Epi. anthonyi transporting tads

[jeosbo01]

Normally I pull dart frog eggs and artificially hatch them but have been having trouble doing that with the SI's. Everytime I pull two or 3 clutchs they find a new hiding spot to try to keep me from finding them. As a result I finally gave in and allowed them to keep a clutch and was lucky enough to catch the male transporting some of the tads.

It was a small clutch and I think he had 5 on his back for these pics...but I'm a little stoked to have gotten a couple shots of it...

 

[Conner]

Awesome! Any full enclosure pics? I love seeing how people keep there dart frogs, as I'd like to keep some in the future.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Wow, congrats!!

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

awesome!!

iv always wanted to try dart frogs and had a very nice enclosure built(had a nice waterfall and everything) but chickened out and the tank got messed up while moving it

 

[jeosbo01]

Awesome! Any full enclosure pics? I love seeing how people keep there dart frogs, as I'd like to keep some in the future.

I don't have any at the moment but will try to take some over the weekend. I actually keep quite a few dart frogs but all of my enclosures (except 1) are pretty much the same...10 gallon tanks with sphagnum and/or coir substrate and live plants. I have produced MANY frogs in identical set-ups over the years and hope to produce many more.

 

[jeosbo01]

awesome!!

iv always wanted to try dart frogs and had a very nice enclosure built(had a nice waterfall and everything) but chickened out and the tank got messed up while moving it

You should try it! There are some species/morphs that have gotten to be pretty reasonable in price and they really aren't that hard to keep. Hardest thing about them is keeping a steady supply of fruit flies around and after a while that gets to be kinda relaxing too.

 

[longliveledzep]

wow very nice i'm going to get some for a 240g tank prolly 2 pairs and how much do they breed also is 150 a good price for a pair

 

[jeosbo01]

wow very nice i'm going to get some for a 240g tank prolly 2 pairs and how much do they breed also is 150 a good price for a pair

For SI's 150 is a pretty good price for a pair.
I have a trio and they lay right about once a month right now (they are still young) but they call CONSTANTLY! The biggest clutch I have gotten from this group so far is 22 eggs...they are kinda the bunnies of the dart frog world in that way

 

[jeosbo01]

Awesome! Any full enclosure pics? I love seeing how people keep there dart frogs, as I'd like to keep some in the future.

Here are some enclosure (and set-up) pics...like I said, almost all are pretty much the same...
One of the racks...

Outside of the SI tank (sorry, too lazy to clean the glass)

Inside of the SI tank

And the one tank that is different (granted, not by much)