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I have a 25 gallon hex that i built a background on 3 walls with great stuff and covered it with bed a beast and corkboard. I was wondering what would be the best type of dart to put in there? This will be my first dart frog, so an easier species would make the most sense. The tank is mostly verticle, but i have a false bottom with a shallow stream in the center. i will be buying live plants for it soon, those will go in before any frog.

after i feel i have become proficent at keeping this smaller tank i want to make a 75 gallon with a drip wall, waterfall, and small pond.

Even though they are not usually considered "beginners' dart frogs," a tall tank like that with some bromeliads on the cork would harbor about 4 very entertaining D. imitators, or one of their close kin such as intermedius. These thumbnail arboreal fellows get along in groups relatively well, albeit with some non-fatal arguments among the girls in particular, and are as hardy and easy as the larger recommended "beginner" frogs such as leucomelas and auratus. The only thing that doesn't recommend them for a beginner is their tiny size, which can be rather intimidating, and their propensity to escape faster than a speeding bullet, which requires lots of attention and a well sealed top. But they also have the advantage of being able to raise their own young without your help, as long as you have bromeliads with water filled axils, which can be a great show to watch. You're chance of getting at least one of the opposite sex out of four unsexed juveniles is fairly good.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
5 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
7 D. imitator
6 D. leucomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos
4 D. fantasticus
6 P. terribilis mint and organe
4 D. reticulatus
4 D. castaneoticus
2 D. azureus
4 P vittatus
2 P. lugubris

I also forgot to mention that they are colorful and at least my own strain of them are gorgeous--marked with irredescent flakes of Black Hills gold, ranging from yellow gold, to red to green gold, and on down to blue and black reticulated leggings.

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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
5 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
7 D. imitator
6 D. leucomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos
4 D. fantasticus
6 P. terribilis mint and organe
4 D. reticulatus
4 D. castaneoticus
2 D. azureus
4 P vittatus
2 P. lugubris

i was hoping to start with a cheaper easier frog. i want ot work my way up slowly.