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Hi all,
I got my first dart frog today at the Streamwood show. It's a bronze areatus (I know I spelled that wrong, I never get it right). I'm just wondering if I should offer it food today, my ff cultures ahve been running for a week. Or if I should wait a couple days like you do with snakes and lizards. It's small, about the size of a nickel so I have it in a plastic shoebox with wet paper towel right now and it will move into my 72g that I'm turning into a frog tank as soon as it's big enough.
Thanks,
Heather
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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first and the lesson after.

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I would recommend offering it food right away. Don't put too many ff's in at once because you don't want them crawling all over the frog and causing it more stress.
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Randy
Lawrence, Kansas
1.1 Azureus
1.1 Cobalt
1.1 Fantasticus
2.2 Bastimentos Pumilio
2.5 Bri Bri Pumilio
0.0.3 Mysteriosus

New babies need food right away and every day. If they are lively and don't seem to be too stressed, I keep enough dusted flies in with them to always have some visible. Some like the leukamelas eat a lot from the very beginning, but some auratus are sometimes more shy and want to hide more, so give them some leaves for cover. Curly ivy leaves in a plastic cup with a little water set on it's side, especially seem to make them feel safe. They'll snuggle down into the leaves and the fruit flies will tend to migrate to the leaves. They may not actively hunt at first, just waiting until a fly bumbles into them. I usually have springtails available for them, too. Since I grow them with charcoal pieces, I just put a piece of charcoal full of them in the nursery tank so they can lap them off. I don't ust the springtails because they are so tiny it immobilizes them.
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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