09-20-2011, 10:54 AM
Phil knows exactly what the "failure" reference is referring to.
When a tank is set up with proper husbandry pretty much each and every healthy darts we have in our hobby today should breed if you have a pair. These frogs are easy, easy to get to breed. If they are not breeding after a few seasons ( or year after year after year...) you are doing something wrong (husbandry) or the frogs are unhealthy (husbandry by either you or the breeder or a combo) . Not breeding is not a natural state to attempt to keep these frogs in. It's that simple. Thus, when we all hear of tales of mixers who have 'successfully' kept their mixes without any breeding we are glad no hybrids were produced, but call the husbandry end of the mixed tank a huge , giant, lucky with bad husbandry failure.
The absolute reccomended time period for cycling down would optimally be exactly the season in which the darts naturally cycle down. The dry season period. The dry season varries from area to area in temps, time, durration, ect. research is needed to find what's best for one's own personal darts.
When a tank is set up with proper husbandry pretty much each and every healthy darts we have in our hobby today should breed if you have a pair. These frogs are easy, easy to get to breed. If they are not breeding after a few seasons ( or year after year after year...) you are doing something wrong (husbandry) or the frogs are unhealthy (husbandry by either you or the breeder or a combo) . Not breeding is not a natural state to attempt to keep these frogs in. It's that simple. Thus, when we all hear of tales of mixers who have 'successfully' kept their mixes without any breeding we are glad no hybrids were produced, but call the husbandry end of the mixed tank a huge , giant, lucky with bad husbandry failure.
The absolute reccomended time period for cycling down would optimally be exactly the season in which the darts naturally cycle down. The dry season period. The dry season varries from area to area in temps, time, durration, ect. research is needed to find what's best for one's own personal darts.
Darts with parasites are analogous to mixed tanks, there are no known benefits to the frogs with either.
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