It's red eye season!

[bshmerlie]

Hey Tony would you give us a step by step progress on the egg clutches? Also some of the specifics, such as water temp, anything you put in the water, what you feed the tadpoles, etc, etc. Im going to try and breed my red eyes as soon as they all mature enough to do so. Could you show us a picture of your rain chamber set up? Do you heat the water in the rain chamber? How many frogs do you have in there, etc, etc.

[pez]

I have searched them everywhere. I have seen them in the wild just once, but my dad didn't let me to keep it.

Personally I prefer the "normal" form. Has more colors although I would be happy with a pacific form.

[Tony]

Hey Tony would you give us a step by step progress on the egg clutches? Also some of the specifics, such as water temp, anything you put in the water, what you feed the tadpoles, etc, etc. Im going to try and breed my red eyes as soon as they all mature enough to do so. Could you show us a picture of your rain chamber set up? Do you heat the water in the rain chamber? How many frogs do you have in there, etc, etc.

My rain chamber is very simple, I just gutted the substrate out of my female tank, covered the top vent with glass, added a couple of potted plants (potted in charcoal with a top dressing of sphagnum), and sprayed them manually. I spray twice daily, in the afternoon and at night with a gallon of 80 degree water, then siphon out the excess so that about 2" of water remains in the bottom. I started with 12 frogs (7.5) and pull the spent females after they lay. I do not heat the water in the chamber, but I probably would if it was a recirculating system.

The tads have in 7-10 days and I keep them in dechlorinated tap water with a dose of blackwater extract. I feed them twice daily, rotating between a spirulina-based fish flake, marine fish pellets, tadpole bites, and a tadpole pellet from Mike Ready at Sandfire. The water is filtered by an air driven sponge filter and I do a 30-50% water change every week or two.

[bshmerlie]

Any new close up pictures of eggs developing?

[Tony]

Any new close up pictures of eggs developing?

I haven't taken any of this batch, but I did keep a daily record of last year's.

Agalychnis callidryas tadpole development | Facebook

[wesleybrouwer]

@ Jojo

The prize on red eyes in Holland isn't high as well,
for juveniles you may pay as little as €7,50-10.

Maybe you have some luck in Manchester.
The first UK frogday will be June 12.
There will be some Dutch people as well,
maybe you can ask them to bring some red eyes with them.
There are a lot being bred at the moment and around that time hundreds need new homes,
so prizes will be at the bottom at that point

http://www.ukfrogday.co.uk/

[llmoe]

Looking awesome!!! Do you sell your tads or do you wait until they are froglets? I am looking for about 10 for a 135gal tank.. would have pm'd you but couldn't find how. lol.

[bshmerlie]

Looking awesome!!! Do you sell your tads or do you wait until they are froglets? I am looking for about 10 for a 135gal tank.. would have pm'd you but couldn't find how. lol.

Just click on his name...and a pull down menu will pop up.

[Tony]

Looking awesome!!! Do you sell your tads or do you wait until they are froglets? I am looking for about 10 for a 135gal tank.. would have pm'd you but couldn't find how. lol.

I don't like to sell tads, shipping can be rough on them. I have a local dealer who will probably buy all of my offspring, but if I wind up with any surplus I will post them in the classifieds.