EASIEST TO BREED

CanadianAmphibian · #1 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 10:49 AM

Hi guys.

I only have Mantellas and I' m thinking of buying dart frogs soon. In your opinion. Which dart frogs are the easiest to breed and also good for beginners?

thanks,

Fred

Darryl · #2 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 11:21 AM

I would say E. tricolor.

Easy to keep, breed well and are nise and bold little frogs.

http://www.dendroboard.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17811

Ben_C · #3 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 03:01 PM

Many darts are equally easy to breed...most people will probably provide you the following list:
Dendrobates auratus, D. leucomelas, D. tinctorious

For thumbnails, people typically list:
D. intermedius, D. imitator, D. ventrimaculatus

I hope this helps,
B

Dendrobait · #4 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 09:57 PM

Not too sure i'd include D. leucomelas as easy to breed as they can be unpredictable. D. auratus, tinc, azureus, maybe Phyllobates vittatus and E. tricolor based off of messages on this board.

dragonfrog · #5 (**permalink**) 08-04-2006, 01:56 AM

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Not too sure i'd include D. leucomelas as easy to breed as they can be unpredictable. D. auratus, tinc, azureus, maybe Phyllobates vittatus and E. tricolor based off of messages on this board.

I don't know about that!! My Leucs breed every 6 days. True, they haven't got past the "doing it for fun" part. No tads yet, but they just laid another 8 eggs today, so maybe this will be it!!

I would say Leucs and Imitators are very easy.

CanadianAmphibian · #6 (**permalink**) 08-04-2006, 07:37 AM

Thanks for all the advice guys. I wanted to get D. Leucomelas but I couldn' t seem to get them where I' m from. Maybe I' ll just get a D. Tinctorious. A "Cobalt" one.

Derailz · #7 (**permalink**) 08-04-2006, 06:12 PM

I think the term "easiest to breed" is different for everyone and its just a matter of luck. Easiest to keep is probably the better question. I'm no expert, but in my experience, D. Tinctorious (most morphs, but not all), D. Azureus, D. Leucomelas, and Auratus seemed to be the easiest. When I first 6 years ago, I got frogs that were considered harder to keep just because I liked them, I lost most of them, got pissed and got out of Frogs for 3 years. It was an expensive lesson. :roll: One of the best tools for help that is out there now is this board. Had I had this before I probably would never have gotten out of it and would have saved quite a bit of money. As a "reborn" newbie, the only other advice I would have is too take it slow until you get used to them, I tried to get ahold of every species I could as fast as I could and that left me broke and losing frogs. As I said I'm no expert, but there is a lot of people with A TON of experience on here to use. Good Luck!

Dendrobait · #8 (**permalink**) 08-04-2006, 06:59 PM

Noob here too. Of the species I've been considering D. leucomelas and D. auratus...but some of the phyllobates(vittatus, aurotaenia, terribilis) ar also quite attractive. It does seem based on experiences of the board members that at least the last one mentioned is heat sensitive and so probably isn't a good choice for me(heat could be a very real problem). Patternwise vittatus and aurotaenia take the cake, followed by auratus, but leucomelas stays around due its call. Are any of the species here good or bad parents? I'd like to be able to let them take care of the eggs and transport at least a few tadpoles themselves.