Been talking forever about them and now they are here.......Shubbies, Hooray!

[j.w]

Hey all I'm so excited cuz I've wanted some Shubbies forever and finally today I called around to see if anybody had any and yeppers............on sale at Petsmart so got 6 little babies. They are only 1&1/2" to 2" but they will grow. Here is their grand entrance appearance:

 

[addy1]

BEAUTIFUL congrats to shubie mom!

:bowdown: :bowdown: You picked out some very nice ones........................ :yellowbounce: :yellowbounce: :claphands: :claphands:

 

[j.w]

Yep I tried to get the best ones and the biggest. Made the lady work for her money catching just the right ones, lol. It was a prezzie to myself cuz I'm gonna be 21 on Sunday.................same as Whiskey again

 

[addy1]

Yep I tried to get the best ones and the biggest. Made the lady work for her money catching just the right ones, lol. It was a prezzie to myself cuz I'm gonna be 21 on Sunday.................same as Whiskey again

roflmao yeah right jw! and a very happy birthday to you................pressie on its way! lol

 

[sissy]

happy birthday and geeze 21 yeh you wish LMAO . and congrats on the fishies they look good and maybe now you will have to dig a bigger pond for all the new babes your going to get

 

[sissy]

oh and that poor lady was probably happy to see you leave

 

[j.w]

Thanks for the greetings peeps and the lady was very nice and patient, unlike me, lol! Well I meant the patience part...............have to think I'm somewhat nice, at least I try, but not too mean anyways

 

[taherrmann4]

Now that you are going to be of legal drinking age, what will be your first alcoholic beverage legally purchased??? :razz:

Happy early B-day.....

 

[j.w]

Thanks tmann and I think I shall brew my own out of my sparkling pond water, might send you some to try first

 

[ComputerGuy]

Congrats on the shubs and happy B-Day on Sunday. I love the orange mottled one.

 

[addy1]

Thanks tmann and I think I shall brew my own out of my sparkling pond water, might send you some to try first

pond wine! Make sure you age it well.............just as you have aged well to the ripe old age of 21 again!

 

[j.w]

Ha Ha addy I'll send you some too.

Thanks for the b-day wishes Guy and love my new babies!

Oh forgot to tell you, I cleaned out the plant ring that I put the tads in and found 3 of them in there.............weird only 3 tho. 2 of the 3 escaped into the pond now and one is in a smaller plant ring so there may be some of your froggies yet! Am wondering if the others might have slipped over the sides of the plant ring as I had attached one extra plant ring tube on top of the one that had netting trying to make it higher so the goldies couldn't slide over it and maybe the tads could have squeezed through the gap between them and into the pond cuz the whole ring was riding low in the water.

 

[addy1]

You never know you may have a croak-er yet. This is what they should look like.

The males of this species are territorial, and in May and June utilize breeding calls to attract females. Females may lay approximately 3000 eggs. Emerging tadpoles are quite large and easily visible in shallow water. The larval stage is relatively long, with the tadpoles over-wintering and metamorphosing the next year.

My lotus tank is still full of them. the big pond had a ton too, but with all the room they have to roam, no clue if any are still around, or the fish ate them.

http://wwwnew.towson...20clamitans.htm

 

[j.w]

Nice looking frogs, hope the little buggers do survive

 

[addy1]

Nice looking frogs, hope the little buggers do survive

Well it says they overwinter that way, so next year will be the key. Maybe in the spring if I see little froglets I can send you some with legs if yours don't make it. They are in the lotus pond which will freeze, not solid, maybe I need to keep a hole open in it for the tads.