There are a wide variety of problems can can arise as a result of mixing species

1) NEVER mix dart frogs with any other species of frogs that are not darts.... that includes red-eyes, mantellas, any sort of hylid... the list goes on...... parasites, incompatible temp/humidity requirements, different food size... are all reasons not to mix darts with anything else

2) Darts are likely to hybridize... this is an extremely frowned upon practice in dendro keeping.... I pray to the frog-spirits that darts will never become like leopard geckos or corn snakes... i shudder to think of what that might be like..ugh...This is frowned upon because we do not know how long we can get wild-type darts for, because of habitat destruction and exporting issues... so we want to keep our dendros as pure as possible... the ay nature intended them. Plus, there are some shady people out there that would sell you a hybrid and tell you it is something pure... there are horror stories that are reality.

3) Apparently, you will miss out on a lot of natural INTRA-species behaviour in a mixed tank, and have to deal with lots of INTER-species competition for food, territory etc. etc. It is just a sttress that is not necessary.

Baiscally, there is one question that always has to be asked when consdering mixing species..... and that is "How will the FROGS benefit from such a mixed tank?" The answer.... they WON'T! So, in the best interest of our little dendrobatid friends.... keep single species tanks... and your dart keeping will be much more enjoyable experience. Good luck, and I am glad you are interested in this hobby. Setting up these animals in little pieces of the rainforests is absolutely amazing. I couldn't imagine life without my darts.

Good luck, and keep reading

Double J

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