Frogroom Tour March 2020! 

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I can’t do this no more lol

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haha thank you! Yes I too appreciate plants and plan to collect many more and get better at growing the ones I do have. Thank you for noticing the plant diversity.

@Jamey Craig Hello, I also hold dartfrogs. only with youngsters it does not want to work so well. do you keep your dartfrogs rather damp or dry? outside of the mating season. at oophaga bastimentos it just does not work. 1 man and two women in an 80s terrarium. with bromeliads, fern etc. the system sprays three times a day for 15 seconds. do you have a tip for me? greetings from Germany

So the question is do you have a room like this full of aquariums?

@@TCSDartFrogs Can't I live in an apartment. I wish I did though, but 3 big tanks and of a couple of 1 gal ones is enough.

@@--Paws-- I understand

Same for me! I had an aquarium room for as a teenager but had to downsize a few years back, now I have a bit more space I'm hoping to get some amphibians!

@@--Paws-- 1 gallon? What can you keep in those?

Thanks! I really hope it makes it I just want to see what it would like like as a frog.

Thanks!

Thanks! It's not done yet! More improvements to come.

Thank you! and you're welcome!

Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you! Thanks for watching!

Yes too many some times haha, thanks for watching!

Thanks! Glad to have changed your perception about the cuteness for frogs.

Thanks for the kind words! Thanks for the support. You can never have too many plants! Let me know if you need any help finding frogs even if I don't have them I have lots of contacts.

Thanks! glad you liked it

Thanks!

Thanks man! Will do! I'm going for 1 million subscribers LOL

Thanks!

Thanks! They are very enjoyable to keep, I've been fortunate enough to see pumilio and auratus in the wild. It's my dream to go find D. tinctorius in the wild.

Thanks! I'll try to talk about plants in future videos to be honest I only know what a handful of them are LOL.

Thanks! You should, they make great pets in my opinion as long as you have the knowledge to care for them. The hobby has come a long ways in recent years.

@@TCSDartFrogs I am. Mygirlfriend hates snakes. I am going to start getting things together to put a set up together. I looked at your website last night as well. What would you say is a good starter frog that would be easy to breed

@@Jmb905 Ok right on! Phyllobates vittatus are a great beginner frog that breed easily, Epipedobates anthonyi are also good and very easy to breed. Dendrobates leucomelas are in my opinion the best beginner frog but they are a bit more sporadic breeders. Dendrobates tinctorius are also great starter frogs just best to keep them in sexed pairs as adults.

@@TCSDartFrogs I am going to start getting the things around for a set up and keep and eye on your website for when you have frogs available

@@Jmb905 Sounds good, feel free to contact me for availability as I don't always have everything listed on the website. Also if you're looking for something that I don't work with I can probably point you in the right direction.

Thanks! I might be doing an unboxing video in the future lol

Thanks! I too watch a lot of aquarium channels and do keep some freshwater planted tanks as well. Thanks for the kind words! If you set your mind to it you can easily have nice room full of aquascapes!

thats how I found it too!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks! I appreciate it.

Thanks! Welcome to the channel!

Thanks!

@@TCSDartFrogs hi how would I be able to purchase one I love the colors

Thanks! Glad you like it

Thanks!

Thanks for the kind words my friend!

Thanks!

Thanks! Great question! I would not recommend adding any more frogs to the tank. Azureus can be quite territorial as adults and 3-4 adults in a 20 gallon would likely not do well.

Thanks for the question! Some tanks I do have a substrate layer and other tanks I just have grow stones/clay balls with a layer of sphagnum and some leaf litter on top of that. I find that the substrate is really for the plants and many tropical species of plants will happily grow on a bed of sphagnum with a drainage layer below. You don't need to wash them regularly because the frog waste breaks down with misting into nutrients for the plants.

@@TCSDartFrogs that is so true!! Thank you for the idea :)

@@timl3307 you're welcome!

Thanks for watching! I use 1/8" glass and the tracks are made specifically for that. I get them from a friend but he doesn't sell to the public. I know you can get the tracks from outwaterplastics.com

I don't want to sound harsh but these are really things you should have researched before purchasing the frogs, that being said they don't need the heat lamp at night unless it is getting colder than 60 degrees in your house. They should be fed every day to every other day if they are still young as they go through a crucial growth period where they need lots of food. As far as humidity that depends on a lot of other factors as to how often you should spray them, an automatic system is not necessary and you can spray them several times a day. They should just be kept humid and moist but the substrate should not be saturated.

Thanks!

I actually quit my day job about a year ago to pursue this full time, but I used to keep close to the same amount of frogs while working a 40hr work week. Once you've been doing it as long as I have it becomes second nature and it really isn't that hard to maintain.

I've been very fortunate that my Dad will come over and frogsit when I'm out of town but I can't leave for more than 3-4 days without someone watching over them.

Poison dart frogs feel secure in tanks with algae cover, therefore unless for display breeders usually keep them in such setups. It acts like a curtain between tanks :)

Yes definitely! Thank you for the suggestion!

I don't recommend it, it's not best to mix locales/species.

It is always best to keep separate tanks for each species and locale. I keep mixed tanks for young frogs but once they are of breeding age I make sure they are separated. I also keep a close eye on them all to make sure they are not bullying each other.

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Many tropical plants can handle very wet conditions as long as they are getting adequate light in my experience and most my tanks are vented so they do get a chance to dry out a bit before the next misting.

I have tried raising them in the dark and still no success all the albino tads I've had have perished they just seem weaker.

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Thanks! haha

Thanks! I do run each wall off it's own system and each shelf is controlled by ball valves so I can mist each shelf individually. I usually mist once a day sometimes twice a day but I also let the tanks dry out if I see that they are too wet and will go several days without misting.

@@TCSDartFrogs How long do you typically mist for, on a 10g? I like the look of your tanks...just trying to get a feel of how much water you are running through them daily! Thanks!

@@forthcs It really varies depending how wet the tanks are, I generally do about 10-30 seconds, but it's really gonna vary on a lot of factors like your ambient humidity where you live, the amount of ventilation on the tank, temperature, dimensions of the tank, how many plants are in the tank, depth of drainage layer, depth of substrate, whether you have an actual drain or not. So what works for me will most likely not work for most others.

@@TCSDartFrogs Absolutely agree, just trying to get a gauge. Keep the the vids, and I appreciate the responses!

@@forthcs for sure

Its also really different depending on where you live how they recommend keeping them. Here in Germany you would probably getting kicked out of community chats if you would keep darts in an aquarium. 10 gallons per frog and double vent is the minimum here for tincs.

I have a 30 gallon tank for 2 adult Tincs.10 gallon for that amount of frogs,especially to help restrict bullying seems not enough to me.

Many of them are young and will be separated with age, 2 per 10 gallon is what I would recommend for adult frogs.

You can when they are younger the main reasons you don't want to mix them are for aggression and crossbreeding. Some water stains you can get off with a lemon and a razor blade and some are permanent and your stuck with them.

It's just LECA or clay balls that have grown moss over time.

Kamron Seeram At least don’t mix sexes if you mix species so you don’t breed some mutts.

Hey, great question! In general no it is best to keep every species separate. All of the frogs that are mixed are either too young to interbreed or be aggressive toward one another, or are different species which are unable to reproduce with one another. Another reason that they are mixed or overcrowded is because I am still building more tanks to accommodate the number of animals I have, I downsized from a larger room recently and am still producing lots of frogs so adjustments need to be made to house them all. That being said there are situations where mixing different species is ok I'll be doing a video on mixing here in the near future.

I don't recommend mixing.

There are frogs that can be kept with those parameters but dart frogs need more humidity and prefer it warmer.

I think its algae. Its not harmful.

Thanks! I think my top five for someone who is new to the hobby with the characteristics that you asked for are as follows Dendrobates leucomelas Dendrobates tinctorius 'Azureus' Dendrobates auratus 'Costa Rican' Phyllobates vittatus Epipedobates anthonyi

@@TCSDartFrogs Sweet thank you

@@christianreiner2822 you're welcome!

I probably wouldn't put Santa Isabels in a vertical tank as they tend to use more horizontal space, if you were to put Ranitomeya in there I would keep it to a pair and in my opinion R. imitator either the Green form, Varadero, or Yumbatos are all quite bold for me but there are other locales that I don't keep that could also do well including Chazuta, Baja Huallaga, Yurimaguas, and Tarapoto.

TCS Dart Frogs Thanks so much! I had set the tank up with imitators in mind, so nice to know I’m on the right track!

@@isabellewalsh1824 You're welcome! let me know if you have any other questions.

They are definitely fun pets if you have the time to dedicate to caring for them.

Thanks! Me too!

Thanks for the question! Dart frogs are terrestrial frogs and although many of my frogs do have water dishes to soak if they want to. They get most of their moisture from the humidity in the terrarium. They spend their time on the forest floor in Central and South America and spend very little time in water or swimming.

@@TCSDartFrogs Thank you for your answer ! This variety of colors is awesome. I discovered your channel today. Is it true that the poisen only come from the insects that they eat in the wild?

@@fraugladiator2370 Sure thing! Thanks! Yes there are so many different types. Yes they are only poisonous in the wild due to the insects they eat.

Hi thanks for the question! Yes some species can handle very high humidity and do fine in this type of setup but for most species I recommend some ventilation.

@@TCSDartFrogs i see, thanks for your sharing

@@victan0911 of course! thanks for watching!

If you are referring to the white ramekins I use those as water dishes, I like them because they are inexpensive and since they have a ceramic glaze they are easy to sanitize.

@@TCSDartFrogs Yep I was refering to that ramekins. So my question is, what are the water dishes needed for ? I can only think as a place to deposit the tadpoles by their parents.

@@ninfireblade They are there for the adult frogs to soak if they want, and yes sometimes they do deposit tads in them. Many species of dart frog breed more readily when a water source is available also.

I don't do anything specific to control the temp in this room, my house thermostat is set generally around 69 F in the winter and this room stays at about 75-78 F, in the summer thermostat is at about 73 and the room varies between 75-82 F.

@@TCSDartFrogsThank you! I have learned a lot and will be able to learn more about the breeding management method from the specialized books of Japanese frog frogs in the next 10 years.

@@ZERO-ye5cr Thanks glad to have helped.

Cool sounds good, feel free to contact me with any questions as well.

@@TCSDartFrogs will do

Algae naturally grows in high humidity environments and is perfectly healthy.

I get about 95% survival of froglets