vincent
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Hi all first of all apologies all round as I have just got the laptop back from being repaired 7 days became 16 for a small repair 
but I have got it back!
Right I spawned the Hyla arborea again two weeks ago a smaller amount than previously but still a good number of tads.The spawn was dispatched to friends who have been waiting for some after 3 days so that I could check the viabilty of the spawn and they were getting embryos and not a lot of duff spawn. The tads I have from the first spawning are doing well and getting quite big.I have them in four large plastic tubs filled with Elodea and a sponge filter in each tank. They are under strong light from U/V tubes, and fed flake fish food for the first two weeks,then I started to use catfish sinker pellets , now I'm using floating carnivore fish sticks as the largest tads spend a lot of time at the surface and are feeding in a frenzid manner. big tads mean big froglets easier to feed. On a lighter note as I was outside checking my outdoor vivs I found a male Hyla arborea, he's been outside since last June with no ill effects and down to a temp of minus 9C so they are ideally suited for greenhouse cultivation in the UK without worry .I know they are subjected to extreme temps in Europe but you dont always want to risk it. Hope this helps :happy:
but I have got it back! Right I spawned the Hyla arborea again two weeks ago a smaller amount than previously but still a good number of tads.The spawn was dispatched to friends who have been waiting for some after 3 days so that I could check the viabilty of the spawn and they were getting embryos and not a lot of duff spawn. The tads I have from the first spawning are doing well and getting quite big.I have them in four large plastic tubs filled with Elodea and a sponge filter in each tank. They are under strong light from U/V tubes, and fed flake fish food for the first two weeks,then I started to use catfish sinker pellets , now I'm using floating carnivore fish sticks as the largest tads spend a lot of time at the surface and are feeding in a frenzid manner. big tads mean big froglets easier to feed. On a lighter note as I was outside checking my outdoor vivs I found a male Hyla arborea, he's been outside since last June with no ill effects and down to a temp of minus 9C so they are ideally suited for greenhouse cultivation in the UK without worry .I know they are subjected to extreme temps in Europe but you dont always want to risk it. Hope this helps :happy:
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