I am very new to having these guys and I’m used to having animals that aren’t always visible but when I first got them the breeder said it should only take 2 weeks for them to get settled and start coming out more. It’s been over a month and I still see them in back corners hiding but I was wondering if there’s a direct reason why they wouldn’t be coming out?

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First recognize that most humidity gauge are woefully inaccurate. Not sure which one you have but most likely if you rely on it as gospel, at some point you are going to be let down and things will be too dry and you'll be lucky if your frogs did not desiccate / die. I dump gallons of water into my 100 gallon tanks, especially in the winter. Sometimes I even use a hose. These animals are unique in that they need higher humidity and some actual water but nothing sopping wet or pond-like. I'll admit it's challenger for new people when we tell them to throw away the humd gauge and rely on your eyes and "feel". There is a MUCH higher chance of frog death from too dry as opposed to too wet. Too wet 'mistakes' are 1000 times more survivable than too dry mistakes". You may think that the water is brown or unsightly or even disease ridden but it's fine. Tanins and soil = not a problem. You have a screen mesh separating your soil so not much should slip down to the very bottom anyway or at least should not.

Oophaga pumilio 'Black Jeans'

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too many pods are of the large variety and can be a bit destructive and there is the protein and calcium intake needed that pretty much sealed the fate of the bigger ones like the oranges ect. I have been using small grow-outs for a long time, and I personally feel that they multiply a little too fast and can stress out froglets and frogs in smaller quarters. They are also not the food source that we wanted them to be, and springs are much more readily taken.

HI! I've been into frogs my whole life but have only been keeping darts a year or so. I am in the Rochester NY area.

Greetings! I’m getting back into the hobby after years away. Just picked up my first group of frogs (Giant Orange Tinctorius). I have three froglets and I will aim to raise a pair).             

I'm selling two of my dart frogs including the enclosure, i can sell them separately without the tank same as i can sell the tank separately without them.
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The notion that microfauna is a 'clean up crew' is a little overblown, I think. That's an idea that's at least in part imported from aquarium keeping (where it does make a lot of sense, but for reasons that don't at all transfer to dart keeping) through the "bioactive" channels. Ultimately, the waste in a dart viv is going to be broken down by microorganisms, flushed out in the waste water, and taken up by plants. Whether that waste passes through an isopod or a springtail on its way out isn't crucial.

Microfauna in a dart viv do help to provide a supplemental food source for the frogs, but even that's not entirely a good thing since unsupplemented prey items aren't nutritionally complete (not even close). Some froglets might depend on springs for a time, though.


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and if they are going to 'bask' which I have seen them do insitu many times, it's to acquire UVB for proper calcium absorption and not nearly as much to thermoregulate (get warmer). The USA hobby encourages proper calcium supplementation rather than UVB lighting which can desiccate and burn animals when employed incorrectly - especially new people. Big companies still seek to market and push bulbs for profit, but proper supplementation of fruit flies is far better imo. Proper temperature is best done by 'room' heating and not localized heat.

My name is Andy and I write from Barcelona. I hope I can get a few tips over here because I am a complete newbe when it comes to frogs .

Cheers and all have a frogging time