Ranitomeya ventrimaculata - Breeding Thread

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I struggled with humidity in the frog room for a week or so. The temperature outside bottomed out and the space heater was killing me. I would make sure the eggs had water on them at 2:00am and by the time I woke up at 8am the water around the eggs would be nearly dried up. (it was totally gone a couple times). This fight with humidity cost me 9 eggs over the course of a couple weeks.

Simple solution to this is to place the eggs in a shoebox or something and mist the shoebox. Before my current setup, I used to just set my eggs on top of tadpole containers in their bin, plenty of humidity.

The last clutch they laid was with 5 eggs. I left the eggs in the canister for 7-10 days (or until the early signs of development started). I then moved them to a petri dish that I placed on the floor of the vivarium to use the high humidity in the tank to my advantage.

Here is what they look like as of this afternoon.




I have the tadpole station for these eggs all setup and ready to go!

Looking good so far, however I still think you should reconsider giving them a boost of vitamin A. Ventrimaculata are notorious for having SLS issues. I would hate to see you clear one hurdle just to be presented with another.