[Varno]

I am new to the hobby, and I recently obtained 2 D. Azureus. They seem to be feeding fine, but I find a lot of left-over flies in the vivarium. They seem to have a rather limited range in the vivarium and won't travel too far to feed. I feed once a day w/ 25-30 flies a day, the frogs are 3 months out of water. I don't like to leave excess food with my other herps, and I wonder if the same is true with darts. Thanks in advance!

 

[Varno]

Thanks for the replies, there are no flies crawling on the frogs as far as I can tell. I hesitate to fed less because they always come out for the easy flies right after I place them in the tank, but they sure don't travel very far for the ones that scatter, I probably have 30-40 flies in excess in the tank at all times, maybe I'll just feed a little less frequently to try to force them to hunt. Dave

 

[Varno]

Thanks for all your posts, I believe Chuck has a good point.
I don't intend to be a mass breeder, but I would like to try my hand at raising tads at some point. I also think Kevin is right on, all my other herps feed more heavily as juveniles and slow way up as they get older, I imagine darts are the same. As a newbie, I'm probably scrutinizing the frogs too much, but I find them fascinating! Thanks again! Dave