RED OSCAR
Thursday, 25 October 2012
BETTER PICTURES RAT ALBINO KING SNAKES
Much better pictures, thanks Nikon, of the Slowinski Rat Snale and an Albino Californian Kingsnake.
Monday, 22 October 2012
VIDEO: RED EYED TREE FROG LARVAE
A couple of videos of the Red Eyed Tree Frog larvae...
No the big pump is NOT on as it is always placed INSIDE another container, an upturned plastic planting trough with a hole cut out for the outlet pipe.
No the big pump is NOT on as it is always placed INSIDE another container, an upturned plastic planting trough with a hole cut out for the outlet pipe.
Rhacophorus exacophygus
After three deaths for a Chinese meal, when I WARNED the idiot, a male was found.
After being in pretty bad shape I actually said nothing would come from this pairing as she had not recovered completely despite my knowledge of nursing things back to health...
...so she shocked even me when these two constructed a foam nest between two Spathaphyllum (Peace Lily) leaves and they actually hatched?!
I fell out with the idiot owner who stated it was rocket science and someone I met years ago apparently bred them over the phone from Manchester. That would be one Andy Gray at Manchester University and who admittedly only knows and is into Phyllomedusine frogs, i.e NOT FLYING FROGS!! lmao.
I think I have a picture around somewhere of the foam nest and the newly hatched larvae. Will post up on this blog when I find them, IF I find them?!
After being in pretty bad shape I actually said nothing would come from this pairing as she had not recovered completely despite my knowledge of nursing things back to health...
...so she shocked even me when these two constructed a foam nest between two Spathaphyllum (Peace Lily) leaves and they actually hatched?!
I fell out with the idiot owner who stated it was rocket science and someone I met years ago apparently bred them over the phone from Manchester. That would be one Andy Gray at Manchester University and who admittedly only knows and is into Phyllomedusine frogs, i.e NOT FLYING FROGS!! lmao.
I think I have a picture around somewhere of the foam nest and the newly hatched larvae. Will post up on this blog when I find them, IF I find them?!
Rhacophorus koai (or similar) Flying Frog
After killing three of these by leaving them in a cricket tub and sodding off for a Chinese instead of picking me up I was trying to find a male for this female and had long since wanted to breed this genus...
There was also Rhacophorus exocophygus which is in another post and the same fated affected them but a male was able to be found. (see next POST to what happened)
There was also Rhacophorus exocophygus which is in another post and the same fated affected them but a male was able to be found. (see next POST to what happened)
RED EYED TREE FROGS BEING BRED (AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS)
The colony of Red Eyed Tree frogs I produced for .. hmm an ungrateful friend in his kitchen!
But do not worry, it is not rocket science (he states) and to be honest it is not, well not for me. he has since sold all the babies and I hear most of not all the adults of two generations, over 40 in all.
All these were from two pairs and there are 500 larvae in the pictures, I kid you not but that time I new the second generation were ready and wanted to do it on a large scale, and I did.
But do not worry, it is not rocket science (he states) and to be honest it is not, well not for me. he has since sold all the babies and I hear most of not all the adults of two generations, over 40 in all.
All these were from two pairs and there are 500 larvae in the pictures, I kid you not but that time I new the second generation were ready and wanted to do it on a large scale, and I did.
Second generation Red Eyed Tree Frogs
After four lots of eggs stuck to glass in breeding chamber of my design, now being furiously copied, cheers so-called mates, lol, I found two more batches and used wire to tie them to a roof of a small pan pal lid above rain water. ERR NOT RO WATER?!?!
Second Generation. Probably found in Crews Hill store about now!
Some younger ones.
Metamorphlings of a third generation.
Third generation froglets.
500 Red Eyed Tree Frog Larva
500 Red Eyed Tree Frog Larva
500 Red Eyed Tree Frog Larva
500 Red Eyed Tree Frog Larva
Full size larva from previous spawning
Some other USUAL SUSPECTS
Some other animals found in my friends store, not so fascinating ones will always be banded together in a post. While anything particularly rare and beautiful will likely get their own post with oodles of photos and me harping on for what will seem like a lifetime?!
A nice Red Oscar around 8 inches.
Some UGGGHHH Fantail Goldfish
Think the Crocodile needs feeding?! LOL.
One young Royal Python (Python regius if I remember correctly)
A male Bearded Dragon (Dragonus beardius ... noo I just cannot remember lol)
A collection of Blue Tongued Skinks (Scincus genus) about to produce offspring! There are around NINE in this group of adults.
A Ribbed Newt, juvenile, Pleurodeles waltl
SLOWINSKI'S RAT SNAKE
The Rat Snakes of Elaphe are not my 'cup of tea', including Corn Snakes.
But every now and then i will spot one that is particularly nice.
I apologise for the pictures taken on my mobile phone but here is Slowinski's Rat Snake, which is what i am told its called as I had never heard of Slowinski nor seen a Rat Snake like this previously.
It is very light slate grey with the orange patches. A largish specimen this one too!
Male by the look of it.
Sunday, 21 October 2012
MY POND IN PROGRESS
Well not much of a pond really but it holds fifty gallons and filled up with rain water in just seven days!
It also run out the little overflow pipe I fitted and filled up a bucket too!!
Work in progress and I have to raise the side with the overflow pip a little and then place something around the outside, like slim Bamboo canes to make it look presentable?!
Then, as shown in the picture, I have a lid with which I will first mess around with, cut sections out of it to create a lip. This way anything I place within in the form of amphibians will not get out...well except for the section where I will place a square mos filled container for them to hibernate in that I can then remove and place in a frost free shed. I have three sheds!!
Then I will try and get a nice but small Water Lily and I am already wondering what animals I can get to live in it. I had thought about simple Goldfish, well I say simple but I never do anything simple!! I also thought abut American Rainbow Dace, like Cyprinella (Notropis) lutrensis or Notropis chrosumus but they will end up in my aquarium!
Fitted TAP wrong, do not know how, and it came off. Fitted it properly, despite measurements not being standard fits, and then realised that it MAY be WORKING but still fitted WRONG?! LMAO!
When weather warms up in Spring 2013 I can easily remedy this but it does not leak, and that is the main things. Will have to be careful turning the tap though until I make the necessary modifications, without need to empty the pond!
Of course there are the possibilities of my personal favourites...
Bombina pachypus (Itallian or Apennine Yellow Bellied Toad)
Messotrion alpestris apuanus (North Italian Alpine Newt)
Triturus marmoratus pygmaeus (Pygmy Marbled Newts)
Triturus (or whatever genus it is in now) vittatus ophryticus (Banded Newt)
or perhaps some Neurergus?!
It also run out the little overflow pipe I fitted and filled up a bucket too!!
Work in progress and I have to raise the side with the overflow pip a little and then place something around the outside, like slim Bamboo canes to make it look presentable?!
Then, as shown in the picture, I have a lid with which I will first mess around with, cut sections out of it to create a lip. This way anything I place within in the form of amphibians will not get out...well except for the section where I will place a square mos filled container for them to hibernate in that I can then remove and place in a frost free shed. I have three sheds!!
Then I will try and get a nice but small Water Lily and I am already wondering what animals I can get to live in it. I had thought about simple Goldfish, well I say simple but I never do anything simple!! I also thought abut American Rainbow Dace, like Cyprinella (Notropis) lutrensis or Notropis chrosumus but they will end up in my aquarium!
Fitted TAP wrong, do not know how, and it came off. Fitted it properly, despite measurements not being standard fits, and then realised that it MAY be WORKING but still fitted WRONG?! LMAO!
When weather warms up in Spring 2013 I can easily remedy this but it does not leak, and that is the main things. Will have to be careful turning the tap though until I make the necessary modifications, without need to empty the pond!
Of course there are the possibilities of my personal favourites...
Bombina pachypus (Itallian or Apennine Yellow Bellied Toad)
Messotrion alpestris apuanus (North Italian Alpine Newt)
Triturus marmoratus pygmaeus (Pygmy Marbled Newts)
Triturus (or whatever genus it is in now) vittatus ophryticus (Banded Newt)
or perhaps some Neurergus?!
The POND in all its glory!!
Holes in wall behind it I MAY place TWO Air tubes through with the Air Pump, double outlet Interpet one I think I have, to aerate the water. Well possibly i will see as it goes along.
A Tap fitted to make cleaning a BREEZE!!
Some silicon sealer to collect the overflow rain water for my aquarium and Orchids
Finally filled, well i say finally but only took a week?!
Outlets pipes can be seen to the left in white. One capped with clear plastic to fit a LIGHT, the other a TAP!
What will eventually become a LIP. Unless I see something better and easier I can buy?!
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