Dendrobates Auratus question

[John]

I would order "live" oak leaves from Josh's Frogs.

With the amount of advertising you're giving him (others are doing it too, I've done it as well), perhaps you should email him and ask him to sponsor us :P.

[xkatelynell]

Seems ok. How much ventilation is provided?

About the same amount as an exo terra if you have experienced those, just the top is going to be a mesh I think. But if I need to I can block off some of the ventilation I can do that with some plastic wrap or buy an acrylic piece for it.

& I am also getting the oak leaves for both the dart and my tree frogs

One frog will be okay in that large of a tank? or should I get it a friend eventually?

[xkatelynell]

Sorry I'm such a bother!

Exo Terra Waterfall - Habitat Décor - Reptile - PetSmart

What do you think of that for the tank? I would get the small one but I really like it

[John]

I've heard of people using those in all kinds of tanks, including Dart tanks.

[xkatelynell]

Awesome thank you. Once I get my new tank all set up I will post pictures.

I think I'm going to get the one off of pangea that is 18"L x 12"W x 20"H. I just feel like it's so big for one frog the size of the upper part of your thumb but I mean I guess it is a frog and will probably enjoy all of the space?

[Tropicok]

The D. auratus seem to like a light turned on in the morning and off in evening. My dart frog will come out in the open soon after the light is on. It also warms the tank some. In my opinion I don't think dart frogs would do well in the Atrium cage you liked. It would be hard to hold humidity levels with that much screening.

[Paul Rust]

With the amount of advertising you're giving him (others are doing it too, I've done it as well), perhaps you should email him and ask him to sponsor us :P.

I already have John.

[xkatelynell]

What kind if tank and tank size do you suggest then? Maybe I get that tank and cover up part of the screen if not all of it? Would that wok? And I have figured that out about the light too. thanks for your advise!

[Kurt]

With the amount of advertising you're giving him (others are doing it too, I've done it as well), perhaps you should email him and ask him to sponsor us :P.

Sounds like a good idea. While you're at it, you may want to get Black Jungle, Saurian, and who ever else on board too.

[Kurt]

What kind if tank and tank size do you suggest then? Maybe I get that tank and cover up part of the screen if not all of it? Would that wok? And I have figured that out about the light too. thanks for your advise!

In the upper frame of my tanks I have placed either plate glass or a piece of Plexiglas with a screen window to maintain humidity. Works well. Be advised Plexiglas will bow when exposed to humity.

[xkatelynell]

In the upper frame of my tanks I have placed either plate glass or a piece of Plexiglas with a screen window to maintain humidity. Works well. Be advised Plexiglas will bow when exposed to humity.

That's what I was thinking too because my mom ordered the tank today, so if I have to make modifications I can.

When it comes to dart frogs how many plant type things do you suggest? Like a good you can't see them from all the plants or a couple of open spaces, or one side super planted one side open haha I've read they need LOTS of hiding places, but I just want to see him/her sometimes though? Hmm..

I also got this

Pet Tech Magnaturals Large Hanging Jungle

Is it something the dart will like or would it be more of a tree frog thing? I kind of just got it because I thought it was neat

Thanks for all of your help again! He's doing great for now and is getting a lot more social already! I just can't wait to get the perfect home set up for him.

[Kurt]

That plant is fake.

I love heavily planted tanks, so think with plants you can barely see the frogs. I would plant bromeliads to start off with. Darts love them and some darts use them to their lay eggs in. I like some ground cover (besides the "live" oak leaf litter) and I use an oak leaf ficus for that. It has small leaves and spreads out across the bottom and up the sides of the tank, making a green carpet. If you can get your hands on tropical moss that will work too, but in a different way. My understanding is that it comes from Hawaii and sells out very quickly at Black Jungle. I also understand that you cannot use the mosses you might find in your yard, they just don't last very long in dart tanks. In my dart tank, all kinds of ferns popped up out of no where.

[xkatelynell]

I know it's fake. I like fake plants more because I don't have to worry about bugs, mites, ect. The plan with the dart frog though is to have mostly live plants with maybe a few fake ones. My tree frogs have always had fake plants though, as well as all of my reptiles.

I know that I'll probably get my wrists slapped from everyone here, I just don't like live plants in my enclosures, I'm really bad with plants..but I know I have to deal with it for this one.

I should get my tank and plants and what not this week & I'll put pictures up for everyone's opinions.

Thanks!

[xkatelynell]

Another question:

I have 12x12x18, 18x12x20, and a 5.5 gal tanks. Which one do you think the dart frog would do better in? He's only like the size of the tip of my thumb (and I'm a tiny 5'2'' girl)

Thank you

[Kurt]

Any of those are fine for now. In the long run the 18x12x20 would be the better choice. My blue dart was in a five-gallon on until the plants out grew it. So, I made a tank that has the same length and width, but twice the height.

[xkatelynell]

Would the little guy be okay in that big of a tank I don't want him to get lost or uncomfortable. Or are frogs not like that?

[Wembley]

Just a heads up on the rzilla tank, there is mesh on the bottom front side of the tank. I use it for my Waxy Monkey frogs, low humidity high heat frogs. It does not trap humidity well, so you will have to modify it a bit.

[xkatelynell]

Just a heads up on the rzilla tank, there is mesh on the bottom front side of the tank. I use it for my Waxy Monkey frogs, low humidity high heat frogs. It does not trap humidity well, so you will have to modify it a bit.

I didn't realize that, thanks for telling me I might have to trade my exo terra for the r zilla and have the dart in the exo terra and my tree frogs in the r zilla. Hmm.

[Kurt]

Sounds like a plan.

About the tank being to big for the dart, think about this, where do they originally hail from? It's not from a little tank out in the wild. They boldly hop about the rainforest floors of Central America (& Hawaii).

[Tropicok]

The fake plants usually don't appeal to me but I kinda like the Magnatural one for the back of a tank. Thanks for posting that. Where there used to be none there are now a multitude of products for critter setups.