Hello Everyone, i'm new here..

Long time Boa Breeder, just stumbled into the wonderful world of Dart Frogs!

I was vending at the FIRE Expo and won a raffle which cost me $1. Vendors usually donate inexpensive items for these raffles, but this time I found a pair of Citronellas (hope that's right) valued at about $80! It was that or a package of plastic spiders, or a rubber snake, or a small ziplock bag of mulch.. lol

I snatched them up QUICK, always having wanted to get a few, and spent the next hour away from my table asking the nice people over at Simply Natural Dart Frogs everything I needed to know about them. They were the ones that donated these kids.


So, I was a bit nervous, not being ready for them, and still having a 4 hour drive home to Miami. I made it home near midnight and the first thing I did was setup their enclosure; for now, a 12 gallon bowfront tank, an Eclipse System 12.

I used the bioballs with cloth as a temp filter over them and river stones around the edges so you wouldn't see this. Layed the moss media next and then moss over them and some spaghnum. Then added some plants, leaves and sticks.

They've been here for 2 days and I can't get enough of them!
I had a 50 gallon tall acrylic tank I was supposed to set up for a brackish fish tank, African Cichlids or something like that... Not any more! LOL That one will have a water feature too 8)


ANYWAY, i've been dying to find other little creatures to mix with them, at least temporarily. I think the idea of a mini jungle with different creatures is so cool and would look amazing. I know we've all thought about this a bit from reading a few posts.


So, I had thought about native tree frogs, even if just for a little while when young. I've also been told Gold Dust Geckos would be ok.

I was thinking, what about Newts?
I know i've heard some wild newts have quite a toxic mucous membrane, or atleast toxic to other species of newts, but I would think Easterns, Westers, Firebellies, etc. purchased from clean pet stores would be ok, given enough room and hiding space... What do you all think?


Anyway, great reading some of your posts and I love seeing all the pics! Please keep them coming and i'll try to do the same!


Thanks for reading, Joe Rollo aka Bci Joe


Oh, and here are some pics!












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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

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