I have received a lot of questions about the frogs, so here is an attempt to answer the most common ones. The azureus are probably my favorite, just for their rich color and outgoing personalities. They don't have an audible call, but make up for it with their gorgeous blue coloring. But they all hold a special place with me. The cobalts are very active, the largest of my frogs and are always right up front and presentable. They also do not have an audible call, but the only pair to have laid any eggs for me (no success yet on fertile ones). The auratus (green and black) are the most reclusive of the bunch, but hardy eaters when given the opportunity. No audible call either and too young yet for any breeding. As for the new frogs (to our home anyway) the leucs are facsinating, with their brilliant yellow and black color patterns and interesting social interraction. They are too young to start calling but I hear it is exhilerating. The vitattis are young right now but I have four in the vivarium and they get along beautifully. They too will have a neat call when they are older. Now the bastimentos or strawberries, they are fast becoming my favorite pair. I bought them as a proven breeding pair and the male already calls regularly to the female. I see them out all the time and cannot wait for them to lay their first clutch of eggs with us. This type of pdf (poison dart frog) is unique because the female feeds the tadpoles with unfertilized eggs that she lays for them through out the metamorphasis! Not considered a beginner's frog just for that reason. Obviously this hobby is a passion of mine! not only for the rewarding beauty of the frogs but the sense of accomplishment I get from the successful vivariums I create and the plants I can grow within them. The plants range from different bromeliads to ivys, mosses, jewel orchids, and ferns. I have the vivs on a closed circuit misting system that mist twice a day for one minute intervals. We cultivate our own flightless fruit flies and springtails (a small animal responsible for creating a large percentage of the earth's soil). And for those that are wondering if the children are in any danger because of the "poison" in their name, there are only three species or families of pdf's that are actually poisonous (none of which I have...yet) and even they are not poisonous in captivity because of the diet. Hopefully that answers the majority of the questions anyone might have, anymore can be directed to me via email, which I would be more than happy to address. Fingers crossed that in the next few months we can post pictures of the new froglets!!
we lost one today....is it normal for a full grown man to feel sad over a frog? what's worse is I don't know what I did wrong and I feel responsible. sometimes, when things like this happen, I feel like giving it all up and quiting. Like the time Adam turned my 150 gallon planted aquarium into club soda and killed everything in the tank, some fish I'd had since my very first aquarium some seven years ago. But then again, I look at the things I still have living and can't imagine not having them. I know they are just animals and they can't return the emotion, but I love them anyway.
tinctorius cobalt morph
costa rican auratus
azureus
pumilio bastimentos aka strawberries
leucomelas
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I have received a lot of questions about the frogs, so here is an attempt to answer the most common ones.
The azureus are probably my favorite, just for their rich color and outgoing personalities. They don't have an audible call, but make up for it with their gorgeous blue coloring. But they all hold a special place with me.
The cobalts are very active, the largest of my frogs and are always right up front and presentable. They also do not have an audible call, but the only pair to have laid any eggs for me (no success yet on fertile ones).
The auratus (green and black) are the most reclusive of the bunch, but hardy eaters when given the opportunity. No audible call either and too young yet for any breeding.
As for the new frogs (to our home anyway) the leucs are facsinating, with their brilliant yellow and black color patterns and interesting social interraction. They are too young to start calling but I hear it is exhilerating.
The vitattis are young right now but I have four in the vivarium and they get along beautifully. They too will have a neat call when they are older.
Now the bastimentos or strawberries, they are fast becoming my favorite pair. I bought them as a proven breeding pair and the male already calls regularly to the female. I see them out all the time and cannot wait for them to lay their first clutch of eggs with us. This type of pdf (poison dart frog) is unique because the female feeds the tadpoles with unfertilized eggs that she lays for them through out the metamorphasis! Not considered a beginner's frog just for that reason.
Obviously this hobby is a passion of mine! not only for the rewarding beauty of the frogs but the sense of accomplishment I get from the successful vivariums I create and the plants I can grow within them. The plants range from different bromeliads to ivys, mosses, jewel orchids, and ferns. I have the vivs on a closed circuit misting system that mist twice a day for one minute intervals. We cultivate our own flightless fruit flies and springtails (a small animal responsible for creating a large percentage of the earth's soil).
And for those that are wondering if the children are in any danger because of the "poison" in their name, there are only three species or families of pdf's that are actually poisonous (none of which I have...yet) and even they are not poisonous in captivity because of the diet.
Hopefully that answers the majority of the questions anyone might have, anymore can be directed to me via email, which I would be more than happy to address. Fingers crossed that in the next few months we can post pictures of the new froglets!!
They really look cool! I'm sure that Ben would look to come and check them out. How fasinating!
we lost one today....is it normal for a full grown man to feel sad over a frog? what's worse is I don't know what I did wrong and I feel responsible. sometimes, when things like this happen, I feel like giving it all up and quiting. Like the time Adam turned my 150 gallon planted aquarium into club soda and killed everything in the tank, some fish I'd had since my very first aquarium some seven years ago.
But then again, I look at the things I still have living and can't imagine not having them. I know they are just animals and they can't return the emotion, but I love them anyway.
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