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[deranged chipmunk]

Welcome to the forum. For a display tank in a public area, I would definitely go with darts. Preferably, a species that is active, bold, colorful and does well in groups. Dendrobates Leucomelas are wonderful in groups, very active and personable. They will use every inch of tank you offer them. Any of the Phyllobates species will work well also. They are more of a terrestrial frog though and won't use much height of the tank. However, the larger ones, such as P. Terribilis 'mint' will spend the day out in the open, just staring you down lol. You can also get terribilis in yellow, orange, and black footed. P. Bicolor are another bold choice, with mottled coloring.

A 55g tank in a challenge, but very doable. They don't offer much depth, which makes hardscaping a challenge, but with some creativity, they come out very well.

A lot of your decision should also be based on the feeders, and what you are comfortable handling. Tree frogs, fire belly toads and the like will feed on crickets as a staple, darts will feed on flightless fruit flies that you would need to culture.

Plants, I could go on all day about plants. They can be as exotic as miniature orchids, to common, like you would find at your local home improvement store/ department store.


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[Kirrie]

I'm sure we will be able to feed them whatever they need. I'm not a big fan of bugs, but if it's something I can't handle, I'm sure my reptile keeping coworker can.

I am so glad to hear that you can help out with live plants! All of my aquariums are planted, but I have trouble keeping my hermit crab tank planted because they trample and or eat just about everything haha.

Assuming we go with a species of dart frogs, where would we find them? We only have a Petco and a PetSmart nearby, which don't carry them and they probably wouldn't be healthy there anyway.

What are some of their basic requirements (substrate, heating, humidity, lighting, water, diet, etc.)?

Edit: On an unrelated note, how do I change my profile picture? I have been trying to change it to a jpeg picture from my desktop. I have made sure that it is small enough, but it keeps saying "Invalid File" when I try to change it.