Quote Originally Posted by ReptiNut View Post
While I have not kept darts, I have setup multiple vivariums for reptiles and other amphibians. but I will do a horizontal if a vertical will not work. And I said the wood is toxic when green. dry, it is used as bowls for pipes, and if there are any toxins left, burning should release them. so I think it should be safe. Is there anyone here who has kept a large viv. with a pair of frogs and have them breed and rear young without intervention? (artificial incubation, etc)? just was curious about that.
Sure. Tank breeding is very easy, especially with Leucs. If you decide to go this route, I would suggest a minimum of a 50g tank with about 70/30 land vs water. I have a tank that I call the 'swamp' because the water is not circulated and there is ton of detritus in it. When I was breeding Leucs, I had several bromeliads overhanging the water. The Leucs laid their eggs on the leaves and when the tads hatched, they dropped into the water. The only issue is that the tads are cannibalistic and even though several went into the water, only the strongest survived and morphed out. I always worried about all the rotting plant matter and dead flies in the water, but it turned out to be a good thing for the tads. They survived on algae and dead flies and the other rotten stuff. I ended up with a bunch of strong, healthy Leucs after awhile.

I'm now using the swamp to raise blue/bronze auratus. The parents reside in another tank and I pull the eggs. I keep the eggs in the same petri dish they were laid in and seal them up in a tupperware container lined with moist paper towels. After a couple weeks or so, the tadpoles have hatched and are ready to be moved to the swamp. What surprised me the most is that the auratus tads were not cannibalistic and they get along just fine. I have all ages of young blue/bronze auratus juvies in the swamp with more to come.

Most breeders go to great lengths to make sure that each tad has its own cup and is fed how ever many times they feed them per day or week. I look at it this way - frogs in the wild usually lay their eggs in a puddle or small pond of water. Except for obligate egg-feeders, the tads are left to fend for themselves. Odds are that they're eating algae, dead insects, and other detritus. So, it's really up to you about how you want to raise tads - tank method or cups.