Madagascar Mantella Paludarium

[NatureLady]

Amazing frog choice! My guess is that it is a out of this world frog communication devise, so they can phone home? No???

[deranged chipmunk]

Thanks amanda nope, but that was a mighty fine guess. It's an algae tank for water changes and supplying nice, fresh, clean water for my foggies.

[deranged chipmunk]

Nice build, love the vinework too! The colors of the mantellas are going to pop in that viv!

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Thanks digg! I agree, the colors should really pop!

[NatureLady]

Yeah, well that was my first guess. The smartass guess was just what got typed.

[deranged chipmunk]

Oh, i knew you knew what it was and wrote a sarcastic guess, which is why i felt the need to make the sarcastic guess look stupid.... lol who luvs ya baby!!! Rotf!!

[NatureLady]

Oh hush!

[deranged chipmunk]

Hee hee!!

[deranged chipmunk]

ok, update time. after a very stressful day, these little critters arrived:

let me tell you, these little ones went through h-e-double hockey sticks to get across country. the box was beat up, my FF culture was a freaking mess, but due to the awesome packaging from the wonderful folks at LLL Reptile (lllreptile.com free plug..lol) my mantellas made it through delayed flights, and sitting in a truck all day with the temp outside being 38 degrees. i know you won't see this, but thank you to all the great people over at LLL!! now they get to hang out in their quarantine bin for the next month, so i guess the next update will be when they are finally "HOME"

[pinkfeet]

Thats awesome they made it safe. can't wait to see them in there home LLLare awesome. Got harlo my RETF morph from them

[DiggenEm]

Man they look awesome. Good to see.they arrived safely.

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[Savannah]

Those are so cool looking!! What kind are they?

[deranged chipmunk]

Those are so cool looking!! What kind are they?

thanks Savannah, i was actually holding off answering this one until i could get a positive ID on them. i purchased Mantella Madagascarienesis, however, i was able to positively id them as Mantella Baroni. they are almost identical frogs, only differences are on there ventral surfaces. their territories overlap in Madagascar and its believed that one is a morph of the other. most retailers just throw them all together as "painted Mantellas", so it's a crapshoot to see what you really get.

[flybyferns]

ok, update time. after a very stressful day, these little critters arrived:

let me tell you, these little ones went through h-e-double hockey sticks to get across country. the box was beat up, my FF culture was a freaking mess, but due to the awesome packaging from the wonderful folks at LLL Reptile (lllreptile.com free plug..lol) my mantellas made it through delayed flights, and sitting in a truck all day with the temp outside being 38 degrees. i know you won't see this, but thank you to all the great people over at LLL!! now they get to hang out in their quarantine bin for the next month, so i guess the next update will be when they are finally "HOME"

OMG - they are beautiful!
Precious, Bill

[flybyferns]

how many did you get ?

[DiggenEm]

2.

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[flybyferns]

2.

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? I'm easily confused

[DiggenEm]

? I'm easily confused

I'm sorry crapatalk was acting up. I was trying to answer a pm I received.

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[deranged chipmunk]

hahaha.......what digg said x 2.....lol i was going to go with 6, but that i figured that since i have the water feature, it's not quite a 40g tank anymore, and i know they need room, so i figured 4 was good to start.

[Heatheranne]

Wow, Bill! Beautiful colors .

[deranged chipmunk]

ok, so circumstances beyond my control (prefer not to discuss, don't ask) , have forced my hand and i had to cut quarantine down and add the new mantellas to their home. i gave them a day (they went in yesterday) to acclimate before i assaulted them with the cam phone...LOL here are pics as of a few. ago. oh, i might add, i added a few plants as well. a pair of drosera spatula were added to keep extra fruit flies, mites, and gnats in control, i added a pilea glouca, a nephrolepis cordifolia 'duffi", a ficus pumila var. quercifolia, cissus amazonica, an aroid vine and rhaphidaphora pachyphylla. but let's face it, nobody cares about the plants i added, you guys just want to see the frogs, am i right??LOL here ya go: