Frog Selection Guidance

[ggazonas]

Auroteania....I keep three different mrophs and all three are always out. I keep groups of 5-7 in 20 gallons. Very social, and interesting to watch, as well as colorful and bold.

[frogmanroth]

Originally Posted by beefyg

So far what I've read points to leucs or mints. Tincs are too aggressive for groups right? All tincs? I'm leaning towards leucs because of cost too but two of my friends have them. Not that I can't have them as well but it would be nice to have something different. Mints look like zombie frogs to me, lol. Part of the appeal I guess.

you can go with a group of tincs if you want. lots of people keep them in mostly male heavy groups though. Get a group of 5 froglets and raise them up. Or a pair of adults.

[beefyg]

Thank you all for your input. I value it greatly. Sorry I dropped off but I just started a bathroom renovation project due to a leaky shower thats been taking up my time.

Taking a step back and really thinking about it, I am going to keep this as a fish tank for now. I'm set to pick up a pair of Azureus from a friend in a couple months and have a 20g to set up for them to go into. I want to have the cash and everything else in line before I try to do a bigger frog tank. I want to make sure I'm ready for that. Plus I managed to pick up some kribensis which were my first fish to breed ever. The nostalgia overcame me when I saw a pair for sale at a LFS. So... so far... fish still trump frogs lol

[tclipse]

Originally Posted by beefyg

Thank you all for your input. I value it greatly. Sorry I dropped off but I just started a bathroom renovation project due to a leaky shower thats been taking up my time.

Taking a step back and really thinking about it, I am going to keep this as a fish tank for now. I'm set to pick up a pair of Azureus from a friend in a couple months and have a 20g to set up for them to go into. I want to have the cash and everything else in line before I try to do a bigger frog tank. I want to make sure I'm ready for that. Plus I managed to pick up some kribensis which were my first fish to breed ever. The nostalgia overcame me when I saw a pair for sale at a LFS. So... so far... fish still trump frogs lol

As a guy who used to keep ~15ish FW tanks going at once, definitely give frogs a good shot I'm guessing your auratus are a younger group and not adults? If so, they'll become infinitely more interesting when they start breeding. Awesome breeding behavior in adults + watching tads morph and froglets grow + no water changes + easier to move in case of emergency + general awesomeness = Done deal for me.

[bristles]

I second what tclipse said...no water changes ! I to was in the 15-20 fw tank range & to do it right your doing it's 70% to 80% every week (at least that's what I did & almost never lost a fish) plus you don't need to feed tadpoles baby brine shrimp just saying. That said I think frogs are every bit addictive as fish so many colors,types & behaviors. I'm down to one 90g discus tank in the living room & the down stairs fish breeding room is all frogs now.