Pipa parva eggs!

[duncan]

Hi all,
Well after hearing calls for about the last couple months my Pipa parva finally bred today. It doesn't look like all of the eggs have adhered to the females back too well, but enough that I'm hopeful that a few tadpoles will hatch out. Can anyone tell me, are the eggs that didn't stick and are on plants etc. worth trying to rear in a separate contained or do they need to develop on the females back? Also, any suggestions for a first food for the tadpoles?
Any anecdotes/suggestions about rearing the tads would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Duncan

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[christopher]

Congragulations, I have heard that these are pretty hard to breed.

im shocked.......well any way I think that you should put the eggs (that fell off the mother)in a seperate container and make sure that they dont mold!!!!!!! also you might want to watch if the eggs turn brownish-gray then take them out...they are

dead....

..any way I hope you the best of luck...

 

[christopher]

oh and when they hatch try to feed them brine shrimp and make sure to put the babies in a different tank!!!
once again GoOd lUcK!!!

 

[pollywog]

Hi Duncan,
Congrats but if this is her first spawning don't be too disheartened if you don't get any tadpoles for the first few (or even dozen) times, my carvalhoi have been spawning regularly for over a year and I've only just had my first tads.
The eggs that fell off I would just leave to be eaten I have not heard of nor found a way to raise them artificially.

 

[duncan]

Hi All,

I managed to only get a single tadpole from the above spawning and due to circumstances I was unable to get it out before it was eaten by the parents. Since then they've spawned again with what appears to be quite a few more eggs. I've looked at the pipidae forum as well as other places around the net and I'm still uncertain as to what to feed the tads once they've "hatched." I think that this may be in the next week or so, so anyone with some concrete ideas or evidence as to what they will eat would dearly be appreciated. All I've read says they are "filter feeders." But filter feeders of what? I'm determined to salvage some this time so all help is appreciated!

Thanks,
Duncan

 

[michael]

They will look like xenopus tadpoles and will filter feed. Unlike xenopus they will also go after larger particles. I feed my newly ecloded tadpoles baby brine shrimp and ground fish flakes. It is best to have them in well seasoned water.

 

[duncan]

Thanks Michael,
I'll give it a try.

Duncan

 

[joseph]

Since they are Pipa parva crawling around in the US also? How do they compare to Hyemnochirus most are familiar with?

(Message edited by fishkeeper on July 17, 2006)