So when I got home today, I went out to the pond, and checked for eggs.
Success! I gather them by combing my fingers through that plant you see there ^. They always weave their eggs through it. I take less than half of the eggs, in case something crazy happens in the TadPond.If they are too wound around something, I usually take it too so I don't disturb the eggs. Here are all the ones I gathered, about half of the eggs in the pond. What you see in there is part of that plant's root.
I add some plants (duckweed, java moss, wandering jew) I have half of the eggs I gathered still in the container I gathered them in. (This is in case something crazy happens, and it is also because I am unsure if the snails in the TadPond will eat the egg jelly, hoping they don't... just in case.
Here are the eggs in the TadPond.
And here is the TadPond in it's entirety. The eggs are the dark spot to the bottom left. South West.
In the TadPond, I have three different places where emerging baby toads can exit the water. I have two aerators. Various aquatic plants. Two types of snails. Cuttlebone to lower the acidity of the water (Tadpoles cannot live in acidic water, nor can snails.) and to give the snails a source of Calcium for their shells.
And there ya go!
Also, when I went outside about 20 minutes after harvesting the egg, I saw the female from last night who was playing hard to get getting ready to release eggs, so apparently changed her mind, and I have another batch incoming.
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