E. Anthonyi Tads...HELP!!!!

[bshmerlie]

Two weeks ago I got a pair of E. Anthonyi "Santa Isabel" and they are in a temporary tank while I'm setting up a larger one for them. Next thing I know "Dad" is carrying around two tads on his back. Doesn't he know I'm not ready for them? He does have a water dish to deposit them into but I'm not ready for them after that. I don't have any almond leaves or anything like that to make tadpole tea. I do have some Blackwater Extract that I got at the January Super show. Can I use that or what do you guys recommend? I guess it was kind of stupid of me to think they'd wait until I had everything ready to go. Dad has gone in and out of the water dish a few times but they don't seem to get off. Strange I didn't see the eggs... I've looked all over. Well, at least there are only two of them to worry about. I'll try and get a picture of him with the tads if I can but he's being a little protective and hides when get my camera out.

[DonLisk]

Congrats on the tads Cheri.
Hopefully one of our breeder friends can help you with this.

[bshmerlie]

There's a guy named Brian who breeds E. Anthonyi who lives about 15 minutes from me. I've left him a message to see if I can come over to see his tad setup but being its a holiday I'm not sure if I'll hear back from him today. I was planning on visiting him when I got the chance but I guess Tony (male) and Isabel (female) are on their own time schedule. I hope my two Veradero don't get frisky just yet. All the rest of my other darts are just babies right now so I have plenty of time before I have to worry about them.

[bshmerlie]

Okay he dropped them off in the water dish. They don't move very much. Are they supposed to? Should I leave them in the dish or move them to a separate container? Where is everybody today?

[berksmike]

If youve not got almond leaves you can use oak leaves or black alder cones to make the tea or even standard redbush tea teabags

[bshmerlie]

Well, here's what I've got. The blackwater extract is on the left. I don't think these are oak leaves, but this is all the leaves I've got. They were sold as leaf litter. We don't drink tea in California. And I doubt they'll have that brand of tea here, but is it a specific flavor?