poison dart frogs
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poison dart frogs
back home i was breeding poison dart frogs for 18 years.
they are just 1,5- max 5cm and come from middle and south america.
really exciting creatures, as they sing as birds and take care of their clutches and tadpoles.
in wild their skin is poisonous, in order to protect themselves from predators. the natives in south america use this skin poison to prepare their arrows for blow pipes...for huntig.
in captivity they do not produce poison, due to the diet. (the poison comes from the insects they feed in wild).
cultures of live food, such as fruit flies, collembola, aphids, freshly born crickets and other small insects, temperatures between 20-28 degrees and a constant moisture of 80-90% are necessary to keep and breed them.
some pics...
ranitomeya vanzolinii
dendrobates tinctorius
ameerega pongoensis
ranitomeya fantastica
ranitomeya lamasi (red)
ranitomeya imitator (intermedius)
dendrobates leucomelas
oophaga sylvatica
oophaga sylvatica (different locality)
breeding ranitomeya reticulatus
planted terrarium
some tanks
100 x 80 x 150 cm
ranitomeya uakari
oophaga pumilia (bastimentos)
dendrobates azureus
ranitomeya amazonica
ranitomeya imitator
there are 100s of species more
they are just 1,5- max 5cm and come from middle and south america.
really exciting creatures, as they sing as birds and take care of their clutches and tadpoles.
in wild their skin is poisonous, in order to protect themselves from predators. the natives in south america use this skin poison to prepare their arrows for blow pipes...for huntig.
in captivity they do not produce poison, due to the diet. (the poison comes from the insects they feed in wild).
cultures of live food, such as fruit flies, collembola, aphids, freshly born crickets and other small insects, temperatures between 20-28 degrees and a constant moisture of 80-90% are necessary to keep and breed them.
some pics...
ranitomeya vanzolinii
dendrobates tinctorius
ameerega pongoensis
ranitomeya fantastica
ranitomeya lamasi (red)
ranitomeya imitator (intermedius)
dendrobates leucomelas
oophaga sylvatica
oophaga sylvatica (different locality)
breeding ranitomeya reticulatus
planted terrarium
some tanks
100 x 80 x 150 cm
ranitomeya uakari
oophaga pumilia (bastimentos)
dendrobates azureus
ranitomeya amazonica
ranitomeya imitator
there are 100s of species more
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Re: poison dart frogs
Wojtek, Amazing beautiful creatures you have.
Are you also keeping those here in Delhi?
Are you also keeping those here in Delhi?
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Re: poison dart frogs
Juanico dude,
YOU ROCK........excellent....no words
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Re: poison dart frogs
wow ,are you/were you keeping all these varieties , the tanks are awesome
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Re: poison dart frogs
Wojtek,
Wow! How I wish you could somehow start them here!
Wow! How I wish you could somehow start them here!
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Re: poison dart frogs
you made me drooooolllllll
please add more info how to keep them
like setup ,maintains like how to maintain temperature and moisture.
feeding and i would love to know how do you culture crickets.
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Re: poison dart frogs
WWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW man
frogs never looked sooo good
Excellent, thanks for sharing the pics
frogs never looked sooo good
Excellent, thanks for sharing the pics
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Re: poison dart frogs
no, this would be very expensive.SCORPIO wrote:Wojtek, Amazing beautiful creatures you have.
Are you also keeping those here in Delhi?
heating in the winter and AC 24/7 in summer.
they can not take temperature beyond 28 C for a longer period.
and maintaining good stock of live food consumes a lot of time...which i do not have
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Re: poison dart frogs
depending on the species you can keep them in 40cm cubes up to 100 x 50cm tanks.aamir wrote: please add more info how to keep them
like setup ,maintains like how to maintain temperature and moisture.
feeding and i would love to know how do you culture crickets.
some species are aggressive, so you only can keep a pair in 1 tank, some tolerate groups.
the tanks have to be planted, NOT wet, but offer some places with water...such as the leave axils of bromeliads...this is where they bring and feed their tadpoles.
good air circulation in the tanks and fresh air supply are essiatial.
spraying of tanks 1x (dry season) - 3 x (rainy season) a day.
at my best i had 20 tanks to maintain, so it rained automatically...electric timer with 5 bar pump and high pressure nozzels.
crickets: 80l glass tank with cardboard ( the one they use to carry eggs) and a pot with moist sand (thats where the cricket females lay eggs).
food was any kind of veggies and fish food.
every two weeks you get the sand pot out and replace it with a fresh one.
the "used" sand pot is being transferred to another glass tank and after a few days the crickets will hatch.
actually it is easy, but you have to maintain hygiene.
fruit flies, collemboles, and other insect cultures are another story...everything very time consuming.
but the good think is, if you are successful the hobby finances itself. food, electricity, supplies...everything was paid by selling offsprings...even a few trips to south america
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Re: poison dart frogs
Wow!! Amazing..
Thanks for sharing,
Thanks for sharing,