New D. tinctorius "Azureus"

[clownonfire]

Hi all,

Well, my son - and myself - have been waiting for these. This is our pair of sexed D. tinctorius "Azureus": Luke and Leia. I've build the tank with Theo. Plans were also chosen with him: broms, wandering jews and I'm planting a oak leaf ficus tomorrow.

Eric

Female:



Male:





Tank:

[LilyPad]

Absolutely beautiful!!!!! Love the color on those. Congratulations!

[guppygal]

Very nice! How old are they? I ask because Luke's toes look a little bit feminine to me ~

I love Azureus - my Bertha has been with me since the beginning, 8 yrs ago. They're such an awesome frog. Whenever I go to Lowe's to get some vivarium-sized plants, I whip out a pix of Bertha and I always get a very decent discount on the plants. Azureus are THE poison dart frog that everybody has seen and remembers.

Your tank is coming along nicely - do you have more planting to do? I noticed that my Azureus like to sit on something tallish, for some reason. After a bit, they'll come to recognize you, especially when it's feeding time.

Enjoy your beautiful babies - they ROCK!!

kristi

[clownonfire]

Very nice! How old are they? I ask because Luke's toes look a little bit feminine to me ~

I love Azureus - my Bertha has been with me since the beginning, 8 yrs ago. They're such an awesome frog. Whenever I go to Lowe's to get some vivarium-sized plants, I whip out a pix of Bertha and I always get a very decent discount on the plants. Azureus are THE poison dart frog that everybody has seen and remembers.

Your tank is coming along nicely - do you have more planting to do? I noticed that my Azureus like to sit on something tallish, for some reason. After a bit, they'll come to recognize you, especially when it's feeding time.

Enjoy your beautiful babies - they ROCK!!

kristi

Hi Kristi,

They are juvies, about 5 months old, got them from a well-known Montreal breeder. This is how he presented them to me. I was initially supposed to get them from Mark Pepper at UE, like my P. terribilis and R. ventrimaculatus, but this was easier...

They were not my first choice, though... Like you said, everyone remembers the blue frog... And my son has been wanting them since he's first saw them... It was therefore a pleasure to get him some for his bday... Cause it's for his *ahem* bday... He also made a request to not have boring frogs like my Atelopus hoogmoedi.

As for plants, yes, I'm heavy on plants. I still have two ficus to plant, one pumila and one oak leaf. I've made the backdrop out of tree bark, with holes and climbing spots. Of course they have just been introduced so they are stressed and are climbing everywhere, but I'll be able to figure out their favorite spots soon enough and plant some more...

E.

[bshmerlie]

They look great Eric.. congrats. Im sure Theo will love them. Mine are babies but they too like to sit on top of the plants and ledges.

[clownonfire]

They look great Eric.. congrats. Im sure Theo will love them. Mine are babies but they too like to sit on top of the plants and ledges.

Cheri, I can see this already with mine. I got a 30 gallon that is 19 inches high. The backdrop as I wrote is all made of real tree bark, which I have added making sure I left ledges, holes, and at the top of the backdrop, enough space for them to perch on the highest ledge (see pic - that is at 19 inches high).

Kristi, The breeder introduced them as male/female based on his experience with them, and said there could be a mistake based on their age, but he was quite confident about sexing them because of their development: female is noticeably bigger than the male, and her belly (I don't know the word in English) is also much wider.



Eric

[LilyPad]

How did you ready the tree bark? I was just thinking last night that it would be nice to install some tree bark instead of buying that overpriced stuff in the pet stores. How did you install it?