Thank you for watching! This video was my second biggest project ever and I've spent quite a while working on it, so I'd really appreciate if you'd consider subscribing, since it's completely free and helps me grow the channel. Thank you DartFrogConnection, Viva Vivariums and Renee Marlatt for letting me use your Oophaga photos in the video. Their links are in the description.
Currently raising tadpoles that my dendrobates laid, super excited and major props to you for this helpful guide, watch it every time I’m at the different stage to make sure I’m doing it right!
Great video man, I watched this and assumed that this was an account with +500k subscribers, fantastic quality and spot on advice. Stick with it man because you’re gonna be VERY popular soon!
Thanks for the information. I have two female D. Luecs but have not been able to find a male in my location. They are about three years old now. Hopefully someone in the local community will have one available soon, I would like to try raising some froglets.
I really enjoy your tutorial videos and feel like they are more informative and enjoyable to watch than any of the others. One thing i was thinking i would love that more experienced hobbyists like yourself overlook or don't even think about, but i would really love to see a comprehensive tutorial on how to propagate all the different kinds of plants. From broms to everything else. A lot of how to do it probably seems so obvious to experienced keepers, but it really isn't and there's probably a lot of really useful knowledge on this you could share.
@@Tropical_Tutorials I'm a huge newbie for succeeding with any plant that isn't pothos, I've been using pothos for a decade with my tarantulas and I can basically cut pieces of that off and stick them anywhere and it will grow fast. I haven't had the same luck with much else. I'm a relatively new dart frog keeper, I've got my first 3 azureus now and the tank they are in was growing out a year before I got them. One of my bromeliads grew a pup and I succeeded in cutting off a piece of it and moving it, but I don't really know the best practices for getting the most out of them, like when to remove the pup. My ficus pumela basically didn't grow at all the first year and suddenly it's going insane and filling the entire tank. What made it suddenly take off? I started cutting off 8 inch pieces to stick in other tanks and some dried up and died, others are still alive but won't grow at all. Am I doing this right and are there any tips to get them to take off?
I generally don't remove the bromeliad pups, since I think it's pretty cool when they grow in a cluster, like they would naturally. If you remove them, I recommend waiting until they are at least 1/3 the size of the mother plant. Then, when planting it, the important thing is to make sure the base of the bromeliad gets to dry out a bit between mistings (not bone dry, but also not constantly soaking), otherwise it's highly likely to rot eventually.. The Ficus sometimes takes a little while at first, but then it takes off like crazy once it's established. It could be a change in the moisture in the substrate or the relative humidity in the air. Water rooting the cuttings (just cut a vine, like 5-15 cm, stick half of it in water, wait for a few weeks and fill cup with more water if it starts to evaporate) works really well with Ficus pumila and is by far the safest option. I usually think they're ready to be planted once the roots are like 4-5 cm, which generally doesn't take too long. Then, the most crucial thing is to not let the substrate dry out, especially not during the first few months. Be careful though since soaking wet muddy substrate can be detrimental for frogs, but if you have a well draining substrate mix it'll be fine to just keep it moist
Thank you for taking time to put together a very informative video! I bought a group of 6 phyllobates vittatus because of your video about them. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to more videos.
I'm assuming you mean sexing dart frogs? I've considered it, but it's difficult to get good comparison pictures and you could probably find better ones on google.
Thank you youtube algorithm for showing me this channel! I have 0.1.3 Dendrobates leucomelas hoping to get a male out of my unsexed ones to get a pair.
Awesome! It's fairly common for them to call for quite a while before actually laying eggs, so don't be disappointed if you have to wait for a few months, but now you know for sure that there's potential!
@@Tropical_Tutorials Im just happy I now have a pair. I can wait for eggs as iv got too many spiderlings I need to move on from my 2023 tarantula breedings.
Great video really well put together and informative. How do you deal with the eggs you dont want to raise? Is there a nice way to humanely dispatch them? Curious what the best way to limit numbers is. Keep up the great work
You could freeze the eggs (but not grown frogs). I usually just leave them in the vivarium since there’s no realistic way for me to to find them all anyways
Many dart frogs can crossbreed or hybridize. Different localities (which are naturally occurring varieties from different populations in the wild, NOT morphs bred by humans like e.g. ball python morphs) can easily crossbreed and there are many cases where different species within the same genus can create fertile hybrid offspring (which goes against the schoolbook definition of a species, but that definition is rarely accurate in practice). However, creating crossbreeds and hybrids is highly frowned upon in the dart frog hobby, since the entire community unanimously strives to preserve these naturally occurring locales. For example, in the fish hobby, there are some cases where certain species have been hybridized and crossed to the point where it's impossible to find the original naturally occurring localities, and we want to avoid getting to that point.
Do you mean when moving them to a new vivarium or transporting them to a new owner? I already have a video about the latter, and I kind of address transferring in that video too (I show you how to catch them into the transport cup, but can catch them the same way if you're just moving them to a different vivarium)
Hello, first I would like to say that this was a great video, I don't have dart frogs now, and I don't think I'll breed them for a long while, but when I do I'm sure I'll be happy to have a guide from my favorite dart frog keeper. However I wanted to ask a question about Phyllobates Vittatus. I know you made a video on them, but I really wanted to ask this question just to make sure. My question is I have a 18x18x24 tall Exoterra, and I was wondering if that tank would be large enough to get away with a group of 4-5? I bought some seed pods and plan to use foam to place them in the background so there are many hiding spots. Also I plan to add cork bark in a way that will make some ledges for them higher up in the tank. I thought this would be a great starter species, but if not is there another arboreal species that doesn't mind a group of 3-5 that you would recommend? I heard some people say Dedrobates Leucomela, but I wanted to know if I have more options. Sorry for the bombardment I've just been jumping off the walls doing research, and I though it's be good to asked an experienced keeper. Any advice is great, I really appreciate it, and keep up the great work, I freaking love your videos.
Yes I sell them. I sell them at SDS:s (Swedish Dendrobatid Society) Frog Days (basically an expo but only for dart frogs) and I also put them up for sale on some Swedish marketplace websites
That seems like two different questions :) Yes, it's possible to sell frogs and that's what I do with 95% of the froglets that I get. Creating hybrids between different species or crossbreeds between different localities of the same species is highly frowned upon in the dart frog community. It's possible, but the different dart frogs in the hobby are localities from different areas in the wild (different populations of the same species can look vastly different from each other, hence why we call them localities rather than morphs) and all serious dart frog keepers in the hobby unanimously strive to preserve these naturally occurring localities in the hobby. If you were to make crossbreeds, the risk is fairly high that they might get mixed up with one of the parent localities. This could be detrimental to the preservation of the localities we have in captivity and we would risk losing track of what we have.
When I take out crums from my tadpoles water , do I make new tadpole water for every filling up ? I use a bit of rainwater and boiled water with a cone and a peace of Catappa Leave.
great video. i have 2 dart frogs and ive had them for a while now. im not sure if the terrarium is too small tho, ive discoverd that mine like to hide but i dont have much space for plants and things for them to hide in. i have 1 pretty big plant, 2 logs and a little hut for them. can you tell me what terrarium would be a good size?
Depends a bit on the species, but an 18x18x24 (45x45x60 cm) is a great starting point since there’s plenty of room in it without it becoming so big that it’s difficult to take care of, move etc. Smaller is acceptable but a small vivarium is never easier to take care of and bigger is better. I have a video about strategies to make your dart frogs bolder (and plenty of other useful videos if you feel uncertain about the setup), but some species are just naturally a bit shy. There are a lot of smaller plant species though and squeezing in as much foliage as you can great (and makes the frogs feel secure enough to come out in the open more) How long is “a while”, what’s their current tank size and what species are they?
That's the size I recommended (I wrote it in Length x Width x Height, which is the standard) so that shouldn't be the issue. You should be able to get more than one plant in there (I have 21 plant species in my 45x45x60, some of the smaller ones are really only for my own aesthetic preferences, but you get the point). If you get something like a Ficus pumila or Tradescantia zebrina and let it take over the whole tank it's going to become really lush and the frogs will feel more secure
I have a question : What kind of leafs you have in your tadpole water ? I have just put a red oak leaf in it. And I have catappa Leaves . I have no cone's Europian . It is for Dendrobate Auratus El cope.
I don't, so I can't say anything based on experience. Some do, but I'm not sure if it works for all species/in all cases since it's almost as pure as distilled water and doesn't contain ions and minerals. Most people use dechlorinated tap water instead. Some species are probably fine with it (I'd assume it works fine for the species whose tadpoles are raised in bromeliads filled with pure rainwater, like Ranitomeyas etc.), but there might be a risk for deficiencies in some cases if they don't get those minerals from some other source (the diet or water remineralization) instead.
Yes, Repashy Calcium Plus or Dendrocare every feeding (at least every feeding with fruit flies, but people tend to skip it when feeding them them with springtails etc) and Repashy Vitamin A Plus every feeding for breeding animals.
I have a video about mixing species, you can find it under the “Videos” tab on my channel. I highly recommend checking it out if you’re considering attempting it. Generally, mixing species is not recommended to beginners and there are many risks with certain combinations, but leucomelas with anthonyi is definitely one of the safer combinations that is very likely to be successful (if you’re experienced and you have a large vivarium), since they’re both group friendly/non territorial species that can’t hybridize. If it’s your first frogs, I’d still recommend starting out with keeping one species per tank and not mixing until you know have some experience.
As I mentioned in the video, it's not uncommon for frogs to be calling long before actually laying eggs. My leucomelas called a lot for about two years before I actually got my first eggs from them. A dry season could help, but patience is the most important thing.
@@petravermeer9328 Should be fine, I use it occasionally. One of the most successful OG dart frog breeders in Sweden solely uses the product you mention
That's an important point! I've only gotten one deformed frog (if you're not counting the two SLS cases, neither of which made it), which is a Ranitomeya amazonica with a non functioning left back leg, and that one will stay with me for its whole lifespan. The "runts" (which I've also had very few of, and they're definitely not extreme cases, just slight growth rate differences) have usually gained enough size given enough time to the point that there's no major difference, but I've only sold them with a disclaimer to people who don't intend on breeding them.
@@danachambers8882 Nah I’m located in Sweden and I don’t sell internationally. Decide on a species you want to get, do some species specific research and start looking for some reputable breeders. You can also check out dartfrogbusinesses.com to see reputable breeders (avoid buying from large companies that aren’t on that list)
