I currently have a single green and black auratus in a 29gal tank. I'm hoping to get him a friend this weekend, and my thought was to get a blue and black auratus. Will these two be good tankmates, or should is there a species that would get along better with him?
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Mixing blue and green auratus?
Alyssa84
Jun 10, 2005 08:48 AM
Replies (3)
pastorjosh
Jun 10, 2005 01:06 PM
Green auratus and blue auratus will interbreed and create mutts. The vast majority of people in this hobby look down/vehemently hate mutt dart frogs. I would get more greens ones and then buy another tank for the blue ones.
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Josh Willard
www.joshsfrogs.com
firenewt88
Jun 11, 2005 12:44 PM
Why is hybridization looked down upon in dart frog species (or morps)? Many other species of animals are being bred specificaly for hybridization. I would like anyones comments. Thank you
slaytonp
Jun 11, 2005 07:50 PM
We just like to keep the original lines of morphs as pure as possible. While the D. auratus are not particularly threatened or endangered at this time, we still like to keep things more or less "as they were," perpetuate their original blood lines and DNA. I don't know anyone in the hobby of keeping and breeding darts seriously that is into creating "designer" frogs from the species that one day may exist only in the hobby, due to habitat destruction and whatever else the politics of exploitation vs ecology involves. It's not as if we are breeding and keeping them to eventually repopulate their depopulated (and eventually non-existent) rainforests. That won't happen. We are keeping the captive bred animals of original imports as close to the originals as possible. It's more of an ethical problem that even those of us who believe in this, can't totally explain.
There's nothing to keep you from mixing blues and greens, or whatever you want. There's no law against it, and I'm not sure it will matter in the long run. Just don't misrepresent any of the offspring as anything but hybrids if you either sell or give them away-- on the off-chance you even get any. In the meantime, just enjoy them.
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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
2 D. azureus
4 P vittatus
