Starting to think of getting poison dart frogs! Advice please

[morgan]

Thumbnails, in general, are not for dart novices. I would try bumblebee leucs or auratus. Both are good bets for your first try.
A 10 gallon is good for a pair, but sexed pairs are $$$...sometimes double.
If 10 gal is it, Vents are the hardiest of the thumbnails.

Dendrobates ventrimaculatus 'Sean Stewart Line'

[bargaviking]

Hmm...gosh, it's a tough choice. I really like the idea of having darts... But I think I will wait for a few years at least. Especially given how much they cost, and how fragile most of them are, I don't think I should risk it right now. Even if I am able to forego feeding them for 4 days or more, that would cut out one, maybe two breaks. They'd still have to be relocated quite a few times, since most of my breaks are simply too long to leave them on their own.
Of course, I might see a stunning one in a store, and throw my reservations out the window : P

Morgan, are thumnails simply really small frogs? Then, in that case, tinctorius would be all right, wouldn't it? Just out of curiosity. I love the different colour morphs of tinctorius, but I think auratus are really beautiful as well, they have almost a metallic sheen. I am really just digging myself a hole here, haha.

Thank you all for your help : )