10-14-2011, 10:08 PM
Hi,
I am brand new to the forum and have owned dart frogs in the past because I just love frogs as most people do in this forum.
Although I am not an owner of dart frogs in the present. I do plan on re-starting a new tank one day. And of course I would love to set it up in the most natural setting as possible.
I am reading a lot about breeding of the dart frogs as I'm finding it all very interesting, and I would love to be able to try my hand at this one day in the future. My plan would be of course to set up a nice terrarium with moss, ferns, wood hiding spots and bromeliads. My question is of course watching many many shows on dart frogs in the wild, how several of these species actually lay their eggs in certain bromeliads that can hold water after the rain. and the tadpoles actually grow and become small frogs right in the bromeliads. I would love to try this, and since it is just an experiment, I cant see the harm in trying it one day. And from what i'm reading about needing to change the water on a very regular basis, and adding a leaf and of course food, I would hope the continuous misting would allow the water to re-circulate as it fills and replaces after the "rains"/misting. And of course I would probably have my misting bucket either filled with actual rain water from after a good rainfall or perhaps using distilled water to mist with. Does this sound like it could work? or has anyone who like me ,(just wanting to try mimic nature) ever tried this? Just curious and what problems would you foresee or have had?
I am brand new to the forum and have owned dart frogs in the past because I just love frogs as most people do in this forum.
Although I am not an owner of dart frogs in the present. I do plan on re-starting a new tank one day. And of course I would love to set it up in the most natural setting as possible.
I am reading a lot about breeding of the dart frogs as I'm finding it all very interesting, and I would love to be able to try my hand at this one day in the future. My plan would be of course to set up a nice terrarium with moss, ferns, wood hiding spots and bromeliads. My question is of course watching many many shows on dart frogs in the wild, how several of these species actually lay their eggs in certain bromeliads that can hold water after the rain. and the tadpoles actually grow and become small frogs right in the bromeliads. I would love to try this, and since it is just an experiment, I cant see the harm in trying it one day. And from what i'm reading about needing to change the water on a very regular basis, and adding a leaf and of course food, I would hope the continuous misting would allow the water to re-circulate as it fills and replaces after the "rains"/misting. And of course I would probably have my misting bucket either filled with actual rain water from after a good rainfall or perhaps using distilled water to mist with. Does this sound like it could work? or has anyone who like me ,(just wanting to try mimic nature) ever tried this? Just curious and what problems would you foresee or have had?