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I have a pair of Azureus who have just had their first clutch of eggs. Part of the reason I was attracted to darts was for their parental care behavior (a nice change from newts who eat their young). I plan on letting the parents do their thing, and they are currently taking turns guarding the eggs. Is there anything extra I should do or be on the look out for?

Thanks

Congrats on the eggs! If you plan on letting them do the work, you'll need to provide places for the male to deposit the young. This can be accomplished by placing small jars or something similar that holds a reasonable ammount of water. Provide enough of these containers to house the young seperately and hope that the male deposits them individually in the containers. Once the tadpoles have been deposited, it is strongly suggested that you remove these containers and rear the tads yourself, as the parents will have no further part in their development (unlike egg feeders). www.doylesdartden.com has a great section on rearing tadpoles. Best of luck and kep us posted on how it turns out.

-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)

Thanks, here is a pic of the setup. There is a water feature where the tadpoles can be deposited. You can see the egg mass on the upper left bromeliad, right out in the open.

sorry, here is the pic.

Great set up, what kind of plant is that growing down the background on the left next to the broms? How many azureus do you have in the enclosure; just the pair? keep us in touch with what happens with the clutch.

ADAM