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my 2 d. auratus have been breeding like crazy within the last month or so. Im up to 8 tadpoles and 4 eggs. Anyway of them stopping or how many more can i expect? Not to mention I lost the first 4 eggs.

I don't know if they'll stop... but I'll take the tadpoles from you! It will give you some more space for the others.
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-Iman

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They will stop, and you may not get any activity for a few months. Breeding generally goes in enthusiastic spurts of all out followed by nothing for a few months. Since we keep them in artificial and not perfect conditions, I'm not sure what influences this, and different species have different influences, such as a relative dry spell followed by extra misting, that seems to help leucs. Most all of my frogs seem to breed during the late winter and early spring, then again in the fall. Their active breeding seems to be more influenced by the times when the natural light here is closer to 12/12 hours than by any artificial light in the tank, but I can't prove that. I have no breeding going on here now, when the natural sunlight begins around 5:00 AM and ends at 9:00 PM. It is has also been especially warm, and it's been difficult to keep the tanks below 80 degrees.

The females in particular need a rest from breeding activity--This is a big investment of energy for them. The males seem to either get the hint, or in the case of many of the thumbnails and obligate egg feeders in particular, are also investing a lot of extra energy into guarding and egg and tad care above and beyond the courtship and sperm contributions. So they'll all take a vacation. It's just hard to predict when.
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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.

thanks to both of you for replying.