MOTW - Jun 24 - Jun 30 2012 - JTeezy

[Jenste]

Now Tuesday!!

Tell us about your amphibians. How you came to keep them, mistakes/learning curves, species kept, breedings, how you found Frog Forum etc....we heard enough about you on Monday, let us hear about them frogs!

[BlueisallIneed]

Congrats JTeezy haha your too funny, nice to learn some things about you

[J Teezy]

I currently have 2 standard leuc poison dart frogs. The way I got into frogs was kind of an accident. I was browsing some videos on youtube when i came across a video of someone's vivarium. That one video got my interested as I was grabbed by the DIY aspect of setting one up. So I started watching more and more videos on youtube of vivariums. I started seeing videos of peoples RETF's and thought how cool looking they were and that I was going to get one. I then decided i needed to get some information about these frogs so I did a google search for "frog forums" and frogforum.net was the first one listed. I joined the site and quickly began reading and asking questions. From there i built my enclosure which was a 10 gallon tank turned into a vert. I was having trouble keeping the appropriate parameters for a RETF but they were perfect for some dart frogs. So i decided on what kind of dart frogs i wanted and then picked up 2 Leucs at the local reptile show. When i got them they were about 3 months old. They have been in my care for about 3 months now and are growing up nicely. I just purchased a new tank to move them into (24" cube tank from Protean) which i will be setting up as soon as it arrives. I plan to add at least 2 more Leucs to the tank as well. I use to have an African Cichlid tank years ago that i got sick of it because of the time it took to take care of it. Dart frogs are so much easier. I'll admit I didn't get into the dart frogs because of a love of frogs, it was more for the display aspect. As i mentioned before i don't have television so the frogs are a form of entertainment for me. Like most people who have entered the hobby i already want more (different species), it's a good thing my space is kind of limiting or I'd probably go a little overboard with tanks. I'm not really into the breeding aspect so the tanks I make and plan to make are usually done as display setups. I buy the frogs as froglets so if i end up with a breeding pair so be it, but i don't actively search out to buy proven breeding pairs. I really enjoy the DIY aspect of creating backgrounds for tanks. I have more ideas in my head than tanks. As far as mistakes go, i don't think i've really made any yet, but I have learned different ways to do certain things when making backgrounds to make the next one i build better.

I believe in paying it forward so whenever i see postings on frogforum that I can add to I will whether it is just my opinion or knowledge i have acquired. There are some helpful people here that have helped me out so I'm trying to return the favor. Lynn sent me some window screen one time when all i needed was a small piece which saved me from having to go buy a whole role at the store. I've only been doing the frog thing for a few months but not having TV I do alot of reading and browsing on the internet and have acquired a fair deal of knowledge. I think I've been on every forum that has anythign to do with frogs and looked at every vendor website that sells anything related to vivariums.

Another thing is that I've also got to meet the Grifs (Jerrod and his wife Colleen) from this forum in person. We met up at the local reptile show one time. We text battle each other with pictures and news about our vivs. I've been trying to get Jerrod to get some PDF's, he hasn't got any yet but I think he is almost ready!

My new hobby of frog keeping has made me a couple new friends in Ohio and i even started a the Ohio Froggers facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/groups/Ohiofroggers/ My goal with this is to give people in the state of Ohio a place to communicate with people who are close by. I like putting a face to names and hopefully with this facebook page people will get to meet others in the area in person and get to see other peoples collections. It also good to know people in the area to help with those emergency things such as when your FF cultures suddenly crash and you need some flies asap!!!

[NatureLady]

Congrats JTeezy, I personally like your nickname Teez Monkey the best! It is great getting to know you!

[J Teezy]

Teez Monkey, that funky monkey (inspired by the beastie boys)

[NatureLady]

Teez Monkey, that funky monkey (inspired by the beastie boys)

Awesome! Now I will have that song stuck in my head all night long!!!!

[J Teezy]

that's what i was hoping for

[NatureLady]

Once again, Thanks! I could have worse songs stuck in my head.

[Jenste]

Wednesday, show and tell. Wow us with your pictures/videos/sound clips. This is often the viewers favorite day - We LOVE this stuff on the forum!!!

[J Teezy]

not very much to show since i only have 2 leucs at the moment but here are some. Excuse the quality as pics are from a cell phone

first off there's me



now here are my frogs











and here's an album to see more 10 gallon vertical pictures by josht25 - Photobucket

[J Teezy]

Seems Jenste fell asleep!

Thursday, answer any questions posted to you regarding your threads on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Other members can use this opportunity to pick your brain. (All questions must be appropriate and related to topics of discussion.