Re: Water features
Hi,
you have 2 options indeed, or letting them transport the larvaes to a waterbody
or get the eggs out and raise them yourself.
For the first option, a temporarily watermass will do as well.
You can even put in one of those small transport boxes filled with water.
When the larvaes are ready to hatch, father will take them up his back and bring them to any waterbody available that suits the purpose.
The second option
You can place some photo jars (? the plastic things you used to get your analog films in)
inside the viv for them to put their eggs in.
An easy way to remove the eggs is:
You cut one of the little filmjars in half and place it inside another one.
Thet will lay the eggs on the jar cut in half, wich you can easily slide out to empty in a petri dish.
You have to make sure you keep the dark side up and place 1-3mm of water inside the petri dish.
Keep the eggs moist this way, but keep an air circulation to prevent the eggs from molding.
The most easy wat i use, is by putting on the lid of the petridish,
but put something between it so it doesn't completely close, but is closed enough to prevent it from drying up in a short period of time.
As soon as the larvaes are ready to come out, raise the water level so they can come out of the eggs and swim freely.
After 2-3 days you can get them out and place them in a larger jar with water and raise them to froglets.
Another option would be, to place the underside of the petridish in the viv,
you can put a coconut shell or something else on top of it to create a nice hole for them to lay their eggs in.
Usualy, i put in a leaf of the beech, since this will make the eggs mold less easily due to their ability to inprove the water quality.
It is also great to keep the lid open a little.
The stick of the leaf can be put between the top and bottom half of the petridish in order to keep moist but prevent molding.
Hopefuly i made it a little clear to you,
it is so much easier to explain in your own language
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