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slaytonp
at Tue Oct 19 18:54:43 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by slaytonp ]
I feel bad that we may have sounded a bit "patronizing," but it's hard to tell how much experience a person has had until he tells us. I don't think any of us wants someone who is new to dart keeping to be discouraged on the first try with them. I can't speak for the others, but I try to guide people to the cheaper and easier darts for the first trial with them. But even D. azureus aren't all that difficult with the right conditions. If that's what appeals to you, that is what you should get.
Different dart species seem to have different levels of "intelligence," "personality" and entertainment values for a hobby keeper. (I put these words in quotes because it is anthropomorphizing, but even the most scientifically oriented person likes to do this, although we've been trained not to.) Some are just more fun to watch than others, whatever their color or physical attractivness.
Right now, I'm thoroughly enjoying a group of D. reticulatus I got as froglets in late spring. They are the smallest of all the thumbnails. They are supposed to be difficult to get through the froglet stage, but these were not. When when they were bashing around their small nursery tank like popcorn, I put them in their larger, planted habitat earlier than usual. They are intimidating to me, because although they are among the tiniest of darts, they sure don't know it. You'd think they were the size of Godzilla the way the act. These are an irredescent ruby red with blue legs an bellies speckled with black spots.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho
4 D. auratus blue
5 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
5 D. imitator
6 D. leucomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos
4 D. fantasticus
4 P. terribilis
4 D. reticulatus
4 D. castaneoticus
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RE: oh ya? well... - slaytonp, Tue Oct 19 18:54:43 2004