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This is somewhat OT, but I figured I share a bit about how I came about towards frogs...

Being of the Tropics (from the Caribbean), I have always been fond of all wildlife from the Tropics of the Western Hemisphere.

My first experience with BRB's came as a result of my Aunt, a biology teacher who keeps one as a pet. A few months later and Jeff Clarke shipped me my first two BRBs. I had to unload them to someone else as a result of Katrina but quickly got another pair when I resettled. These came from none other than Dave Colling! Now, both were a pleasure to work with and both have the among the BEST specimens out there.

Here is my "BRB Palace" that houses "Ying" and "Yang" - Original, I know. They're are from separate clutches of August '05.

My stars were swimming tonight so I decided not to disturb them tonight.

I am a fan of the "realistic setups"... here is a view of their house from the left. It's not quite as good as some of the other naturalistic setups out there, but this does well enough for me and allows easy enough cleaning.

and again from the right...

I am a worldy kind of guy and instead of sticking in Brazil, I opted to experience a bit of Africa. Enter my BPs... they're the standard, run of the mill, everyone has them snake - but I still definitely enjoy them! They were hiding tonight, so again - just a photo of their home.

Once again I felt the urge to travel, and this time I went across the globe to Australia! I was awestruck by a gold and black jewel and had to make them mine! Thus, I have a pair of JCPs. Sorry to keep boring you with the enclosures, but I didn't have time to get shots of them either!

Having traveled around the world and being limited on space, I have spent the last 6 weeks getting ready to dip into another hobby!

POISON DART FROGS!

I have setup of two vivs and will be stocking them with inhabitants next week! This is my 10 gal. I did this one quite quickly just as "why the heck not, let me try this out and see"

Here it is again from the side... it currently houses 2 tilisandias, 1 bromeliad, 1 african violet, 1 philodendron, 1 bird of paradise, and one rescued orchid. They are all small plants that I am excited to work with.

Next is my 26 gallon viv that I have put just a little bit more effort into. I still can't get it to turn out like other pros I've seen.

Here is is again from the side. In here, I have 3 bromeliads, 2 orchids, 2 tilisandias, 1 venus fly trap, and 1 philodendron. I even snuck in a water feature running down the center of the exhibit.

This past week I got continue my fun by getting my fruit fly cultures up an running.

Now, I even went as far as setting up a small 10 gallon community fish tank to fertilize the water for my vivs...

In these 6 weeks, I've been lucky enough to rear my own youngsters - some Black Mollies! Not a big deal, but still fun.

And lastly, I thought I'd share a couple of pics of my reptile hobby taking over my studio apartment!

Does anyone else get addicted like this? ;p

Next time around, I'll prove individual photos of my snake stock! Thanks for reading!
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-Iman

1.1 BRBs (Ying and Yang)
1.1 JCPs (Striker and Sheila)
0.0.2 BPs (Spot and Speck)
5.5 Fish (Insert your favorite names here)
1.0 Miniature Daschund (Rue)

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It is interesting to see your animals and all the nice vivariums. You mentioned fish water for the plants. With dart frogs, the frog feces along with misting takes care of any fertilizers most plants require, but this is a different idea from any that I've ever read. I should think it would be a rather good way to enhance the heavy nitrogen users like orchids. I've never been very successful with orchids in the dart tanks, but have put this down to the insufficient lighting I have for most blooming plants. The foliage plants have always seemed to be more over-exuberant than lacking fertilizers.

Thanks a lot for letting us see your neat set-ups. Where do you sleep? (If I don't stop getting more vivariums, I'm going to have to build a loft in the library for my bed.)
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

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

since we can't see the animals. Looks like you spent quite a lot of time and effort (and probably money) in setting them up. I bet that they love it (as much as reptiles and amphibians CAN love something). Hope that you can post pix with your animals sometime in the near future.
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