Breeding Xenopus laevis

[SanderB]

I have at least 9 tadpoles, I removed the bad eggs. I am gonna try the spirulina and algeatablets, will grind them to dust. So I need to start feeding when they start swimming? I have some white ones but most are dark in colour.

[SanderB]

It looks like they are growing well. I have 6 dark ones and 4 white ones. Are the white ones albino or is this a new colour, leucistic?

[rodsboys]

The dark one in the pic on the top row middle looks like it has 4 eyes.

[Jenste]

It is way to early to know but the white ones, if they have black eyes, are going to be either reticulated albinos or leucistic. They will morph with little pink bodies and any reticulation, if there is going to be any, will start appearing after a few weeks/couple months.

Think of them like little dalmations....they reveal their patterns in time.

If any have pink/clear/red eyes then they will be regular albinos.

[SanderB]

They al have dark eyes and some have some pigment on the backs. But we will see. The male is albino and the female a wild type.
They are growing well, so the mix of spirulina and algeatablets is working fine I supose.

[SanderB]

They are growing very well.

[corientalis]

I have X. tadpoles the first time too! They look the same but a bit larger. The largest ones already have little whiskers. Both parents are wild type but I got some white, black eyed tads too! I wanted to ask what color morphs they will be as frogs just before I read this thread I feed them with spinach on one day and JBL turtle granulate on the other which I hope negates the ill effects of feeding spinach.