my ADFs are SINGING!

[jesssa]

scared the @&($)@Q outta me, but now that i figured out what it is, im absolutely having kittens over how cute it is. does anyone else's ADF's 'sing' to each other?

 

[VulcanNinja]

What? That's hard to believe. I want proof!

I hope it's true, but hmm......

 

[juliethegr8t]

I've read on quite a few sites that ADF's will make noise. Never heard it myself, except on sound clips, though. Very cool!! I heard it sounds like airline tubing which has come loose. Is that anywhere close to it?

 

[jesssa]

you know what it sounds like? you knwo when you get a bendy straw and you pull it open and it makes that sound? it sounds like that only quieter and lower [and for longer]

 

[Dwarfs]

My Firebellied toads croak, but it sounds like a bird a few miles away No one believes me when I say they wake me up at 6:00 am, my mom thinks I'm crazy!

 

[Tjimbsoj]

I currently have 2 ACF's in my setup. The male of the species has been croaking for weeks now. Its a sign of him reaching sexual maturity and looking for a partner (seen by the darkening of his hands and arms)

 

[Mustang5L5]

Do they need to surface to croak?

I have three ADF's on my tank. They are near full maturity but never really surface except to grab a gulp of air. I have tons of surface plants that they can crawl up onto if they really wanted but they make no effort at all.

 

[AlexsDaddy]

NO FAIR!!! I have 3 and have yet to hear them singing to each other. That's the biggest reason I got 2 more after I had my first one for a couple months!

 

[myenigmaself]

Holy crap, so for like three weeks now I've been thinking that I've been hearing a baby crying. It's been driving me buggers! I assumed it was a neighbor, but it's so incessant I couldn't believe it. I never thought to check and see if it was coming from my tanks! I have had 3ADF for about a year and a half now. Maybe they're ready to get it on! Crazy!!

 

[jesssa]

I'm not sure if mine were out on the floating plant when they were singing me a song, but sometimes they do like to climb up onto it, maybe thats why it was so clear, as I had the tank hood open to feed them. I'll try to catch it quicker next time I hear it and see if I can cap a video or record it.

 

[reddeerhobbiest]

Congrats!! my adf's sign to each other too... It seems that you have some very happy little guys...i have 4 of them and they have to be one of my favorites.