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#1
Hi, I'm Jared from San Diego and I'm new to the dart frog hobby.

I recently acquired a "probable pair" of captive bred sub-adult D. azureus. I have them in a 10G quarantine tank with moist folded paper towel, an Indian Almond leaf, and an upside-down Dixie cup shelter. I purchased 2 flightless melanogaster fruit fly cultures from my LPS and have started a 3rd culture using Repashy Superfly culture media. I have been feeding the frogs dusted fruit flies alternating between Rep-Cal Ultrafine Calcium w/D3 and Rep-Cal Herptivite.

I have also prepared a separate 10G planted vivarium with a false bottom made of egg crate atop notched 2" PVC fittings. Above the eggcrate there is a layer of window screen, a 1" layer of hydroton, another layer of window screen, and a 2" substrate layer of fine orchid bark mix, coco fiber, and peat moss. For shelter there is a piece of cork bark and a coco hut. Plants include mini orchids, mini bromeliads, and a variety of others which I bought from dart frog hobbyists.

To my untrained eye the frogs appear to be healthy, active, and eating well, although I imagine they're stressed from being transported to a new environment. I have started collecting fecal samples and refrigerating them in a plastic ziploc baggie alongside a piece of moist paper towel. I plan to get a fecal check done before moving them from the QT to the vivarium.

That's all for now.

-Jared
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#2
Welcome Jared !

Wer'e glad to have you here. It sounds like you have an excellent handle on things already. Very nice.

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#3
Hello Jared !
- 2.3.0 Ranitomeyas Uakarii
- 1.1.0 Auratus Mebalo
- 0.2.0 Oophaga pumilio Escudo
- 0.0.3 Ranitomeyas Variabilis
- 0.1.0 Cat

Soon looking for :
- 0.0.5 Adelphobates Galactonotus solid orange
- 0.0.3 Adelphobates Castaenoticus
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#4
Hello Jared,
glad you're here.
Sounds like you are off to a good start, and
lucky you, you have a lot of great froggers in your area.
Cindy
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#5
Hi Jared, and welcome.
You may wish to contact the vet you will be getting fecals run by for collection requirements. Keeping them, for any period of time , refrigerated or not will not help.
You may also want to re-think keeping a large pair of tincs in a ten gallon as a permanent home (I know, some will tell you it's OK, in my mind it is not) . I'd personally go no smaller then a 20 , long term. With substrate and a false bottom combined for about 5-6 inches you now have effectively about a 6 gallon tank.

Rich
Darts with parasites are analogous to mixed tanks, there are no known benefits to the frogs with either.


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#6
Thanks to all for the welcome.

Rich: Thanks for the input. I have since contacted the vet and will coordinate collecting fresh samples with the shipping delivery schedule. I am assembling a planted 18"x18"x24" vivarium, but this may not be finished before I move the frogs out of quarantine, so I plan to use the 10G planted vivarium as a temporary home.

-Jared
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