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Pretty exciting news when I was taking photos yesterday. I saw out of the corner of my eye a little green sirensis frogets coming out of the brom in their vivarium! Pretty awesome to see! I tried to snag the best photo I could without scaring him. I've never found a froglet in a vivarium before, it is amazing how they can thrive in the little cups of water from broms.
Figured I'd share
-Brian
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You always remember your first one ! Magical huh ?
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Awesome Brian!!! How does the size of the froglet compare to other ones you've morphed out?
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Thanks! Yeah, it was pretty neat to see and glad I did!
Rusty_Shackleford Wrote:Awesome Brian!!! How does the size of the froglet compare to other ones you've morphed out?
Seems about on par with the ones I've morphed out outside the vivarium. The vivarium froglet might be a bit smaller, but may be it just seems that way as it is in a large vivarium
-Brian
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Is it better to rear tads the more natural way in the vivarium and let them do their own thing while keeping an eye on them or pull them and rear them in cups?
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I think it is better to rear them yourself to control the nutrition they recieve and provide them with the best start to this life that they can have. There is nothing natural about being raised in a glass box other than being reared in the small pool of water from a brom.
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Thanks Beth no offense taken. It will slow down breeding but the tads i rear in cups on the diet i provide are the same sive as the ones reared in vivs. I find it interesting that yours are larger but i do not undertand how it is posible with the diet found inside a viv. vs a controlled diet outside the viv. And i understand thats the only way for some frogs to be raised such as the obligate egg feeders. But it still just doesnt add up. Maybe someone can explain it for me.
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Pums different story, will let Glen chime in, he has good success with in viv raised PDF's.
-Beth
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Thanks Glenn I can understand that. My though was on rearing in broms and in containers not so much ponds. In a different thread i had asked if we were under feeding our tads but on that set up they have a constant supply to feed upon. And i think that is what makes large tads and frog-lets. Its almost the same set up i use in my individual containers, they have algae, live plants, bugs,and bio film. I guess the difference is i add a diet i blend with three different macro algae and a high protien fish food. So i guess it is possible to get the same results in viv as i get out of viv rearing. But i still cant see it being better. My tads get large with the set up i use and its almost identical to how yours is in the viv. My oldest tads just have their rear legs so i will have to take photos when they get closer to morphing and post them then. Thanks for the info.
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Thank you everyone for the feedback. I'm learning so much real quick on this site.
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Sweet pics...congrats..I just found a yura froglet this week myself