Considering darts

[JimO]

One big advantage of dart frogs is that they're active during the day. If you choose one of the species mentioned above, you'd need at least a 15-gal for a pair and that's on the small side. Those species are primarily ground dwellers, so a lower tank with a larger surface area is best. I probably wouldn't keep a pair or group of three of the species above in anything smaller than a 20-gal long aquarium.

A pair of imitators, on the other hand could be kept in a 10-gal with a vertical conversion kit because they use the vertical space and they are quite a bit smaller. However, if you haven't kept dart frogs, the smaller species are not the best to start with and they are more expensive.

Good luck with whatever you choose.

[1beataway]

The space I have for another tank is not that big, and I will only be living here for another year anyways...I think what I might do is get something like the clown treefrogs (which I have been wanting for a long while now anyways), and then after I move and settle in and have more room (hopefully), I can get a very nice size tank for a dart.

[Paul Rust]

If you plan to move that is a great idea. I am moving into my new home in August and have to move a 240g, 75g, 60g, 50g, 35g, and lots of 10gs. I used aquarium gravel as a drainage medium in all of them, which I won't ever do again because they are HEAVY!!!!.

[1beataway]

Two weeks ago I moved the medium exo-terra habitat (I think it's 24x24xsome height greater than 24), and I had used lots of hydroballs, lots of gravel, and lots of rocks. What a pain. lol.

I do have a lot to do in the next year too...Maybe I shouldn't focus on something that will take a lot of time and a ton of work...I still want to make a great looking tank though, and I guess I can spend the next year getting a lot of info and ideas for a dart tank.

[JimO]

If you plan to move that is a great idea. I am moving into my new home in August and have to move a 240g, 75g, 60g, 50g, 35g, and lots of 10gs. I used aquarium gravel as a drainage medium in all of them, which I won't ever do again because they are HEAVY!!!!.

You might need a crane for that 240!

[John]

Consider Dart Frog Television: FrogForum - Frog TV - Frog Cam Live

[1beataway]

I've been watching. I'm such a frog nerd.

I really like the Phyllobates terribilis.