First Dart Frog Trio

[deranged chipmunk]

Welcome to the forum and to frogging. the set up is fine. It's called a false bottom and needs to be drained from time to time. Please tell me they gave you care instructions to go along with the frogs? You will definitely need more than one fruit fly culture to start with.

As for the frogs, sadly, pics won't show the subtleties of the colors, but they do appear to be the same species.

If you are planning on breeding them, you are gonna need a bunch of tadpole supplies. There are a couple threads on raising dart tads in the dart forums.


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[audi772]

The store employees did not give me any instructions on the vivarium itself. The frogs they gave me care instructions for but most of it I already knew from research over the last two weeks online and form joshs frogs. I only bought one culture from them to begin with and bought the kit from joshs frogs that makes 10 cultures. I'm sure I will have to go get a few more cultures for them before the ones from joshs frogs get here and produce any to eat. I'm excited to breed them. I read all the how-to's on josh's frogs and a few threads on here. How soon do you think they could start breeding after the move to my house? I've been debating on how early I should buy the tadpole supplies. Is the kit from josh's frogs the easiest way to go? I think I know a lot of what i'm doing but I could use help on the routine stuff I have to do to the vivarium. When I bought the setup they said change the water in the drain level... do I have to actually drain it and replace it new water like a fish aquarium?? Or did they just mean empty out the water that's accumulated down there? I plan on feeding them once every other day, most likely sticking a piece of banana in there to see if i'm overfeeding or underfeeding. How often should you mist the viv and how much? Hopefully I'm not asking to many questions. I feel pretty confident that I know enough to get started.

[deranged chipmunk]

if they have already bred previously, then they could breed again at any time. i can't vouch for josh's kit, never used it, didn't know they had a tadpole rearing kit, tbh lol

the viv. you'll want to drain water out when it gets too close to the false bottom. you only want to drain off enough water so that the level is an inch or so below the false bottom. daily misting will add water to that. it's a vicious cycle, mist, mist, mist, drain, mist ,mist, mist, drain. lol you really only want to mist enough to sustain humidity levels and to keep the plants healthy. there's no set amount that should be done. you'll get into a routine soon enough. your plants will be the best indicator of the world inside the tank. remember to use either distilled or dechlorinated tap water to mist with.

[Mentat]

Hello and welcome to FF ! Myself feed all my darts on a daily basis and use a variety of Repashy's products to dust the flies. There are articles in the care section that will help you prepare FF cultures and if you search forum will find a few threads on it. Cultures can get mites (table salt sized white moving dots) and or crash; so having at least an extra one for a back up is recommended. If planning to breed, will also require to have several Springtail cultures and at least one of the smaller D. melanogaster FF (the adults can eat the larger D. hydei). Good luck!

[DigitalPunk]

Hi and welcome to the Forum! Bill and Carlos have you well in hand!

[audi772]

Thanks guys! With the springtails, do I just buy one and seed the tank and buy a few extra cultures to have around? How long do the cultures last before they expire? Josh's frogs seems to have a kit that follows the eggs through the spots until adulthood. I think I'll try his kits to begin with and keep reading around on other methods. It's only been a few hours of having them but I already know I'll like frogs a lot. I find myself watching them a lot. Hopefully that doesn't disturb them. So far all my misting is by hand and my temp and humidity are read by the little stick on round ones. What do you guys recommend? Digital for temp and humidity? And is automatic misting worth the cost? I would assume not for one tank but maybe after I have a few more.