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I would like to get some dart frogs and was looking at either D.tinctorius or D. leucomelas, I have heard the tincs are hardy and active, how about the leucomelas? Also could I keep a pair of either of these in a 20 gal? thanks for all your help.

hi
both tincs and leucs are great starter frogs and a twenty gallon tank would be great for them. i love my tincs, but makesure that if you get two females seperate them as they grow older to stop fighting
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Nate
1.1 alanis tincs
0.0.2 Azureus (soon)
0.0.2 imitators very very soon

I don't have any tincs yet, but the leuks are the most active frogs I've ever had so far-- even more than the imitators. They are still juveniles, so maybe they'll slow down as they mature. But in the beginning, it's nice to have some fellows that you can watch hop around like circus clowns, undisturbed by your presence, and that are out all of the time. My very first frogs were blue auratus that were extremely shy, hiding all of the time. They are better now as adults, but were pretty disappointing for a first experience, and I worried about them getting enough to eat.
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Patty
Lost River, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
3 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
5 D. imitator
4 D. leukomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos

Because i'm new to dart frogs, (i've had mine for just over two months )i'm no expert on the subject but I will say i'm glad I went with the leucs as starter frogs. After spending many hours/months reading all the info on this forum I could, I decided on leucs for these reasons;
1.Hardiness--definatly a good trait for beginners. 2.They can be kept in groups, they get along.
3.Boldness--as Patty said, leucs are very active which I liked because I wanted something I could see for the enjoyment factor and I also wanted to be able to monitor their eating which would be more difficult with a shy species. 4.Leucs like to climb. I'd read that leucs are a semi- arborial species. I liked this trait because of all the vertical planted space in my tank (36"H x 36'W x 18'D) which I wanted to see utilized by the frogs. I'd say my leucs spend 1/3 to 1/2 of their daytime climbing through the greenery in all areas of the viv, I never get tired of watching them.

Well, that's my two cents worth,

Gus