Vivarium in the desert

[kashbroo]

I'll keep it short.  I lived in Panama in the 1990s and to this day remember the poison dart frog (we called poison arrow frogs back then) I saw in the wild.  It was likely a dendrobates tinctorius Azureus or more likely a dendrobates auratus as I cannot find another frog with the same striking colorization. It wasn't until recent years that I considered keeping a poison dart frog because I thought it was either unlawful or unsafe.  I have been researching the subject now for about four years and think it time I reach out to other folk in my area that may have had success.

I converted a 36 gallon bowfront to a vivarium.  It's been running for a month now.  The trouble I am having is keeping the temperature below 80 constantly.  My home AC is working overtime as the outside temps are about 114 at times.  I am looking at installing a thermoelectric cooler to supplement the cooling to keep it at around 75 degrees.

[Philsuma]

It is a challenge to keep dart frogs in more than a few of our southern states. Many times I tell people to keep reptiles instead and save yourself all the trouble. Seriously.