Hi Cheri,

I think you made a wise decision. While the Varaderos are a very popular frog right now (as they were recently introduced to the hobby by Mark Pepper at Understory Enterprises), I wouldn't consider them a beginner dart frog. Once you become really familiar with producing fruitfly cultures (and producing the really "runty" melanogasters that the young Varaderos need), I think they are a great addition to your collection.

The Suriname Cobalt tinctorius is a great frog, very bold and hardy. If you have the time to feed them a small amount of food every day, that's better than every other day or once a week. You just want to make sure that the ffs from the last feeding are all eaten before adding more (as too many ffs can stress a tinctorius out). You can put a small piece of banana in the viv and this will create a little feeding station for the frog.

Good luck with them! Richard.