Lost Tarapotos

[Truffs1178]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

First of all don't blame yourself or anyone else as these things happen. I think their deaths were due to a combination of low humidity and low temperatures although I may be wrong. I personally feel that you should go with the thumbnails again as this was an accident but do NOT buy them until their permanent setup is complete. Make sure to quarantine new frogs for a month. Again sorry this happened.

Also you were dusting their food with calcium+d3 right?

[obsidianembrace]

Yes the flies were being dusted with a supplement I got with them from the breeder.

The set up is ready to be planted now, I've continued with finishing it. The one good thing is now I've taken into account how cold a water feature can make the tank. So I'm thinking I will get a little low power aquarium heater to heat the water reservoir at the bottom of the tank.

[Truffs1178]

If the air temp is fine then the temperature of the water shouldn't matter as darts don't spend a lot of time soaking in the water.

[obsidianembrace]

Quarantine from each other? Or from all other animals? They were kept next to my current animals but* all their supplies were different. This particular pair came from the same tank as adults

[obsidianembrace]

Doesn't moving water in a terrarium cool down the air around it? Just like how riverbeds are cooler?

[FrogRN]

How big was your critter keeper? Although the thumbnails are small, they do need a good deal of space (rule of thumb = 5 gallons per frog, min). In this case I would think they were already pretty stressed by being couped up in a little container at the show, then moved to a slightly larger container with a roomate. The final straw was a low spike in temps and a varying humidity. It would be best to have a stable environment for them. They are usually pretty good at tolerating acute drops in temperature (moreso than high spikes). I think everything together was a little too much. However, don't give up.
BTW, I would strongly recommend you avoid in tank heaters. The thermostats on them go out more often than not and they can cause big temperature problems. Again, stable is more important than a little too cool.

[DigitalPunk]

Sorry to hear about your loss

I heat both my frog tanks with an Aquatic heater only (no other heat source). No issues so far and the heated water actually helps with the humidity. Just need to keep an eye on the water level and make sure it doesn't drop to low.

[Mentat]

Sorry for the frogs death . As long as you are staying at your parent's house and they prefer a cold setting in thermostat; would recommend stay with frogs that can handle 60s like toads, Tomato frogs, etc. Better luck next time !