Coral Keepers 10 gallon dart frog diary.

coral keeper

coral keeper

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Originally Posted by m0nk
Wow, that's looking really cool. I've seen some neat frog tank setups at TFP/TPP (which is about a 45 min drive from my house) and have been very tempted to do the same, though I'm still working out issues in my most recent reef tank and it's 6 months old.....
Anyway, this looks really cool, can't wait to see more. Btw, as teen mentioned before, it might be helpful if the pics were resized to a smaller width.

Ok. Thanks. What size pics should i make them then?
 
porkchop48

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Azureus will transport thier tads on their back but after they deposit them they do not feed them like some of the eggs feeders/ thumbnails do.
10 IMO is way too small for a pair of azureus especially with a water feature.
Tank looks great but I would rethink what you are putting in it.
YOu know how some people are anal retentive about how many fish per tank/ gallons.. Think the same way with dart frogs. Once you factor in the background, False bottom and stream you are giving them hardly any space.
 
coral keeper

coral keeper

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Originally Posted by porkchop48
Azureus will transport thier tads on their back but after they deposit them they do not feed them like some of the eggs feeders/ thumbnails do.
10 IMO is way too small for a pair of azureus especially with a water feature.
Tank looks great but I would rethink what you are putting in it.
YOu know how some people are anal retentive about how many fish per tank/ gallons.. Think the same way with dart frogs. Once you factor in the background, False bottom and stream you are giving them hardly any space.
Yeah i know its going to be too small for 2 azureus. So im going to get a smaller species of dart frog and there is going to be only 1 dart frog not two.
 
porkchop48

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Originally Posted by Coral Keeper
Hello everyone.
I am in the making of my 10 gallon dart frog tank. Pics will be up in a few min. Its going to house 2 D. azureus dart frogs. One male and one female. The frogs arent going to be going in for a while. I dont have the dart frogs yet. Im probably going to get them in a few months. That will give me time to study and read a lot more about them and ready how to breed fruit flys, ect.
Sorry I just got the impression from the first post you were going to house 2 D. Azureus.
They are a great frog to start out with but if you do decide to get them try to get a bit bigger tank ( maybe even a 20 gal)
Do you happen to know what kind you may be getting? Most of the tincs need bigger than a 10 gal tank and even though some of the thumbs are alot smaller they require alot more tank room
Not trying to bash you or anything justtrying to help you out.
I do apologize if you take anything the wrong way
 
coral keeper

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Originally Posted by porkchop48
Sorry I just got the impression from the first post you were going to house 2 D. Azureus.
They are a great frog to start out with but if you do decide to get them try to get a bit bigger tank ( maybe even a 20 gal)
Do you happen to know what kind you may be getting? Most of the tincs need bigger than a 10 gal tank and even though some of the thumbs are alot smaller they require alot more tank room
Not trying to bash you or anything justtrying to help you out.
I do apologize if you take anything the wrong way
Its ok. I know a other site thats like this site but instead of fish, dart frogs. They say imitators, leucs, or Vents would be a good choice for my 10 gallon tank. My friend lives like 3 houses away from me and he too started a dart frog tank. So me and him are thinking of this, i get one frog and he gets one. I get a female and he gets a male. So when spring times come or whenever mating time is we put them in one tank and let them have babys ect. Then i or he takes his frog back to his tank and we divide up the babys. So if they have 10 he gets 5 and i get 5. Then we raise them and sell them. What dos everyone think?
 
porkchop48

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Bad idea.
Keep a frog by itself is one thing ( no harm done) but you are going to stress the frog every time you move it.
They also do not have a "breeding time" mine breed all year round with an occasional break for a month or two.
Imitators are IMO not a good choice for a 10 gal. I reccommend ATLEAST a 15-20 for only 1 frog ( imitator /vent) they are more vertically oriented and unless you do a vertical tank it does not give them enough room at all. Even a vert 10 gal IMo is no sufficient of even 1 imi.
Leucs might do ok in a 10 gal without the water feature ( big might) and until they start callin gyou have no real definate way of telling which is a male and which is a female. But leucs are great frogs, very bold.
Keep reading on the other board ( DB) great site.
 
coral keeper

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Originally Posted by porkchop48
Bad idea.
Keep a frog by itself is one thing ( no harm done) but you are going to stress the frog every time you move it.
They also do not have a "breeding time" mine breed all year round with an occasional break for a month or two.
Imitators are IMO not a good choice for a 10 gal. I reccommend ATLEAST a 15-20 for only 1 frog ( imitator /vent) they are more vertically oriented and unless you do a vertical tank it does not give them enough room at all. Even a vert 10 gal IMo is no sufficient of even 1 imi.
Leucs might do ok in a 10 gal without the water feature ( big might) and until they start callin gyou have no real definate way of telling which is a male and which is a female. But leucs are great frogs, very bold.
Keep reading on the other board ( DB) great site.
I was studying a lot about dart frogs and reading alot about them and a ton of people said that 2 D. azureus will be fine in a 10 gallon and a lot of people keep D. azureus in a 10 gallon tank. NOW when i get everything ready and i build everything, people are starting to say its too small for D. azureus. NOW people are saying that imitators, leucs, or Vents are not going to work. Your saying now that even 1 kind of any kind of dart frog is too small. WHATS UP!????? I didnt build it for nothing......
 
mike22cha

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Wow, it's looking realy cool. If you can't do a dart frog, can't you do some other kind of frog like a green tree frog or something?
 
coral keeper

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Originally Posted by MIKE22cha
Wow, it's looking realy cool. If you can't do a dart frog, can't you do some other kind of frog like a green tree frog or something?
Thanks! I think tree frogs need a bigger tank than a 10 gall. Well, i asked people on another site and they said a small kind of dart frog will work. So im going to get a dart frog.
 
coral keeper

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Originally Posted by theappe3
that is one cool DIY project!
Yup.
I have some udates. Pics will be up in a few min.
 
coral keeper

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Which way looks better? (the plant thats in the middle, where dos it look beast at?) Pic #1, #2,#3, #4 or #5?

My mom and dad said i should sell it and then build another and another and keep selling them, like a business. But i really dont want to sell this set up lol. What do you guys, gals think i should do?
 
lmarc78

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Looks great!
I say go bigger 20gln and sell them. I use to breed reptiles and amphibians back in the day I would definintely have bought one.
 
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