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[sam]

Here are some photographs of a clutch of M. aurantiaca (Golden mantella) eggs which were laid on the 31.12.07 (the same day as a clutch of Epipedobates hahneli were laid) The courtship and laying of the eggs was observed through the side of their tub, very interesting to watch.

In situ, the evening of the 31st:



removed the following morning:



The eggs that morning(day 1):

day 2,am

day 2, pm

day 3, am

day 4,am

day 5,am


the eggs have been steadily hatching days 5-8

tadpole on day 8, 3 days hatched.


Heres a photograph of how I am currently keeping the tadpoles:


These are three litre, vented, stackable "hatchling containers" into which I have put about a centimetre and a half of well aged water and some cover plants. The oldest tadpoles are being fed spirulina fish flake ground into a fine powder. they are kept around 10-17 to a tub, and I have five tubs on the go (twenty eight of the eggs were infertile - these appear to be the eggs nearest the centre of the egg ball).
I intend to "spot clean" the tubs, removing any foul matter which could pollute the water. I shall also conduct partial changes every week or so.

Thankyou for your attention. I am open to suggestions, advice or critisism regarding my intended husbandry approach, and will keep you updated on the progress.
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[MJ]

Excellent stuff Sam

I wouldn't bother with weekly changes tho just add more plant life and top up with fresh aged water(oxymoron? ) as needed. This works well with dendro tads so I'm sure it will with the mantella

Good luck son can't wait to see the post the wee buggers are hopping around
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[Cleef]

Awesome thread again sam, nice one. Looks nice and neat your tadpole setup too. I would imagine it could be quite tricky raising tadpoles, have you done it before?

You say aged water? Is it tap water left to stand for a period? If so how long?
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[jamie_s]

well done sam good luck with the taddies
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[sam]

Thanks chaps, this is my first time round raisng tads!
The water is aged tapwater which has had water plants growing in it for a good few days. theres also some bark in the water for cover.
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[sam]

heres a few pictures of my tadpoles. First up, the set ups i'm raising them in:



Secondly, my oldest tadpole... 27 days old Epipedobates hahneli:

Some Mantella aurantiaca tadpoles, around 20 days old:


Some younger E. hahneli tadpoles, just about 7 days old:



Now some close ups
aurantiaca:

Older hahneli:

Younger hahneli:

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[MJ]

Nice to see they are doing well so far mate! Thanks fr the update
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[jamie_s]

you take a wicked tadpole shot sam they seem to be doing really well.how big are the adults?
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[sam]

Thanks guys. mantella are around 15-20 mm, males smaller than females. hahneli are the same as the mantella... slightly bigger size difference though.
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[lol93]

Fab shots as usual Sam. Nice to see the progression with these. They seem to be growing very quickly!
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