I have a question, now I know next to nothing on dart frogs but have always wanted to keep them do you have to feed them fruit flies? Or do small crickets work as well?
Poison dart frog keepers- a few questions before I make the "jump".
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kearth;4688379; said:
Most of mine tend to shy away from anything bigger than a fruit fly...Phyllobates on the other hand are a different story. I have seen terribilis use their front legs to stuff a pre-wing cricket in and keep on looking for more. I culture both primary fruit fly species and springtails.
kearth;4688268; said:
Why is it a bad idea? Just curious since I've mixed several species and have yet to encounter any big problems.
David Tobler;4688879; said:
The biggest 2 reasond are hybridization and interspecific aggression. Most dart frogs are highly territorial and do not draw the line at members of their own species. Constant fighting means stress, which leads to dead frogs pretty quickly sometimes. Mixed species tanks rarely work well and are even more rarely recommended. The ones I have seen work were awesome and were always with species that are different enough in size and habit that they don't see each other as a threat (think terribilis or bicolor and lamasi or imitators).
David Tobler;4688879; said:
Read what Jeo just posted it is a great answer.
Which are you mixing? So what are the small problems you have encountered?
Every time some one brings up dart frogs some one had to mention mixing. The dart frog hobby does not want to end up being just like the leopard gecko, ball python hobbies.... WHich most people would know if they took any serious amount of time and did some research before they pruchased them.
jeosbo01;4688952; said:
I agree with the territorial thing, but wouldn't just not mixing territorial species alleviate most of that issue? Hybrids.. that would suck but discarding eggs would solve that problem. I don't think the OP asked about breeding, if that was his main concern, than a single species tank would probably be best suited.
kearth;4688973; said:Read what Jeo just posted it is a great answer.
Which are you mixing? So what are the small problems you have encountered?
Every time some one brings up dart frogs some one had to mention mixing. The dart frog hobby does not want to end up being just like the leopard gecko, ball python hobbies.... WHich most people would know if they took any serious amount of time and did some research before they pruchased them.
I doubt the poison frog hobby will end up being anything like the leopard gecko hobby.. haha.. Most poison frog keepers are ex-reef/marine aquarium guys, who all seem to be somewhat narrow-minded in their opinions. I think there must be some unwritten code that can't be broken or quite possibly most of the poison frog keepers have been brainwashed into all thinking the same.
I've found that things aren't so black and white when it comes to keeping poison frogs.Bottom line is I've mixed species and have had zero deaths because of it, nor have I produced any hybrids.
The little problems would be competition for food or territorial disputes.
Great so I am narrow minded... Nice. Real nice. Oh and I am brainwashed. Again very nice.
AGAIN what kind do you keep?
How long have you had them?
Yes disposing of eggs would solve part of the problem but alot of people just well I will just keep them. Real soon you run out of room.
I agree alot of things with DF are not black and white but being a little rude about it and not really answering the questions ... Was that really necessary?
AGAIN what kind do you keep?
How long have you had them?
Yes disposing of eggs would solve part of the problem but alot of people just well I will just keep them. Real soon you run out of room.
I agree alot of things with DF are not black and white but being a little rude about it and not really answering the questions ... Was that really necessary?
kearth;4689237; said:
That was a little humor mixed in with my perspective of the poison frog hobby. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.
