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So I finally got some free time by taking off work and I managed to make it to NYC to see the frog exhibit they have before it leaves Jan 9th. I must say, I was very impressed with the terrarium set ups they made, I was able to get some really cool ideas for my next one. The one thing that had questions about was the mixtures of species in each tank. In one tank they had D. Azuerus and D. Tinctoris mixed together and in the larger one they had a mixture of pretty much every dart frog species you could name! It was a rather large tank though so maybe that is why? The "Frog Guys" were busy with kids doing a presentation so I didn't get the chance to ask them, so I was wondering if any of you knew why they would do this when everywhere I have read and everyone I talked to said this can be dangerous.

For those interested, here is the link for the exhibit. Dont forget to check out frog cam, I see a Blue azuerus now!

Frog Exhibit

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Me fail english? That's unpossible

I saw the same thing in the New Orleans "rainforest frog" exhibit last year at the Aquarium. This was a special, traveling, temporary display of frogs that are otherwise probably raised behind the scenes and put together for the temporary exhibit. It's not the way an amateur hobbyist should keep them, however. Ed K may argue with me, I hope, because he has had 15 years of zoo experience and has told me that their mixed zoo exhibits are NOT replaced from behind the scene, but apparently live together on a more or less permanent basis as a mixture in the zoo he works for. What you see in a temporary exhibit however, is not their breeding habitat, I'm sure. What you see is not necessarily what you could succeed in doing as a hobbyist.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
5 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
5 D. imitator
6 D. leucomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos
4 D. fantasticus
4 P. terribilis
4 D. reticulatus
4 D. castaneoticus

Skatedork,
I am one who would say that your info does not surprise me.
There are quite a bit of fact in the "can this be safely done?"post started only two weeks ago.

Rich