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HI all,
I have been checking this forum for a few weeks know and thought I would introduce myself. I have just recently started keeping frogs, 3 D. auratus, and I can't stop watching them. I want more but have to hold off till I know I can feed these ones properly. I have been keeping and breeding tropical and native fish for 10 years or more so I think I'll be alright. My wife is very into the frogs as well so that helps. I have 5 fly cultures going but I'm thinking I'll need a few more. My fish seem to really like them too. I'm kind of nervous about the winter temps in my house. I live in an old farm house 1892 was the year it was built and it is very drafty. But after reading the last few posts I'm a little more confident I'll be OK. Anyway I'm rambling here so I'll warp it up. I look forward to communicating with all of you in the future. I'll try and add some pics of my set up once I figure out how to upload them here.

Ps I'm a terrible speller so if I've spelt anything wrong I apologize
Herschel

Welcome to the forum.

I can empathize with your home situation. My own is a log school house that was built in 1887. I lived in it for many years before I could afford to make improvements. It's fairly nice now, but there were years when the insulation consisted of old newspapers and dead flies between the outside logs and the inner rough fir boards. The only heat I had was a wood cook stove and a wood heat stove, when the temperatures were plunging to minus 45 in winter. The extreme lows haven't occurred in the past 15 years, but summers have also gotten hotter, so since I began keeping dart frogs about 10 years ago, the main problem now is overheating the tanks in summer.

Be sure to share your pictures and stick around our forum to discuss your frogs. Don't apologize for spelling. We all make spelling errors.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

D. auratus blue, auratus Ancon Hill, galactonotus orange, galactonotus yellow, fantasticus, reticulatus, imitator, castaneoticus, azureus, pumilio Bastimentos. P. lugubris, vittatus, terribilis mint green, terribilis orange.