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Wooord,
does anyone here breed the lil fatties? Most of the info on the net I find about breeding them is rather brief. I desire a mentor! Also, is it fairly difficult to breed them?
Vanessa

It isn't easy. I have cycled mine before, but never went through with the process. I simply do not have the time, space, or funds. Basically you must brumate the frogs for a sufficient amount of time (at least a month is best). After a month or so, you want to start misting the tank heavily and raising the temperature back up. This will simulate the coming of the monsoon season. The frogs should come up from their cocoons after a few days, shed and eat the skin, and at this point they should be heavily fed (to prevent cannibalism). Mist them heavily for a week or two and then place them in a rainchamber. Try doing a search for rainchambers if you do not know how to make one. The frogs can be placed in the rainchamber for extended periods of time each day or just kept in it continuously. They should be monitored for problems, such as drowning, cannibalism, or even eggs being sucked into the water uplift. If these are your pet frogs, I would suggest not breeding them. It is VERY stressful for the frogs and it is not uncommon for frogs to die in the breeding process. After that is over, seperate the eggs from the frogs. Make sure to have plenty of bloodworms, tubeworms, and cubed fish food on hand for the tadpoles which should hatch out of the eggs relatively quickly. If you do not feed them, they will prey off of each other. They need a good filtration system, but one that is not strong enough to suck them in and kill them. As they grow, they should be sorted according to size to reduce the number of tadpoles that fall prey to their siblings. The rest is pretty much self explanatory. Make sure to have a land space as froglets start to appear, etc.
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