06-22-2011, 07:57 PM
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
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