I've got to show off my new baby that just hopped out of the water--way ahead of his sibling that is barely popping his front legs and still has a tail.

I had never successfully raised tadpoles before. (The pumilios and thumbnails are left to raise their own.) It took me several tries before I began to get viable hatching.

One of the reasons I believe the two first guys from the same clutch of eggs are so far apart in development is that I kept them together for awhile until I saw that one wasn't developing as fast. Some people have stated that D. azureus tads are cannibalistic, but I didn't see this at all. There does appear to be some inhibition in the development of more than one in a container. This guy was always weeks ahead, even after I separated them.

The D. azureus get their color early, even as tads.



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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

D. auratus blue, auratus Ancon Hill, galactonotus orange, galactonotus yellow, fantasticus, reticulatus, imitator, castaneoticus, azureus, pumilio Bastimentos. P. lugubris, vittatus, terribilis mint green, terribilis orange.

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