.

[ColleenT]

they are doing fine. nobody has gone after the others, they are eating and moving around in the enclosure. fingers crossed, this could work out. i am still supervising closely, and ready to remove any of them if needed.

[DigitalPunk]

Excellent, that is what we always hope for! You are doing the right thing, monitor them and intervene if nature starts to take its course and one of your friends becomes the object of anthers aggression