Finding tadpoles in the toilet was a first for me.

[FrogFever]

I have been in the hobby for less than a year now, and I've put forth so much effort into getting my frogs to breed, and I finally feel like I'm doing something right because I've had two clutches so far... both from my Phyllomedusa Hypochondrialis. No luck with the red eyes yet...



It was such an exciting thing to wake up this morning to see the eggs all wrapped in the leaf. I estimate there to be about 25-30
The first time I realized that my frogs had laid eggs was a couple months back when I had just gotten back from vacation and was cleaning out my dirty rain chamber water and I looked down into the toilet as I was about to flush it all down and saw little things moving around in there. Sure enough, there were 13 little tiny tadpoles that had been living in dirty uncirculated water for at least a few days. Not to mention having no food. (Rainchamber pictured below.)



I have 11 of the sturdy toilet tads left 2 months later and they are just starting to grow their back legs.




This is their new morph out tank I just put them in. I will lower the water level when the time comes and also add some moss and more plants.
I can tell they love it much more than the three separate boring tupperware containers they used to live in.

[John]

Great photos and story. Congratulations on this success story. I love your rain chamber design (the plumbing). I know a lot of people would love to see how you put that together. We could turn it into an article .

[LilyPad]

Awesome! What a neat surprise, not what you'd expect to see in your toilet

[Jimifrog]

That is amazing. Congratulations.

[SludgeMunkey]

I don't know...those survivors look a little flushed...

[FrogFever]

Haha! Flushed.... thats good.

The design was actually a lot more simple than it looks. I had no experience with making one before, and it turned out better than I had anticipated.
I do have plans to make an article or two on here. Actually, I've started 2 of them and then ended up finishing the tanks without taking any further pictures! :/ I got a little ahead of myself, but one will make it on to the main stage soon enough.
I've been in the process of moving this last month so I'm just adding the final decorations to my frog room. I'll post some pictures for you all. Hopefully tonight!

[Heatheranne]

Awe! How adorable!

[flybyferns]

Hello "sturdy toilet tad" mama !
He is so cute. Just amazing !
Lynn

[FrogFever]

Thanks for sharing your story! Those guys are cute. Isn't it amazing how much the morphed frogs vary in size depending on how long they stay a tadpole? I would rather all of my tads take their time so they can be s big and healthy as my last one!
I will someday decide to build another rain chamber and document it's construction. Or I'll take pictures the next time I take it apart. It is fully removable as I didn't use any glue or silicone or anything to hold it all together.

[Purrdoc]

Wow. Frogs in the toilet. Wow. I think it would freak me out. Not because there is a frog in the toilet, but the, "how did it get there?" issue. I don't have a septic system and I would be panicking if one of mine was out (been there, done that. RETFs don't do so well outside of their humid tank). Cool stories.

I am going through my first experience with frog breeding myself. It has been a wild ride. Lots of warm fuzzes (can you say that with frogs?) and lots of heartbreak. Like the other morning when I was switching the lights around and put a light on the tank I had taken off a couple days before. Should not have been a problem- same light as before, right? Well, evidently, 10 of the froglets didn't think so and desiccated. I still don't understand that one. Out of 76 tadpoles that hatched, I think I am going to end up with maybe 30 froglets. But, I have learned a lot and will do it all over again if I get the chance!

[FrogFever]

UPDATE:

The final froglet from this clutch just morphed this week!
The eggs were laid on 8.7.11.
Hatched into tads on 8.16.11.
The first tadpole to morph into a froglet was on 11.3.11.
And the last was on 4.22.12!
If my math is correct that is a 5 1/2 month difference from the first morph to the last and over 8 months total for the longest tad!
I'm tripping out on how long it took.
Has anyone else experienced this!?