Canada Day Weekend Build! : Clay Background Method

[Kale Stallaert]

The mother is beautiful! I'm sure your new froglets will love their new home. Keep us posted as to how the clay holds up in a few more months. I like the clay background idea as I'm huge on keeping costs down but I don't have anything that could handle that kind of humidity currently.

[beckdg]

okay, stupid question time... all that white... is that just the bottom of their holding container?

[Grimm]

Yes Beck...The woman who I am buying these from separated the 3 largest tads in their own tupperware. It is sloped, and has a land area made from mosses, rocks, and some paper towel to give a gradual slope. And I screwed up, that is the Daddy! lol

[beckdg]

had to ask... that first pic just looks too much like snow to my morning, groggy eyes. lol
i seriously like the tad coloring. is momma more that color or will they wind up looking more like daddy?

[Grimm]

Its hard to tell...The mom had a more rust coloured head. Sometimes the heads will blend into a bright orange. I dont believe it has anything to do with the parents, its just the luck of the draw! Its looking as if they will have some rust near the tip of their heads though!

Maybe someone more experienced can help me....All of these tads are from the same parents. If I keep them together, and they end up breeding, will that be any cause for concern? I'll do some research later today on the subject, but if someone could help me that would be appreaciated!

[Calebrez]

awesome looking frogs grimm! i got a pair of C valley imitators to put in my tank but man are they hard to take pics of! they are quick little buggers haha! but i love the look of them!

[beckdg]

Originally Posted by Grimm

Its hard to tell...The mom had a more rust coloured head. Sometimes the heads will blend into a bright orange. I dont believe it has anything to do with the parents, its just the luck of the draw! Its looking as if they will have some rust near the tip of their heads though!

Maybe someone more experienced can help me....All of these tads are from the same parents. If I keep them together, and they end up breeding, will that be any cause for concern? I'll do some research later today on the subject, but if someone could help me that would be appreaciated!

everything i've read seems to say it's nothing to worry about. it seems to be often repeated that in the wild most forms would be limited to breeding within their colony/area which would cause inbreeding anyway. i would look into it further anyway since, with most animals it would be something to be concerned with.

[Grimm]

Well I got back from my 10 day holiday in Mexico, and I was very happy with the progress over the short period of time. I figured I’d give any picture hungry members something to look at.



Pardon the many pictures of moss growth....It’s just that I’ve never had any success with it before, and I’M HAPPY! It’s going to be at the point where I’ll either have to start hacking it out, or get some frogs to trample it down. Not a bad problem to have








Earth start throwing down roots. Must like it’s location.


Here is some moss growing right from the background. Very happy with this, and I’m looking forward to a wall of green.


Brom showing some deep red from the center now.

[beckdg]

08-04-2010:
08-23-2010:

just wanted to see a comparison. everything looks good and healthy still.

EDIT: now that i've seen it side by side i can see lots of growth and all the plants perked up nicely. looks great.

[Epiphile]

Looking good, Grimm. The plants look great.