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OH I'm soooo happy I could fly right now. My trio of cobalt Tincs who I originally thought was a 1.2 set (I've had them since they were about 1 month out of the water). Well I seperated out one female to prevent any agression between the females about 3 months ago and that left what I thought was a male and female in a 20 gallon long. Well they grew up and NEVER gave me any eggs...and I kept waiting and waiting...nothing. Well my other female was just a late blooming male. So what the hell, Saturday I put him back in the 20 gallon with the other two and Saturday night I am watching the two males courting the female like you wouldn't belive. This was absolutely amazing to watch how she would stroke the new males back and they were both calling to her. I couldn't take my eyes off of them for hours...

Tonight (Sunday) I got home from a fishing trip with my two daughters (no I didn't catch a darn thing) and went to check the tank while feeding my zoo for not really expecting anything as usually and low and behold 8 perfect fertilized eggs in the lid under the coconut. Man, talk about a great feeling. Now lets see if they make it all the way to froglets. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I've got the lid moistened with spring water in a plastic shoebox on top of damp sphanghum moss. Any other tips?

And to think this was their baby pic, and now their parents themselves (snif, snif) ....OK I'm not that corny LOL

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Chantel a.k.a. sillygirl
"I came, I saw, I adopted"

1.3 green anoles (Stumpy (M)), and the rest remain nameless.
1.1 green tree frogs (Romeo & Juliet)
1.2 Firebelly toads
2.3.0 D. tinctorius (Surinam Cobalt)
0.0.8 D. azureus
0.0.1 Clown Tree Frog
0.1 Anerythristic 'B' (Charcoal)corn snake (Popcorn)
0.1 Snow Corn (KandyKorn)
0.2 Amel Corns (KornSilk & KornMuffin)
0.1 Normal Corn (PepperKorn)
1.0 Creamsicle Corn (Kream)
0.0.1 Giant African Millipede
1.0 Betta (Sushi, Charlie)
2.4 Domestic house cats (Bad Boy (m), Bart(m),Sasha(F),Little Bit(F),Spirit(F)
1.0 Rottweiler (Jake)
2.7 Rats (Mouse, Socks, Sugar, Squishy, Fox, Lucky,B**CH & Tinker)
1.3 Mice (My step-daughter seems to think they are pets)
2.0 Betta (Sushi, Blue)
1.0 Husband (David, who loves all my critters too)

SillyGirl,

You might have the sexes mixed up. In my experience, the females are the ones who are pursuing the males, not the other way around. Usually the male will try to climb everything in the tank to get away from the females.

It sounds like they are still kinda young, so I would watch their behavior and look for differences in the toe pad size to sex the animals.

A lot of times, changes in care, like going out of town for the weekend, adding or removing a frog from an enclosure, etc. will proceed eggs being laid.

Congrats!

Melis
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Actually I did have one mixed up, it was a female I added back to the tank not a male. So my original sexing was correct, she just has large toe pads for a female. I should have gone by body size this time and not by the toe pads. Granted, they aren't as big as the males but they are much bigger then the other females that the male was in there with.

I figured out the mistake when watching them the other night and while they were continuing to court. The female was courting the male (I didn't have that mixed up) and no, he doesn't run away from her, but what she did do was turn around and nail the other frog (who I mistook for another male) and jump on HIS back and proceed to wrestle, NOT the courting behavior noted before. At that point I removed the odd one out who I knew wasn't responsible for the egg laying and she who I KNEW was a she to begin with is now in her own private enclosure. Meanwhile the other two continue to court on a nightly basis and the female has gained considerable size which I can only guess as being gravid. Oh and btw, the frogs are approx 14 months old give or take.

Meanwhile, since I know you've bred countless tincs Melissa. How long till you notice development in the eggs? I took them out Sunday night and I'm not seeing anything special yet except one that went obviously bad and it's already been removed. The rest are looking like normal with the black center. A few have a slight haze in an almost crescent shape on the black "dot" but nothing that looks like mold or fungus.
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Chantel a.k.a. sillygirl
"I came, I saw, I adopted"

1.3 green anoles (Stumpy (M)), and the rest remain nameless.
1.1 green tree frogs (Romeo & Juliet)
1.2 Firebelly toads
2.3.0 D. tinctorius (Surinam Cobalt)
0.0.8 D. azureus
0.0.1 Clown Tree Frog
0.1 Anerythristic 'B' (Charcoal)corn snake (Popcorn)
0.1 Snow Corn (KandyKorn)
0.2 Amel Corns (KornSilk & KornMuffin)
0.1 Normal Corn (PepperKorn)
1.0 Creamsicle Corn (Kream)
0.0.1 Giant African Millipede
1.0 Betta (Sushi, Charlie)
2.4 Domestic house cats (Bad Boy (m), Bart(m),Sasha(F),Little Bit(F),Spirit(F)
1.0 Rottweiler (Jake)
2.7 Rats (Mouse, Socks, Sugar, Squishy, Fox, Lucky,B**CH & Tinker)
1.3 Mice (My step-daughter seems to think they are pets)
2.0 Betta (Sushi, Blue)
1.0 Husband (David, who loves all my critters too)

You should begin to see a line down the middle of the eggs very soon. Regardless, I wouldn't dispose of any eggs until they start to turn gray or mold over.

A helpful hint is to write the date the eggs are laid on the container or on a sticker so you know when they laid. If after 10 days you don't see any development toss them.

With tincs, you will know before 10 days, but that is the rule of thumb I usually go by.
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Quality Captives