Eggs! and Tadpoles!

ValMM · 03-15-2013, 08:28 PM

That's so exciting! You must be very good at making frog habitats, since they are laying so many eggs for you.

wootlaws · 03-15-2013, 09:48 PM

thanks for sharing. very interesting to see the tadpoles grow

Taari · 03-21-2013, 02:40 AM

The azureus tads hatched today but I didn't get a picture of them.

I also caught my first vent tad completely out of water today clinging to the side of it's cup, but it dove back into the water when I went to grab my camera. Same thing happened this evening when I checked on them again. It's tail is almost gone.

dtejeda.arias · 03-21-2013, 03:00 AM

I soooooooo want to get into keeping these guys!!! They look amazing!!!! Congrats on your progress

Taari · 03-22-2013, 12:10 AM

tippeecanoe · 03-22-2013, 12:21 AM

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

ValMM · 03-22-2013, 02:57 AM

Yay! A successful metamorphosis! How cool!

Taari · 03-22-2013, 05:18 PM

First baby is completely out of the water and hunting spring tails

And second baby is starting to venture out of the water

Taari · 03-24-2013, 10:37 PM

I spotted the first little one to have left it's cup. The second one could if it wanted to but is being timid.

ValMM · 03-25-2013, 01:11 AM

Give him time, seeing his sibling out and about will eventually give him the courage to hunt outside the water too.

Taari · 03-28-2013, 03:06 AM

Well, all 4 of the babies are out of their cups and exploring the grow-out tank. There is one more that is still a tadpole and has not popped it's front legs yet, so eventually there will be 5 babies.

And one of the azureus tadpoles. These are the ones I was taking pics of as they developed inside the eggs. They hatched a week ago and are growing fast!

ValMM · 03-28-2013, 04:04 AM

They're so tiny and cute! How big will they get?

Taari · 03-28-2013, 04:24 AM

The vents (black and yellow stripes) will get about the size of a nickle. They are called thumbnail frogs because they are about the size of a thumbnail. Right now the babies are the size of a pea.

Taari · 05-12-2013, 09:45 PM

First of my azureus tadpoles to pop it's front legs!

Taari · 05-20-2013, 08:32 PM

My first azureus baby climbed out of the water today while I was at school. This is the first one that I raised from egg to froglet

It's sibling is only a few days behind. If you notice the date on the tape right over the first one's head, it says 3-20, which is the hatch date, so exactly 61 days from hatching to morphing out.

03-15-2013, 08:28 PM	#16
ValMM Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Oswego, New York Posts: 823	That's so exciting! You must be very good at making frog habitats, since they are laying so many eggs for you. __________________ My roommate says I'll die by giant turtle.

03-21-2013, 02:40 AM	#18
Taari Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Washington Posts: 336	The azureus tads hatched today but I didn't get a picture of them. I also caught my first vent tad completely out of water today clinging to the side of it's cup, but it dove back into the water when I went to grab my camera. Same thing happened this evening when I checked on them again. It's tail is almost gone. __________________ When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire When I can but remember that my heart once used to live and love, long and aspire Oh, be thou then the first, the one thou art, be thou the calling, before all answering love And in me wake hope, fear, boundless desire.

03-22-2013, 12:10 AM	#20
Taari Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Washington Posts: 336	__________________ When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire When I can but remember that my heart once used to live and love, long and aspire Oh, be thou then the first, the one thou art, be thou the calling, before all answering love And in me wake hope, fear, boundless desire.

03-22-2013, 12:21 AM	#21
tippeecanoe Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Aiea, HI Posts: 75	Very cool! Thanks for sharing. __________________ TippeeCanoe Nikon Pimp #098 Fraternity of Dirt #121

03-22-2013, 02:57 AM	#22
ValMM Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Oswego, New York Posts: 823	Yay! A successful metamorphosis! How cool! __________________ My roommate says I'll die by giant turtle.

03-15-2013, 09:48 PM	#17
wootlaws Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: SoCal Posts: 105	thanks for sharing. very interesting to see the tadpoles grow

03-21-2013, 03:00 AM	#19
dtejeda.arias Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Revere, MA Posts: 514	I soooooooo want to get into keeping these guys!!! They look amazing!!!! Congrats on your progress

03-22-2013, 05:18 PM	#23
Taari Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Washington Posts: 336	First baby is completely out of the water and hunting spring tails And second baby is starting to venture out of the water __________________ When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire When I can but remember that my heart once used to live and love, long and aspire Oh, be thou then the first, the one thou art, be thou the calling, before all answering love And in me wake hope, fear, boundless desire.

03-24-2013, 10:37 PM	#24
Taari Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Washington Posts: 336	I spotted the first little one to have left it's cup. The second one could if it wanted to but is being timid. __________________ When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire When I can but remember that my heart once used to live and love, long and aspire Oh, be thou then the first, the one thou art, be thou the calling, before all answering love And in me wake hope, fear, boundless desire.

03-25-2013, 01:11 AM	#25
ValMM Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Oswego, New York Posts: 823	Give him time, seeing his sibling out and about will eventually give him the courage to hunt outside the water too. __________________ My roommate says I'll die by giant turtle.

03-28-2013, 03:06 AM	#26
Taari Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Washington Posts: 336	Well, all 4 of the babies are out of their cups and exploring the grow-out tank. There is one more that is still a tadpole and has not popped it's front legs yet, so eventually there will be 5 babies. And one of the azureus tadpoles. These are the ones I was taking pics of as they developed inside the eggs. They hatched a week ago and are growing fast! __________________ When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire When I can but remember that my heart once used to live and love, long and aspire Oh, be thou then the first, the one thou art, be thou the calling, before all answering love And in me wake hope, fear, boundless desire.

03-28-2013, 04:04 AM	#27
ValMM Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Oswego, New York Posts: 823	They're so tiny and cute! How big will they get? __________________ My roommate says I'll die by giant turtle.

03-28-2013, 04:24 AM	#28
Taari Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Washington Posts: 336	The vents (black and yellow stripes) will get about the size of a nickle. They are called thumbnail frogs because they are about the size of a thumbnail. Right now the babies are the size of a pea. __________________ When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire When I can but remember that my heart once used to live and love, long and aspire Oh, be thou then the first, the one thou art, be thou the calling, before all answering love And in me wake hope, fear, boundless desire.

05-12-2013, 09:45 PM	#29
Taari Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Washington Posts: 336	First of my azureus tadpoles to pop it's front legs! __________________ When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire When I can but remember that my heart once used to live and love, long and aspire Oh, be thou then the first, the one thou art, be thou the calling, before all answering love And in me wake hope, fear, boundless desire.

05-20-2013, 08:32 PM	#30
Taari Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Washington Posts: 336	My first azureus baby climbed out of the water today while I was at school. This is the first one that I raised from egg to froglet It's sibling is only a few days behind. If you notice the date on the tape right over the first one's head, it says 3-20, which is the hatch date, so exactly 61 days from hatching to morphing out. __________________ When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire When I can but remember that my heart once used to live and love, long and aspire Oh, be thou then the first, the one thou art, be thou the calling, before all answering love And in me wake hope, fear, boundless desire.

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