My Top 10 Beginner Mistakes

[pigface]

No . One of my intermedius' . After two hours out it looked like a coco chip on the floor . All dried and brown ! Thats what I thought it was at first . :cry:

So check your plants good when you replace something .

[titan501x]

head counts work too

[SMenigoz]

All good "common mistakes"; I'll add a few( certainly none I've made :wink: )

Trying to do too much with your first tank by cramming way too many plants w/o factoring growth...looks fantastic for about one month.
Water features will eventually fail-- plan tanks for easy access to your pump. Always remember that water will find the path of least resistance, even if its where you didn't mean it to go...
Assuming your frogs have died because you can't see them. While this could be a possibility, its far more likely that they're just hiding. How many of us have torn apart a tank to "check" for these frogs...?
Forgetting to close the electrical cord slide vents in the ExoTerra tank...standard lamasi fit just fine through these spaces ops:
Planning ahead--all light bulbs fail, so why not order replacements BEFORE it happens?

Scott

[black_envy]

Assuming your frogs have died because you can't see them. While this could be a possibility, its far more likely that they're just hiding. How many of us have torn apart a tank to "check" for these frogs...?

ops: Need I say more?

[O2 Plastics]

On the other side, regularly seeing 2 of the 3 and assuming its a different 2 without a headcount. I went from 3 leucs to 2 during quarantine and didn't know until I moved them to their new home. I have no idea when #3 escaped.

What else, I have 2 vivs with no access to the pumps, 1 with the water level too high and a soaked substrate...

So lets add check your pumps required depth before setting your false bottom.

[Curt61]

I just had my two cobalt frogletts in a tank and found one all shrunk up and shrivled a few hours ago :cry: the sad part is that my girl friend got me this froglett for christmas

Make sure you check up on your frogletts and make sure they are ok kinda often.

Curtis

[adnama36]

This is a great thread for newbies like me...so I'm gonna BUMP it!

[fishdoc]

Hi, I am a newbie to dartfrogs, but a lifetime herper. I recently set up a 55 gallon (two months ago) and bought 7 live auratus (bronze and black and green and black). I do have a question:

whats up the dang flies?? I have 18 cultures. The ones I start myself have tons of maggots.........lots of antennaed husks......but the flies just don't materialize. I am in a very dry climate, so I spray the tops once a day. Just put 9 of them in a styrofoam box with water in the bottom. ?? Their tricky little critters I must say...

Also, I am close to broke.......I can't believe how much I've spent so far!!! Does it get better, or am I headed into the abyss??

[Curt61]

Hey, you shouldn't need nearly that many cultures, I have 10 cultures for 6 frogs, but I also feed one of my lizards and my gold fish out of these cultures, I figure more then enough is better then not enough.

I have heard of that happening before, do you cultures mold? do you have tiny black or brown dust looking things on the top of your cultures? I had mites in some of my cultures and they would turn into maggots but not produce.

You normally don't spend much money on them, the biggest thing is getting everything all set up and getting the frogs. Just paying for the culture(if you buy it) and supplements should be all you have to pay for.


Good luck, Curt.

[fishdoc]

no, most of the cultures don't mold, drying out is a bigger issue. I don't see any dots, just a yellow teaming mass of molten maggots.......lovely image if the end result was the desired result..........food for froggies, fff for short.......

and yes, I went nuts on ebay- have 14 bromiliads, 6 staghorn ferns, equisetum, bat plant, and assorted sundries on the way...........already bought riccia and java from Brians Trop........green is good right? and I didn't have to tear the tank up to find them all.........if they would just all come out at the same time.........

are you sure, absolutely certain that my lonely red eyed tree frog wouldn't be happier in the big tank with them??

If big is better, there is a guy selling a tank on craiglist- a 250 gallon for 700 bucks........he's deploying soon.....can someone explain why psychologically, I REALLY want that tank???