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Today I went to Regal Reptile in RI. I talked with their Darf Frog specialist for about an hour and a half, and i decided to get a Auratus (green and black). I set up an awsome 5g for right now with a waterfall built into the backgroud. This little guy is awsome. How many pin head should i feed him a day? Wanted to know it the Auratus blue and black could be kept with a green and black in a larger viv?

Keep the color morphs separately in different tanks. It's not that they won't get along, but interbreeding morphs is a "no-no," unless you pull and destroy any eggs. That's more about ethics in case you should pass the offspring along to someone else, ending up with mutts, than having to do with them not getting along together, which they will. Most of us try to keep the original color morphs pure and as close to the line as possible. We try to avoid the "designer snake" type hobby, because a lot of these guys are close to, if not already endangered species. The different colored auratus morphs will get along together, and it's your business whether you keep them together or not, but if you ever pass on their offspring to someone else or go into selling and breeding, you need to assure pure lines from the original.
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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

I dont want to breed themat all. I would just like to have the frgs together for the beautiful color contrast. I would not let the eggs hatch in a mutt breed, because like you say a lot of them are endangered. I will try to post some pics, how do I do it?

go to the link at the top of the page that says "Photo Gallery". You can download your pix off your computer for free and then when you post, there will be a drop down box at the bottom of the page where you can select which pix you want to include. If you need more space for pix than the free photo gallery allows, you can pay for a larger account. However, you can also delete pix whenever you need more space instead.
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phflame
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