The tropical pillow or sheet mosses are like that--You can never rely on complete coverage, but it will usually do well in certain areas with just the right moisture, light and ventilation. I believe Saurian even points this out in the section on mosses. Some of it is going to die off, but it will just become a part of the substrate if it does, and you don't even need to remove it. It will never grow like a golf course. Other plants will take over, or there's nothing wrong with leaving some areas barren, with just substrate. There will be a lot of things going on in a new tank that may worry you, such as fungi, molds, odd insects, millipedes, and "worms," which are all a part of the establishment of a healthy, recycling, biologically sound environment. One of the most difficult things to do when setting up a planned, pristine looking tank, is to see it do its own thing, defying your own plans, messing up it's original "pristineness." Just watch and enjoy, and wipe off the glass, trim voracious plants back, remove plant mistakes, such as those that get too large, etc. The frogs will prosper if they are fed properly and the temperatures and humidity are right.

Three auratus are good for a 29 gallon tank, which should last three of them many years. (I've kept 4 female blue auratus in a 30 gallon tank for over 10 years, and they're still going strong.) But do go for the $1.00 a gallon sale, because you can put even more, but different dart frogs in this eventually, and the larger the tank, the more fun it is to build waterways and play with rain forest themes. You will not be content with only the first 3 auratus, when there are others out there, begging to be tried and enjoyed.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

D. auratus blue, auratus Ancon Hill, galactonotus orange, galactonotus yellow, fantasticus, reticulatus, imitator, castaneoticus, azureus, pumilio Bastimentos. P. lugubris, vittatus, terribilis mint green, terribilis orange.

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