New D. tinctorius "Azureus"

[Tony]

So Eric has finally seen the light and gotten a pair of "da blue ones"! Your going to enjoy them greatly. Mine are so bold and active. Plus they really stand out with that bright blue color.

They are still one of my favorites, no matter how common or inexpensive they may be. I just heard from some friends who have a 19 year old pair of unrelated F1 azureus, they are still breeding and the next round of offspring are all mine. I just hope I can do them justice and raise them up to be as huge as the parents are.

[clownonfire]

They are still one of my favorites, no matter how common or inexpensive they may be. I just heard from some friends who have a 19 year old pair of unrelated F1 azureus, they are still breeding and the next round of offspring are all mine. I just hope I can do them justice and raise them up to be as huge as the parents are.

What is an F1 azureus Tony...?

As for me it's not the common nor inexpensive part that I am influenced by (after all, I own an American green tree frog and some fire-bellied toads)... It's more the "what I want" (black frog, S.gottlebei, etc) compared to "what I want less" (tincts, auratus, etc).... But I am very proud and happy to have a pair of these blue frogs. They definitely make great frogs to show!

[DonLisk]

They are awesome Eric. I love the blue frogs myself.

Someday I'll have blue frogs too I hope ;-)

And beautiful viv setup too.

[Tony]

What is an F1 azureus Tony...?

As for me it's not the common nor inexpensive part that I am influenced by (after all, I own an American green tree frog and some fire-bellied toads)... It's more the "what I want" (black frog, S.gottlebei, etc) compared to "what I want less" (tincts, auratus, etc).... But I am very proud and happy to have a pair of these blue frogs. They definitely make great frogs to show!

F1, at least as it is used in the hobby, means they are the offspring of wild caught parents.

[bshmerlie]

F1= One generation away from wild caught.

Eric, I think you just like the rare frogs. Frogs that no ones working with and you have to figure them out. I on the other hand want to figure out "frogs" in general then I will deal with the "difficult" ones down the road. I can see me continually swaping out frogs if I get bored with them. I'll trade them in for something that I find more challenging or interesting as I go along.

[clownonfire]

F1= One generation away from wild caught.

Eric, I think you just like the rare frogs. Frogs that no ones working with and you have to figure them out. I on the other hand want to figure out "frogs" in general then I will deal with the "difficult" ones down the road. I can see me continually swaping out frogs if I get bored with them. I'll trade them in for something that I find more challenging or interesting as I go along.

I don't think it's the rare part, at least not entirely. Sara said it well a few minutes ago: I like what she calls "Emo Frogs - poor little frogs that like to burrow in sorrow"... But seriously, I think I like to make a difference and frogs in need call to me more than frogs that I know do extremely well in the hobby...

"Frogs that no ones working with and you have to figure them out. " That is on the money. It caters to my obsessive and curious nature.

And thank you, Tony and Cheri for the F1 explanation.