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I HATE MYSELF!!!
Today i found that one of my imitators today, it got out through a crack in the top of his lid, i feel so bad but there is nothing i can do but learn from it. But one the bright side today i was abl to buy a perfectly good but dirty 29 gallon tank. I'm thinking new tinc tank.
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Nate
1.1 alanis tincs
0.0.2 imitators
0.0.2 Azureus (soon)

Those imitators are tricky. Sorry to hear you lost one. I lost one of my imitators too. I think mine was due to it just being so much smaller than the other 2 it was with. I will have to say they find some VERY small cracks in the tank. I am find new holes to fill all the time, none that would let them out, but just places in gravel, or cork where I feel they get in too far.
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Kyle
www.kylesphotos.com
1.2.0 D. leucomelas
0.0.2 D. azureus
1.0.1 D. imitators

When I first got my 2 Patricia Tincs I had an acrylic top on the tank that housed them. The next day when I returned home from work the smaller one was nowhere to be found in the tank ( I totally disassembled the tank looking for it ). In a state of panic I realized that it had found a small gap in the lid and escaped. Frantically searching the 6'x12' the tank was in I found nothing. Broadening my seach I happened to look under my bed and spotted this poor frog covered in dust and other nasty stuff barely moving on one of the rugs beside the bed. It was pretty skinny and dehydrated so I warmed up some gatorade and diluted it with water and let it soak in there under observation for 2 hours. It barely moved at first, but slowly regained some strenght and was able to hold itself up. The next few days I kept it in a small container with only paper towels, some pothos leaves, and a hiding space with a couple of fruit flies. After five days it was alot more alert and eating, I could finally breath a sigh of relief. Now it is back with its larger tankmate and doing quite well. Although it still bares a discolored spot above its right eye, it is healing now. From now on I will never use acrylic for tank lids due to its nature to warp and underestimate these escape artists. The one that got out is the smaller one in this image.

rob

Nate,
I can relate to your pain.I got 4 bicolors from Patrick for an imitator/bicolor swap and raised the bicolors for a month in a shoebox.I decided they were big enough to go into their 29 g tank.I thought I had all the holes filled but noticed that I only had 3 in the tank.I discovered that one slipped through a hole I cut in the plastic strip for the pump cord and it went through it and I found it about 1 week later dried up about 4 feet from my tank.It is the first frog I had lost like that and I was really bummed.I was told they weren't good climbers but found out otherwise.It is sad but it really tells you how small of a hole dartfrogs can fit through.
Mark W.