04-07-2012, 11:47 AM
large paludarium idea
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09-07-2012, 12:28 PM
Hi rottcapt and welcome to Dart Den.
It looks like you have done quite a bit of research and thought and your experience with fish will assist you somewhat in branching out into the realm of dart frog keeping....but here are a few cautions with deep water / water features. enclosures-setup-and-construction-f23/water-features-necessary-for-dart-frogs-t5409.html enclosures-setup-and-construction-f23/i-want-a-waterfall-stream-t5758.html There are a few more applicable threads to look for here and maybe others will hopefully chime in. You shouldn't think of Dart Frogs as an 'accessory' to an enclosure. They deserve a full-on decent habitat. In situ (in the wild), most all species are not found in direct proximity to a large pool, pond, deep water ect. There have been at least 3 hobby reported dart frog drownings in water features, several in black film cans (mainly used for breeding/ egg deposition) and many instances of newly morphed froglets drowning due to a variety of circumstances. The bottom line is...dart frogs can absolutely drown in a water feature. The percentage chance is arguable but I'd personally put it at 'uncommon' or possibly @ 15-20% chance...but that's enough for me to make it a consideration with every enclosure that I build. Dart frogs are more or less a terrestrial animal. They climb and walk on higher objects, tend to roost up high at night, especially when young, but nothing like a tree frog. Dart frogs should have a minimum of "10 gallons" of usable, flat land space per adult frog - so your enclosure is too small for a group of dart frogs in addition to the water area. I don't know enough about tree frogs, to try to steer you towards a species there, but honestly....please do a lot more research here on Dart Frogs...ask a lot more questions, and we can help guide you to a better result. oh..great graphic btw...love the possibilities of that enclosure for plants as well as potential animals.
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