Quinquevittatus

[chrism]

Anyone on here give hands on advice with keeping quinqs? Read the caresheet etc, but not found setup pic, ratio to keep etc.

Just managed to source some in europe so will be able to have in the UK!

[ggazonas]

I currently keep them. They seem to do well in groups, trios or pairs. I'm not sure my ratios but they may be all females. They will use both floor space and vertical height.

What type of information are you looking for?

[flapjax3000]

They stay low to the ground, so a large terrestrial space is key. My tank is just under 5 square feet for a group of four and all are fat and I have not seen any signs of aggression. Make sure to use a good amount of leaf litter since they prefer to hunt in and under the leaves. The leaf litter gives them a large sense of safety. Also I seed the tank fairly heavily with springs.

For breeding I recommend using nut pods. They breed in brazil nut pods in the wild, but due to some fungus/disease (not sure which it was) the brazil nut casing that we would use is no longer imported. I think this is true in Europe as well. I have been using dendro pods instead, and they are a good substitute. Make sure to silicone the inside the pods as well, or they will rot quickly. If you do not want to use these then film canisters will work, but mine personally never used them. The eggs can be pulled, and raise the tads on a fish flakes and algae.

[edwing206]

Great info Lee. Have you had any problems with SLS in the froglets? I read that there are currently two lines available and one is more prone to SLS than the other.

[chrism]

Thanks for advice all.
Any pictures of anyone's setups?

[ggazonas]

Originally Posted by edwing206

Great info Lee. Have you had any problems with SLS in the froglets? I read that there are currently two lines available and one is more prone to SLS than the other.

From what I've been told both lines originated from the same source so there shouldn't be any difference. I am not 100% sure how true this is though.

[zBrinks]

Quing breeding - Update 07/09/06
Quing parental care of tadpoles??

I've been wanting to get a group of these for awhile.

[edwing206]

So it looks like there's the older Todd Kelly line, and the newer Phil Tan German line.
I know I read something about one line having more problems with SLS. I think it was in the care sheet. I'll take a look later when I have more time.

Me too Zach. I've seen them in person a couple times and they are awesome!

[skylsdale]

Originally Posted by edwing206

So it looks like there's the older Todd Kelly line, and the newer Phil Tan German line.
I know I read something about one line having more problems with SLS. I think it was in the care sheet. I'll take a look later when I have more time.

That care sheet has some dubious information. Todd and Phil each received frogs, IIRC, and many were lost...so they combined their frogs to create what now makes up pretty much the entire captive population in the states.

Coco pods are a more authentic choice, but I've always had a hard time keeping them filled with water. Various small containers and deli cups would work, or a small pool.

This is a great frog and highly underated--the base of the legs have some great flash marks that you don't usually notice except seeing them in person:

[edwing206]

Thanks for the correction Ron. Have you successfully bred these guys? Any tips?
Fantastic pictures by the way.