Successful bastimentos breeding tips

Jeffdart · 07-02-2009, 10:49 PM

Does anyone here have any good tips on breeding and inducing breeding in bastimentos?

Philsuma · 07-02-2009, 11:17 PM

Higher humidity and slightly higher temps....75F or possibly a little higher daytime, and not too much drop at night......works for me.

Feed heavy. Nothing special actually.

I have a few pairs at 1.1 but some keep 1.2 with good results.

Jeffdart · 07-02-2009, 11:34 PM

Ok thanks, thats what I have been doing. The male calls all day but the female seems to just keep going about her own buisness. I think they had a small clutch a couple weeks ago but I havn't seen any lately. I could havemistaken it for something else beings it was in a hard area t see.

Philsuma · 07-03-2009, 12:53 AM

Lots of broms.....I use 3-4 of varied sizes in each viv.

Sometimes the egg clutches are hard to see in the full light / daytime.

A trick I stumbled across is to use a small penlight and look for eggs at night when it's dark.....the eggs show up better as they shine. Much easier to detect.

Jeffdart · 07-03-2009, 12:59 AM

I think there enough broms and film canisters. Good idea with the pen light I will try that tonight.

Jeffdart · 07-03-2009, 01:30 AM

Well I just tried the pen light trick and found a tad. It is tiny, Had no idea that it would be so small.

Knoxter · 07-03-2009, 01:55 AM

You tank looks great. It seems to be set up fine. Mine is similar. Lots of broms and film canisters. I also put a few 1/2 oz deli cups. Sometimes it just takes a while to get them going. I have pair of gold dust bastis where the male calls all the time too. And i stil have not got anything. I cannot remember now, but I recently read somewhere that someone had a pair of pums and it took them almost a year to breed, and he didn't change anything. They just started doing their thing one day. That just goes to show you that they are really running the show.
Guess you just gotta hang in there.
I do have a suggestion tho, try taking the female out and keeping her separate for a few weeks. Feed her up and get her nice and fat. Then put her back in with the male. See if that works.

Jeffdart · 07-03-2009, 02:32 AM

yeah i was thiking about removing her but now I can't which is a good thing. Thanks for the tips.

Socalsam · 07-03-2009, 12:53 PM

I am having issues also with my Azureus breeding , I may try removing her and then reintroducing her.

Jeffdart · 07-03-2009, 06:04 PM

Just found two more tads, thats three that I know of now!

07-02-2009, 10:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jeffdart Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 33	Successful bastimentos breeding tips Does anyone here have any good tips on breeding and inducing breeding in bastimentos?

07-02-2009, 11:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Philsuma Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Harrisburg PA...AND...Ft Lauderdale Florida Posts: 115	Higher humidity and slightly higher temps....75F or possibly a little higher daytime, and not too much drop at night......works for me. Feed heavy. Nothing special actually. I have a few pairs at 1.1 but some keep 1.2 with good results. __________________ Heading down to CR / Panama the end of Nov. PM me if you are interested in going along.

07-03-2009, 12:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
Philsuma Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Harrisburg PA...AND...Ft Lauderdale Florida Posts: 115	Lots of broms.....I use 3-4 of varied sizes in each viv. Sometimes the egg clutches are hard to see in the full light / daytime. A trick I stumbled across is to use a small penlight and look for eggs at night when it's dark.....the eggs show up better as they shine. Much easier to detect. __________________ Heading down to CR / Panama the end of Nov. PM me if you are interested in going along.

07-03-2009, 12:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
Jeffdart Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 33	I think there enough broms and film canisters. Good idea with the pen light I will try that tonight. Attached Images

07-03-2009, 01:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
Knoxter Administrator/SiteOwner Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: USA Posts: 430 Real Name: Marc Knox	You tank looks great. It seems to be set up fine. Mine is similar. Lots of broms and film canisters. I also put a few 1/2 oz deli cups. Sometimes it just takes a while to get them going. I have pair of gold dust bastis where the male calls all the time too. And i stil have not got anything. I cannot remember now, but I recently read somewhere that someone had a pair of pums and it took them almost a year to breed, and he didn't change anything. They just started doing their thing one day. That just goes to show you that they are really running the show. Guess you just gotta hang in there. I do have a suggestion tho, try taking the female out and keeping her separate for a few weeks. Feed her up and get her nice and fat. Then put her back in with the male. See if that works. __________________ Marc My frogs- Vanzolini, El Dorado (ong&gold), Cayo de Agua, Almerante, Gold Dust, Yuris, Imis, Inters, Taras, O Lamasi, Iquitos Vents, Varis, SI. I appreciate everyone here. Without you, there would be no DFF. Thank you for your support.

07-02-2009, 11:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jeffdart Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 33	Ok thanks, thats what I have been doing. The male calls all day but the female seems to just keep going about her own buisness. I think they had a small clutch a couple weeks ago but I havn't seen any lately. I could havemistaken it for something else beings it was in a hard area t see.

07-03-2009, 01:30 AM	#6 (permalink)
Jeffdart Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 33	Well I just tried the pen light trick and found a tad. It is tiny, Had no idea that it would be so small.

07-03-2009, 02:32 AM	#8 (permalink)
Jeffdart Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 33	yeah i was thiking about removing her but now I can't which is a good thing. Thanks for the tips.

07-03-2009, 12:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
Socalsam Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Murrieta, Ca Posts: 431 Real Name: Sam Cavoulas	I am having issues also with my Azureus breeding , I may try removing her and then reintroducing her. __________________ A few frogs.

07-03-2009, 06:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
Jeffdart Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Diego Posts: 33	Just found two more tads, thats three that I know of now!

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