they have arrived.....................

[rattler]

Dendrobates imitator, bout 3 months old, roughly 1/2 inch long and are almost full grown. 3 of them showed up today. my first thumbnail dart frogs



and for those who are interested this is the chaos of my plant/frog/snake/scorpion/fish room

[Est]

Ooooooh! Cool snake/fish/scorpion/plant/everything room. I love poison dart frogs! Always nice to see pictures of them, thanks for sharing.

[rattler]

one more

[nepenthes_ak]

Im diggin the little guy! They are soo cool but sooooo expensive! I want my basment to look JUST like yourse!

[rattler]

expensive compaired to what? imitators run about $50-$60 apiece as youngins. N. 'Predator' is what? $100? depends on what your interested in.

[rattler]

oh and the frogs tend to multiply, on a frog board i got chastized for selling some Mantellas to cheap by other mantella breeders though probably not for the reasons yah prolly think. they were worried about newbies buying the frogs who didnt appreciate what they were and treating them like a "cheap frog" however i was concerned about them going to a good home because they are quite rare as captive bred though in a couple years they should be much more common. Mantellas have been very under appreciated in the past and lots of them died because of them being a disposable pet. now the imports from Madigascar are slowly drying up and very few ppl have attemped to breed them so they are not established in the hobby..............yet. im having luck with one species, and am trying to put together several other breeding groups of other species.


ive got a $40-$50 frog coming out of the water atleast once a month at the moment. in a few months if i wind up with a pair out of these 3 ill have 2 tanks of frogs producing frogs that their is a demand for

[nepenthes_ak]

No way am I going to spend 100 dollars on a plant, sorry they are cool looking, but the highest I would be willing to go for a plant is maybe around 30-40 dollars.

As for the animals, they are a bit more difrent, I would spend 100-200 dollars on a companion for life. And frogs, getting the price for the Frogs Vivariums and what not. sounds like ALOT of work to me... But Im glad that it works for you, either way, If I had the chance time and money I would love to keep some frogs!

[Est]

I may get some dart frogs some time. I can get any number of just about any size tank for free, so that could take some of the cost. My old marine bio teacher with whok I'm on good terms is offering me any of his unused aquariums, some're very large.

I gotta learn more about them, though! My favorite is probably the azureus (sure you know the genus if you know dart frogs.)