Construction method of stone frog culture pond

Wild stone frogs perennially inhabit shady mountain streams and ditches or near stone caves with waterfalls. Artificial domestication of stone frogs has changed greatly from wild to domestic, and great changes have taken place in the living environment. A reasonable design must be taken for the frog ponds, so that the frog ponds should not only be similar to the natural environment, but also be convenient for manual management. Let's take a look at the construction method of the stone frog culture pond.

The growing environment of stone frog

Stone frogs like to live in caves under damp, quiet, light, near water and shady rock walls, have the habit of living in groups and foraging at night, are active at night, are weak and stable at ordinary times, and are active frequently in the peak breeding period. they like to eat earthworms, maggots, grasshoppers, ants, Loach, river crabs, mole crickets and other live baits, which are cold-blooded and variable-temperature animals. When the water temperature drops to 10 ℃, they enter hibernation. The hibernation period is about 4 months, and the weight will be moderately reduced after hibernation. Generally, estrus begins in April, with 1000-3000 eggs per ovulation. Frog eggs usually hatch into tadpoles in 8-20 days. Tadpoles like to live in large rock crevices or gravel piles in stream pits. In a suitable environment, they generally become young frogs after 60-75 days of growth.

Site selection of stone frog culture pond

The quality of the environment directly affects the growth, development and reproduction of the stone frog, and the frog pond is not restricted by the location. generally speaking, the breeding site should be in the environment of good water quality, convenient drainage and irrigation, quiet environment, warm winter and cool summer, no drought, no waterlogging, convenient management, anti-escape and anti-damage environment. Stone frog breeding ponds are built indoors or outdoors, which require ventilation, coolness and no direct sunlight, and frog ponds can be built under the Arbor outdoors.

Requirements for stone frog culture ponds

Artificial breeding stone frogs generally adopt intensive breeding, and when building ponds, we should pay attention to the living habits of frogs as far as possible, providing water, land, stone caves, feeding and other conditions, to create a good living environment, but also to facilitate breeding and management.

1. Frog planting pond: the area is generally 410m2, the pond height is 0.8m, the water depth is 0.1m and 0.15m, the ratio of water to land area in the pond is 3 ∶ 1, and there are perched stone caves, the bottom of the pond is covered with large pebbles, the light is dark, and the humidity is maintained at 80%, creating an ideal ecological environment for stone frog habitat, promoting its growth and development, thereby improving the spawning rate and fertilization rate.

2. Incubator: the area is 1 square meter, the height of the pool is 0.5m, the water depth is 15cm and 20cm, the water quality is fresh, pH6~8, and contains enough oxygen. You can also use a large oval washbasin instead.

3. Tadpole pond: the area is 380 square meters, the height is 0.8m, the water depth is 310cm, pH6~7, the ratio of water to land is 2 ∶ 1, need shading to raise, it is better to raise a group of tadpoles of the same specification in each pond.

4, the young frog pond: the area is 4 square meters, the pond height is 0.8m, the water depth is generally 10cm 15cm, the ratio of water to land is 2 ∶ 1, the pond is paved with pebbles of 3cm to 5cm, the water quality is good, and the pH value is 67.5.

Note: for all kinds of frog ponds, the shape of the pool is rectangular, the bottom is slightly inclined, the drainage hole is at the lowest place so that the water can be completely drained, the pool is equipped with water surface, land, stone holes, eating tables, etc., and the upper mouth of the pool is equipped with a net cover to prevent frog jumping and absconding, enemy biological attack, the inlet pipe is installed on the top of the pool, near the bottom of the net cover, the newly-built pool can not be used immediately, disinfect with disinfectant (remove alkalinity) and wash it with water for many times before raising frogs.