Basic Dart Frog Care: It's Easier Than YOU Think!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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Dart frogs, also known as poison arrow frogs, are very misunderstood. They are actually NOT poisonous and are easier to care for than a goldfish. A properly setup vivarium (which is easy to do) is like having a saltwater reef aquarium with 1/4 of the cost and none of the work or maintenance. This video outlines basic dart frog care tips and the different types of dart frogs.
Why is everyone who work with darts named josh
what is josh
Hah true
Right! Heh
josh dun secretly works as a herpetologist confirmed?
Masamunio a person
If I put a terrarium in my room would me keeping the tank heated cause my room to be super hot?
No
THAT PUG MADE THE VIDEOS GREEEEAATTT!!
"Dendrobates, that's the species and tinctorius, that's the genus."
Other way around, mate.
Very informative, thank you!
Do you not sell frogs anymore?
Been wanting Dart Frogs for a long time...I just travel for work too much...2-3days at a time. it gets hot where I live, don't like leaving the AC on when I'm gone so not regulating outside Vivarium temp would be difficult, plus feeding etc. Plus I get power outages a little too common.Guess I'll just keep away from taking the risk.
HorizonChaser
There are ways for someone in your situation to keep darts but it's going to require more of an investment for you than others. There is plenty of automated equipment, small cooling systems, and power back ups available but yes, they cost money.
I know a hobbyist that also travels for work and has every aspect of keeping frogs automated. His system can even notify him by email or text message if there's a problem such as temps out of range or power outages. He has a friend that he can call who can check on his frogs if he receives such a notification.
It really depends on planning and what you are willing to spend.
Thanks for the info. I figured where there is a will there is a way, especially with automated environmental control units, Aux Pwr, Batt Backup, accessories available. I may change my employment in the next 3-4months where I'll be home daily like a normal person so going to wait and see.
HorizonChaser
Best of luck with both your job and the frogs.
If you build a self suficcient bioactive terrarium, with something that spreads water steam and with a colony of springtales, can you leave them for 2 weeks if you want to go on holiday???
Choli Zgz I wouldn’t say two weeks I would see if you could get a friend to come by at least twice to check on the frogs, and feed them.
Is this Josh Halter the biodude
I’m just a little bit curious I know most of these are best kept in pairs but what if you can only have one, would that kill them or change them in a way?
Hi, I’m only interested at this stage, but can you keep dart frogs in a biorb air system?
Hi there, I love these frogs so much. They look awesome! I have 1 question, what is a recommended size for a pair of Azureus'? I'm planning on getting 3 or 4 eventually (When they breed). I have looked online but it's just not clear D:
Wes Jellema minimal size for a pair of Azerus would be a 20 gallon to be truly comfortable. It may even be a 10 gallon but your springtail and isopod culture better be large to keep up with more waste from a pair of Azerus in a tank that size. Overall a 20 gallon is better to avoid any errors.
What species can you mix together ?
From what I heard they are to aggressive to crossbreed.
Im starting to keep dart frogs and i have a 30 gal tank what basic equipment should i have to keep them
Where can I buy the cover tops that u have on ur tanks on the right?
Hi there, I keep getting mixed answers. But do dart frogs NEED a self sustaining tank? Or can I just get a coconut husk substrate and fake plants. Will they die if I don’t have the rocks, then screen then substrate?
Why would you want that? Self sustaining means less work.
@@reageerbuisje5391 it's called a budget
@@fishdude8526 bioactive doesn't have to be expensive. And can probably save you money in the long run.
@@reageerbuisje5391 because there is something called not being a lazy fuck
Fish tanks are only easy if you aren’t doing it right lmao
Melissa Thompson Can confirm, I have five 😂
Can they live with other animals such as the two lined salamanders?
John Crugar
It's not recommended.
Usually, the environmental requirements between darts and other herps or reps vary too widely to make multi-species vivariums practical.
Also, feeding and territory will present other issues.
Best to keep vivs with a single breed of darts.
Slender salamanders and mourning geckos are the usual cohab
What if I don't want them to breed? Just buy males?
+BetterOnichThanSorry no just buy females.
+BetterOnichThanSorry depends on the species, some females are territorial and can hurt each other. i believe it's dendrobates tinctorius.
pirumparum hm. I didn't know the females could be territorial ty.
how can you feed them on vacation? like 2 weeks
bilbo baggens you will have to have someone else feed them like your aunt or even the neighbor
Try closer up?
Rip headphone users
Shut up
@@dami9461 um dude..? Why?
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Pug!!!!!!
This is NOT easier than a fish tank...
Landon Helms The only thing hard about this is the culturing fruit flies and misting..
Landon Helms Depends on the fish, frogs sound a lot easier than taking care of my puffer fish.
That's true! It's hard to tell if they are sick or not!
Bryden Vargas yea who specified pea puffers? Were talkin goldfish or gambusia. Hardy easy. Even bettas the most abused fish in the trade.
I enjoyed this video and found it very informative; however, some constructive criticism would be to put species names as text overlays on the screen when introducing a new species as it's somewhat difficult to make out the names when spoken, especially with ambient noise and the fast speech of a confident speaker.
tf fish tanks are hard to keep if you make it haha
Definitely harder than geckos and ball pythons haha
dart frogs ROCK!
So room temp?
I honestly didn't know that you could have a poison dart frogs as pets because of being poisonous but I found out that captive bred are not so I am really wanting these beautiful creatures now!
Its my understanding that it's not whether they are captive breed, but whether they are captive... This is due to the fact that they obtain their poison from their food chain... The frogs eat ants which eat poisonous plants, and the poison works its way up the food chain. So even a wild caught poison dart frog will become completely harmless with time as its removed from its native food chain.
Joanna B I knew you can have them I’m just trying to find out if you need a license or something
John Cimorelli nope
Thanks for the great information. Love your videos they are very informative.
do u have a facebook or something ?
can you keep only one dart frogs in a tank ?
Absolutely. Darts do just fine in solitary vivs.
the pug
can you cross breed dart frogs? And also do males get aggressive towards each other? I'm thinking about buying 1 male and 1 female
Chloe Octopus
*This is a cut and paste of a previous response:*
Cross breeding is possible but that practice is _highly_ frowned upon by experienced hobbyists because maintaining the breeding lines is important to the conservation side of the hobby.
The idea is to maintain the color morphs as close to the original color morphs as possible.
Most people who have been in the hobby for a while won't buy or trade frogs with you if you don't maintain good breeding records for each frog that shows that you've made every effort to avoid diluting the genetic line.
Hybrids are something to be avoided in keeping dart frogs.
Thankyou very much for the information, I'll keep that in mind because there are two species of dart frogs in the video that I liked but I guess I can buy males and females of both species but not cross breed them just only keep the original pairs they came in. (in other words I mean only breed to the same species) Dart frogs are one of my favorite types of frogs besides horned frogs and tree frogs. I love frogs and I definitely want to keep the species from going extinct. Is it frowned upon if I breed the frogs (no cross breeding) and released the babies into their wild homeland canopies of the amazon rainforests? I want to help Dart frogs :(
Your desire to help the frog population in their wild habitat is admirable.
Getting your frogs from a reputable domestic breeder rather than wild caught is probably the best way to help these animals today. Anything that can be done to reduce the taking of wild frogs from their habitat for the pet industry is probably the biggest help you can give.
There are already breeding and rehabilitation programs going on right in the frogs own habitats. While I'm sure that you could breed and reintroduce your own frogs, it's probably safer and much more efficient for you to simply support those already existing programs by contributing financially (or with volunteer work if you are willing to travel to remote parts of South America. Not many are). The breeding programs and conservation efforts are also highly regulated by the countries where these frogs live.
One problem is the introduction of disease, non-native bacteria and viruses, and congenital defects back in to the native population so breeding them from the wild population right there in their area is the best way to rehabilitate them without risking contamination of the local frog population.
One of the Golden species literally no longer exists in the wild. They were plucked from the edge of extinction as their last wild colony was completely removed from their last remaining habitat and put in to a captive accelerated breeding program to try and save that particular morph population so that they can one day be reintroduced.
www.savethefrogs.com/
Hi, is breeding frogs in captivity at all harmful to their species in their indigenous regions?
Any videos about Bearded dragons c:
My sister used to have one!I can give you some tips if you would like :)
I was 10 when I put thisxD
40% English, 60% fuck idk
Yes you can just get 2 males
+Genesis Exotics May I keep dart frogs with anoles?
+joshua burgos no
Syd GAO why? I've seen tree frogs with anoles.
+joshua burgos anoles need it hot. Dart frogs need it cooler. Dart frogs are not tree frogs. Google is your friend
Dave J I am not an expert on frogs m8 but you're being kind of condescending and yes I realized this after typing it.
hi can you tell me how many dart frogs can i have in a 5'x2'x2' tank ps i love the videos
gary wright like 6 to be comfy. 6-8 would be the max, but have a good amount of plants and hiding spots.
Dendrobates is the genus tinctorius is the species
I know hes so loud
Hi I’m getting a 36 by 24 by 18 (67 gallon) exoterra terrarium, what frogs can I put in it. Also if I do not want my frogs breeding but I want to keep them in a group what can i do
Do you have to have live plants in the tank? I really want dart frogs but am horrible at keeping plants.. they always die on me so it be better if I could use fake plants, but every info on dart frogs I see says live plants.
Plants do better in a terrarium. Make a drainage layer with abg mix on top, provide enough air flow and get isopods and springtails.
hey buddy darts eat more then fruit flies
thank you for being so in depth! Would a 36" x 18" x 12"(h) exo be acceptable for any of these pairs? especially the giant orange
Victoria R yes
Hi, i am looking at possibly getting some tinc dart frogs, i was wondering if i could put them in to a 55G tank and also can i put several of the different colors of tinc frogs together?
putting different colors or species of frog in the same tank is not recommended at all. point being is that they can fight and interbreed which are both very bad when it comes to dart frogs. best practice is to stay with one type of frog for each tank.
Nice video
Since you said that those frogs are the same n only diff is there looks, Could you cross breed them?
Erik Iacopelli
You can but that practice is _highly_ frowned upon by experienced hobbyists because maintaining the breeding lines is important to the conservation side of the hobby.
The idea is to maintain the color morphs as close to the original color morphs as possible.
Most people who have been in the hobby for a while won't buy or trade frogs with you if you don't maintain good breeding records for each frog that shows that you've made every effort to avoid diluting the genetic line.
Hybrids are something to be avoided in keeping dart frogs.
wat is the name at 8:53
Reptiles Dudes I think Dendrobates Auratus
can you put a tree frog and a dart frog together?
+Iturritxu no, for a few reasons. each have toxins in their skin which could potentially harm or kill the other frog. tree frogs are usually bigger and could eat the dart frogs. also, it's unlikely that they're able to be kept at the same temperature and humidity levels. i would avoid it unless you're an expert and you completely know what you're doing.
pirumparum thanks fam
+JonnyC 289 aight
why are you speaking soo freaking laud in evry vid? speak normal so we dont get deff =)
Peter Lindholm I've got a simple solution to your problem, turn your volume down, there we go it wasn't so hard was it?
I personally think it's good, he's a very clear speaker and especially when you're trying to relay information it's really helpful :)
Arenos Karlaen it isent the volume of the speak it's just getting high pitch when you speak out load. It better to have a mic and speak in a normal tone. It mutch easier for your head that's all. I dident mean to be a dush bag
Peter Lindholm No worries I understand I watched another vid from someone else who spoke more quiet but the volume of his voice was louder, much better than this one.
Peter Lindholm condescending know it all teen. informal, but knows it.
I doubt its easier than a fish... betta fish require almost nothing
Nah
Its harder than you think
Zander Jasper taking care of a fish?
Yes
If you want them to live properly