Quote Originally Posted by Scottyhorse View Post
Hey froggy people! Long story short I had the crazy idea that it would be awesome to have some poison dart frogs. Well I never thought that would happen because I didn't think regular folk like me could keep them Just zoo's and eccentric millionaires. I was looking for some terrarium plants for a muskipper paludarium, and tripped upon a website that sells, what do you know, Poison. Dart. Frogs. Coolio!!
Now I reeeaaallllyyyy want a few. From what I have read, they are like a bike. (When I first started riding bikes, I ended up in the bushes a lot. Thank goodness frogs like foliage!) I am up for the challenge! I figured setting up a 'little' terrarium for them would be a fun and easy project. Right now, I am thinking of getting this or this - the mini tall one. Or something similar to those.

I'm thinking of getting three. I would like ones who are sassy, have attitude, and aren't afraid of me. Like me little dwarf cichlids I have in one of my fish tanks!
I'd like ones who use the entire space, and different colors also. I am really hoping to spend under $50 each, and I will buy them one at a time. I'd like to go with a species(s) (can you mix species?) that will forgive my newbish mistakes.

I'm going to have a little pool of water for 'em and hand mist their place down twice a day when I feed all my fish, and also have live plants.

I'll take all the advice I can get!!!

Thanks!!
Hi there
Before you suggest getting PDFs you want to do a good amount of research for proper temperatures and humidity and are a more difficult to keep.
some dart frogs are extremely sensitive to temperatures and may die due to inappropriate conditions and may need much more than twice a day misting, a
fogger or rain system may save the troubles of misting but do as you wish.

Good plants for dart frogs and mantellas (madagascar equivalent to darts) are bromeliads,these plants provide a cup for an area for the darts to possibly reproduce.
Wandering jew a more vine like plant that will take over the terrarium and grow on a lot of things. Pothos for a large leaf plant that will grow through the terrarium
quickly, and ficus vines, java moss (plants that love the humidity).

with your choice of enclosures, keeping the humidity in Exo terra brand terrariums may be difficult since thy are built for ventilation, you can put a piece of plexiglass or
glass on the screen top of the enclosure to trap in the humidity. with your size of enclosure, the taller one may be for more of an arboreal species like Dendrobates leucomelas
and the lower one in the cube format would be for more terrestrial frogs like Dendrbates azeures (blue dart frog) keep in mind what species you want to keep because mixing
species is not always the best idea and to be safe i would not do it. if you want a "Beginner dart frog" i would look at other threads on the forum.

Darts and Mantellas will eat fruit flies that can be cultured or eat pinhead crickets, Culturing friut
flies will be much easier and there is a care guide on the forum on how to do so.

Having PDFs can and most likely will be a rewarding experience, and there are hundreds of members on the forum
including the moderators and John that know an incredible amount of keeping dart frogs. i hope you have success
with your frogs!