Went to a local expo Sunday and ended up coming home with these guys from Chicago Dart Frogs. These are our first darts.
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Pretty little guys. How are you keeping them?
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Congratulations, they are lovely.
Nice cobalts! Once they get acclimated to their new tank, they can be some of the boldest frogs. Mine are always out and about... and they eat even when my hands are in the tank trimming some leaves.
Thanks everyone. We just finished planting our terrarium. I went to the show not planing to buy. The breeder had quarantine set ups ready to go so they are in there for now. They are very bold and eating well so far.
Here is the set up
And another cell phone pic
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Pretty cool setup.... I noticed there's leaf litter in the other pic, you added those into that tank?
That's a lovely terrarium but all that vertical space is wasted on tinctorius ;(.
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Very nice frogs. I honestly don't know why I haven't picked up some cobalts. They are my second favorite tinctorius morph - azureus being my favorite. I'm swapping some of my green & black auratus tads for some powder blue tinc tads this Saturday at the Daytona show, but I like the cobalts better.
I'd build a 29-gallon viv for the cobalts and save the vertical tank for your first thumbnails (they're awesome).
Hopefully you'll end up with a pair. When they mature, the odd one out might have to be removed. Some folks have luck with tinc trios that are raised together, especially when there is only one female, but most of the time you can only keep one pair unless you set up something really big - 75-gal and up. The females will fight and eat one another's eggs.
Watch them carefully and make sure that one doesn't start losing weight compared to the others. You might not see obvious signs of aggression, but as they mature a dominant frog can subtly intimidate its take mates, keeping them in a constant state of stress and out-competing them for food.
Good luck and thanks for sharing.
Jim
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One more comment. I could be wrong, but the frog in front on the first photo, which looks like the same one with his foot on the glass in the second, might be a male. The one in the back with a foot on the glass in the first photo could be a female. Note the difference in the toe pads on the front feet. Males tincs typically have larger toe pads.
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I noticed that today. The one with the stripe down its head looks like it has bigger toe pads than the one with the spot in the middle. The 3rd with no markings on its head is a month younger and from a different bloodline I guess. Its definitely a little smaller.
the smallest/youngest
Ah yes, Jim has nailed it - use the tall terrarium for your first thumbs .
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Well, thanks to john we'll have some thumbnails too. Our dining room is turning into a zoo. .
Random question. at 12-2am the smallest frog will sometimes be out and about while the other 2 are hiding. Is this something to be concerned about?
If it's eating then I wouldn't worry. I've found that frogs will often wake up during the night if the lights are on.
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