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slaytonp
at Fri Sep 16 18:27:30 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by slaytonp ]
I wouldn't go with more than 2 leucs in that size, but still build a nice background with bromes and a branch as they will climb and sit in them if the axils are large enough for them to fit their fat little butts into. They seem to enjoy splashing around hunting in a shallow waterway, or climbing gentle waterfalls. I have six in an 80 gallon bow tank with lots of rather larger bromes,(too many, in fact,)with a waterfall, small pool and shallow stream with a lot of smooth rocks. Be sure you have a good supply of fruit fly cultures going before you get them, as these fellows really like to eat. They will also take pinhead or 10 day old crickets, rice flower beetle larvae and springtails as accessory food. They aren't very athletic, being more portly. Fights consist of merely pushing each other about like Sumo wrestlers or sitting on top of each other and rocking back and forth, attempting to tumble the under-frog over rather ineffectively. Fights are rare and short-lived.
In my experience, these guys are usually out and about, but may go through occasional periods of hiding out, which I've been unable to relate to anything in particular except perhaps the shortest day winter months, in spite of good lighting.
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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
2 D. azureus
4 P vittatus
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RE: I found the one i wont - slaytonp, Fri Sep 16 18:27:30 2005 