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I have a trio of leucomelas that recently laid a clutch of eggs(there first for me) After approximatley one week the eggs started to lose the "jelly" around them until the tiny tadpoles were no longer surrounded, but still had an extremely large yolk sac attatched to them. The yolk sacs burst in the following two days and the tadpoles died. I had the eggs in a petri dish with just enough water to touch the edge of the egg but not submerse them and the petri dish was floating in a tupperware container. I misted the eggs lightly everyday. The frogs just laid a new batch of eggs which are much larger and healthier looking then the previous ones. I dont want this to happen again so if anybody has any suggestions or have experienced this let me know.
Adam

try to keep the eggs in a little more water. i had my auratus in more water and so far they are going on 2-3 weeks out of thier eggs. hope this helps and thats great that your's are laying.

If these are the first clutches for this particular pair, then you should have nothing to worry about. They are new to this and will take a few tries to get it right. As far as keeping the eggs moist, you seem to be doing a good job. However, I don;t agree with floating the petri dish in the tupperware/sterlite box. Just seems to haphazard to me and would be more prone to overturning. What I do is, I line the bottom of the box with papertowels that are kept moist and place a baby food jar, 3/4 full of water in the box with the eggs. Place the jar a good ways away from the petri dish in case of accidental spillage. Cover the box with celephane to make sure that the moisture doesn;t escape. You'll also need to air out the box once or twice a day to allow the eggs to be properly oxygenated. This entire method has been tried and true by me.

-Bill J.
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Updated list as of: 10/20/03
2.2.3 D. azureus
1.2 D. ventrimaculatus 'yellow' (22 tads in the water)
3.3 D. tinctorius 'cobalt'
0.0.3 D. tinctorius 'patricia'
0.0.1 D. tinctorius 'giant orange'
0.0.1 D. tinctorius 'citronella'
0.0.2 D auratus 'zwartgroene(black)'
0.0.5 D. auratus 'green/black' (tads)
0.0.3 D. imitator 'Alex Sens line' (very soon)
0.0.2 D. reticulatus (soon)

Floating the eggs is not necessary. What I do is take two glass bowls that form a flush fit when stacked and place aquarium filter floss- looks like a giant cotten ball. I lay this flat in one of the bowls after soaking it in water so it keeps the eggs moist. The petri dish of eggs goes into this bowl and then the other is stacked on top. I put a towel over top so that no light gets through. Make sure to add more water next time.... not so much that the eggs are swimming but enough to keep them moist. Add water to the petri dish as you see fit.

Hope this helps....Good luck!
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Justin
stk18119@loki.stockton.edu

D.auratus
D.leucomelas
D.tinctorius (lorenzo, yellowback, citro, pb, oyopock,etc.)
D.azureus
D.ventrimaculatus (yellow/gold)
D.pumilio (blue jeans, solid red)
P.aurotaenia (narrow bands/green)
P.bicolor
E.tricolor (Santa Isabel)
H. leucophyllata
P. hypochondrialis azurea
P. resinfictrix
etc.......

I just place two layers of eggcrate on the bottom of a sterilite container. Keep about an inch of water at the bottom. Place the petri dishes on the eggcrate and put the lid on the container. I lightly mist the petri dishes every three or four days, but this isn't absolutely necessary.
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Randy

n/p