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I know that mixing species of frogs is a BIG NO from most of you, but i do have this one question. I am not planning on mixing species!!!!

IF you were to put a Phylobates witha dendrobates will the toxin of the phylobates kill the dendrobates? I assum that it will, just a little currious.

Captive frogs are not toxic as their toxins are acquired through their food source in the wild. The insects that they feed from contain alkaloids from plants and are delivered to the frogs which in turn convert them to a usable form. And, as for mixing Phyllobates with Dendrobates, I'm all for it as long as plenty of room is given and the frogs in question are nearly the same size. I've housed D. azureus with P. aurotaenia in the past wil no ill effects at all. Being from 2 different genus' they cannot cross.

-Bill J.
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I agree with Bill. I have a mint and a citronella in a 58 gallon and they are both doing great. I have them in the living room as a communitty tank and when people come over they can see several different frogs. That way I don't have to walk them all over the house even though I usually do anyway.LOL But I will be adding some other frogs into this tank as soon as they get big enough. I do not breed from this tank, it is strictly a "show" tank.

TonyT