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The idea from this came from a post in the Regional Frogs section talking about past GNYADS meetings - and I thought this would be interesting to share.
I got involved in the hobby in late 2004 with a 10g tank and a couple of D. tinctorius "Azureus" that was actually a Christmas present from my brother with some wonderful guidance by my wife (which I am sure she now regrets).
Over the course of the last 7 years, initially the collection grew rapidly - with lots of small tanks and my goal of having an extremely varied collection. I had a lot of success breeding lots of different frogs. But the frogs were in small tanks - many 10g verts, a few 15g high tanks.
Although the collection was varied, I found that the smaller species really were what interested me the most. So I focused on those frogs, working on obtaining multiple unrelated breeding pairs of a number Ranitomeya and Oophaga pumilio. However, the tank count was still high, and the tank space for the inhabitants was still low - although I transitioned over from many 10g verts to mostly 15g high verts.
As my time constraints increased, the amount of time I could spend with my frogs proportionally decreased, and it was no longer fair to the frogs (or really feasible) to maintain such a large collection. So I slowly started decreasing my tank counts, and added a few tanks of the larger "old" frogs that I used to have and really missed.
Currently, I have fewer than half of the tanks that I had at my peak collection level - but the tanks are all significantly larger. I am able to enjoy the frogs much more - and I feel that they benefit from the greater space. While it is very likely that I will have to decrease more in the future, I hope that with the stability of a more permanent career job - I will be able to maintain a stable collection of large tanks in a controlled environment (with a misting system - finally).
Anyway - here is a picture timeline. I am missing pictures of the frog room in our old apartment when it was probably at its largest (2007). I know that I had a couple of GNYADS meetings at that time - so maybe someone else has pictures.
2005
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2006
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2008
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Early 2011
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Current (Nov 2011)
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I got involved in the hobby in late 2004 with a 10g tank and a couple of D. tinctorius "Azureus" that was actually a Christmas present from my brother with some wonderful guidance by my wife (which I am sure she now regrets).
Over the course of the last 7 years, initially the collection grew rapidly - with lots of small tanks and my goal of having an extremely varied collection. I had a lot of success breeding lots of different frogs. But the frogs were in small tanks - many 10g verts, a few 15g high tanks.
Although the collection was varied, I found that the smaller species really were what interested me the most. So I focused on those frogs, working on obtaining multiple unrelated breeding pairs of a number Ranitomeya and Oophaga pumilio. However, the tank count was still high, and the tank space for the inhabitants was still low - although I transitioned over from many 10g verts to mostly 15g high verts.
As my time constraints increased, the amount of time I could spend with my frogs proportionally decreased, and it was no longer fair to the frogs (or really feasible) to maintain such a large collection. So I slowly started decreasing my tank counts, and added a few tanks of the larger "old" frogs that I used to have and really missed.
Currently, I have fewer than half of the tanks that I had at my peak collection level - but the tanks are all significantly larger. I am able to enjoy the frogs much more - and I feel that they benefit from the greater space. While it is very likely that I will have to decrease more in the future, I hope that with the stability of a more permanent career job - I will be able to maintain a stable collection of large tanks in a controlled environment (with a misting system - finally).
Anyway - here is a picture timeline. I am missing pictures of the frog room in our old apartment when it was probably at its largest (2007). I know that I had a couple of GNYADS meetings at that time - so maybe someone else has pictures.
2005
2006
2008
Early 2011
Current (Nov 2011)
