How to Care For Dart Frogs in a Bioactive Vivarium [Tutorial]

[@QueAquatics]

Love you videos Jay!! Yes, I am making a Bioactive vivarium in the next few weeks! It will be for my mourning geckos and I want a trio of dart frogs

[@robertdempsey2706]

The humble Dart Frog-- one of Nature's most tempting forbidden snacks

[@dizzyguy7423]

forbidden chocolate frog

[@froggy3203]

Crunchy

[@trippbutt7639]

Takes bite “WHY IS IT SPICY”

[@Stand.Your.Ground.]

I had 2 dart frogs in my early 20’s which was about 6-7 years ago! I loved them very fun to build a live vivarium. I have always been a plant person so it came second nature to me, reason I don’t have them anymore my partner and I broke up many years ago and she decided to keep them. But I am very interested in having my own and can’t wait to start designing their environment. I like to get a vivarium started for about 1-3 months before putting live critters in them however that’s not necessary it’s more of a quality control for me! But to anyone looking to have a little slice of the rainforest in your home please do! It’s a massive conversation piece, I used to spend hours just looking at the plants and the frogs. So beautiful!

[@AmericanAquariumInformation]

Nice Jay, didn't know you're a frog guy. I see that smile. I got some bull frogs, but the tank is set up much different. Basically pond muck and they stink.

[@l____bugc____l]

Aaah, this is so helpfull! Thank you! I was in total doubt if i had everything set up correctly to keep humidity and temperatures at a constant level.. I have fans running on a humidity sensor to keep it constant.. Humidity rises very quickly and i was worrying about it a little --> Turns out i can leave everything off most part of the day. haha Thank you 😃

[@mariaalfonso6341]

I'm a proud new owner of a blue frog. thanks for this video. it help

[@Jaywil07]

You are so welcome

[@eileensplitt4049]

Really enjoyed your video, just found you. I built a vivarium approximately 6 months ago and think I'm ready for frogs. Thanks for the info!

[@sherryarndt8631]

I hope to have some in the near future, I've been in love with frogs my whole life and dream if having many 😁 Thank you for the videos!

[@alexdickson8533]

the passion is irradiating.

[@shop970]

Love it! Great intro to a happy frogs life! Thank you. For those that are considering or learning about dart frogs!

[@picklefish74]

Excellent video. I've been thinking about trying my hand at keeping some dart frogs for some time, just wasn't sure how much time and energy I needed to put into it. I used to have a couple of green tree frogs, and it doesn't sound like it will be any more involved than they were. I've also got a reef aquarium, and it really won't be nearly as involved as that is now.

[@seaamundsen4687]

I'm planning on creating a vivarium and keeping dart frogs in a few years. In the meantime, I'm going to make a bioactive enclosure for my ball python and enjoy learning everything I can about dart frogs :)

[@veroniquetravers1556]

I just got two blue dart frogs today. I love them! Now building the terrarium. I have fruit fly’s, isopods and springtails but still have to learn how to produce my own. Question: how many springtails and isopods needed for a 24x24x24 enclosure? And how often do you replenish?

[@Jaywil07]

Are usually supplement it couple times a month with the springtails just because the frogs will eat them as well. Are usually put a full culture of springtails if not 2 inside of a viviarium to start

[@hiddencityboxing4564]

They not dangerous?? I wanna get one

[@ggsttdn91]

@@hiddencityboxing4564 only in the wild

[@EverEvolvingExotics]

Great video, Dart Frogs are some of my favorite animals we work with!

[@Jaywil07]

Thank you so much

[@kentofmississippi]

Dart frogs are the best pets. If someone can keep a betta fish alive, they can care for a dart frog.

[@bentleyconcerts]

The video I've been needing!

[@CoryG1981]

im starting to build one in 3 days for dart frogs , thanks for making these vids as i just came across ur page today . I will be getting the Frog & co dart frog tank 18x18x24

[@Emg2463]

I had dart frogs for awhile and they're relatively easy keepers....but the thing that caused me to move on was the constant keeping and culturing the fruit flies. The fruit flies aren't even hard to culture....I just got tired of doing it...lol. I had the green and black, Oelemari and the Citronella. They're definitely a cool critter to keep....as long as you keep the fly cultures going. BTW....I found new homes for my frogs.

[@brockmosher8863]

I find it really simple to culture. I’ve got about 7 cultures running at once and when the first one gets old, I hose it out and drop a couple of flies into it from other cultures. I literally do 5 minutes of maintenance a month and have constant thriving cultures

[@Emg2463]

@@brockmosher8863 it is very simple to culture them....I just got tired of having fly cultures all over and finding little flies hopping around my kitchen....lol

[@elliotnunezjr437]

Definitely want some, thanks for the info!

[@shibby1998]

First video I'm watching

[@Jaywil07]

Thank you

[@underwaterstories654]

They are so Cool! I want frogs 😱😱

[@someguy1688]

Nice video man. Very interesting and informative. Keep it up buddy

[@ilTHfeaa]

I used to have springtails and they can eat rice lol i just put some uncooked rice in there and they loved it

[@bowillieman]

I caught that serpa squad tank

[@kalawai2000]

Hey Jay! I have my 36x18x36 set up for dart frog and morning geckos. I wish I had set one up years ago! Less care than my fish tanks! Duh!

[@BigPacoPump]

Good stuff man, I got my frogs from Josh's coming on Wednesday. Thanks for your help brother

[@sincerely_zane]

reminds me of my grandma

[@mpk6664]

I've been watching you for a while and just now realized that I wasn't subscribed. Darn!

[@benannen2431]

Great Video ,thank you very much for Sharing :) Its awesome how enthusiastic you are :D Greetz from Germany

[@drshocktopus2840]

I have been battling with root rot in my plants because their soil won’t drain. What kind of substrate mix do you use to keep your plants as happy as they are?

[@lcfishing859]

Sorry I’m late I was a soccer practice great vid

[@williamhoard9780]

hey ive been doing research on frogs for a few days now lol, i think im going to try to do a tank for dart frogs and tree frogs

[@Jaywil07]

Boom

[@CaptainSpalding1]

Just got my first two frogs last weekend, and two geckos! 18x18x24 via Josh's Frogs recommendations, and I'm super happy with it! Now, just brushing up on care and maintenance - I appreciate the tips! Question - can I OVERFEED them? It looked like a lot of flies in your video, but maybe I'm not using enough?

[@Jaywil07]

I feed a lot but I also have 3 and 4

[@amandastakeonit7402]

This is great! Thank you!

[@paulhord8081]

My girlfriend and I are thinking of making a vivarium for dart frogs. I want dart frogs because I feel they are very misunderstood. They're also cute and very pretty.

[@sgvcreations]

Great vid! Very informative

[@emiliogonzalez187]

Dr. Effin suess 👊

[@Avocetexotics]

I am setting up a dart frog and mourning gecko communal tank soon. I just got an 18x18x24 tank and already have bought a ton of plants. I am going to do a whole homemade naturalistic back ground and have the whole bioactive with the drainage layer and abg mix for substrate. My only thing that I'm not sure about, is what I should use for my drainage layer. I have gone back a forth about what I should use and decided that I think I am going to do lava rocks. What do you think about using them? Also what do you use for your drainage layer?

[@Jaywil07]

Larval rock works. I use the garden clay balls.

[@CoryG1981]

i use clay balls

[@HJH413]

Liked, subscribed and commented.

[@chungoballs9769]

I’m thinking of building a vivaruim, and I like the easiness and the coolness of dart frogs. How often should I feed them?

[@Jaywil07]

3-4 times a week

[@florist109]

Amazing video! Thank you

[@mikeycbaby]

Do u recommend a heating pad if your house is ancient and cooler than optimal temperature?

[@valentinbirkenfeld560]

thanks for the advice

[@mitch511]

I just made a a vivarium with highland bronze auratus

[@felixvandenbranden2701]

How do you add the springtails to the vivarium?

[@ricepudding8643]

How many dart frogs could stay in a 12x12x12

[@ricepudding8643]

Or would you need a 12x12x18

[@picklefish74]

What do you think about using a fogger screen, covered with a bit of screen(to protect froggies)?

[@Leahweahbeah]

I have two whites tree frogs and they are on eco earth coco fiber mixed with real soil and live springtails. I pick up any visible poop at least every other day and check for any uneaten food. However in the last few days it has started to smell..not just an earthy smell but stinky like poop smell. I just took everything out (fake plants and hides) and cleaned it and turned the soil about a week ago. I stopped misting for a few days thinking that maybe the humidity was too high but my gauge says 50% most of the time. Any tips? Should I throw out my substrate and get more even though I have springtails in it? Are my springtails still living? Do springtails make a gross smell? I don’t have a drainage layer (hydro balls or stones) beneath my substrate could this be the issue?

[@BigShrimpin416]

You absolutely MUST have a drainage layer or your substrate will rot from the moisture and can cause many health problems for your frogs!!!

[@Leahweahbeah]

@@BigShrimpin416 guess I didn’t mention it but I have clay balls as a drainage layer with netting in between that and the soil

[@BigShrimpin416]

@@Leahweahbeah ooooh ok I thought you said you didn’t have a drainage layer LOL. And it still had a bad smell? Are you draining water from the drainage layer every so often?

[@BigShrimpin416]

@@Leahweahbeah maybe it’s the dirt itself, you could try switching to an ABG mix. That’s the best substrate in my opinion when it comes to bio active and what most people use. You could look into it and see if it’s something you want to use

[@plantguy9]

Do you have to keep springtails on the side I thought they propagate inside the vivarium.

[@Jaywil07]

If the frogs don’t eat them up to fast

[@lboogie738aquatics]

Dope video bro. Question for you Jay. Is two 110 seachem tidal HOB filters, good/enough filtration for a 180 gallon?

[@Jaywil07]

Should be depending on stock levels

[@lboogie738aquatics]

@@Jaywil07 ok cool. Thank you.

[@taeviansworldofreptiles3828]

New to your channel brilliant video!

[@proffit4706]

I want to have like 4 dart frogs and a mourning gecko I have a few questions/concerns maybe you can clear up for me first what do I do about breeding as I don't want them to breed, do I just get males? Also I heard that a mourning gecko can lay eggs without a partner so how do I go about not having babies? Also can I have different color darts that are the same species? Like I noticed that theres the Dendrobates Tinctorius in different colors are those ok together?

[@Jaywil07]

All 4 darts the same. If you get them small typically you won’t sex them. Do not provide water standing and no tadpoles would happen. Mourning geckos are cool but the babies are unlikely.

[@proffit4706]

@@Jaywil07 ah fair enough, appreciate your time bro!

[@dtruman123]

I have wanted one for a very long time. The blue darts are so beautiful,just afraid to take that forst atep.

[@Jaywil07]

Super easy check out setting up a Vivarium in my playlist.

[@connerjames3325]

they are coolfrog

[@timgroothuis1217]

Nice video Jay, thanks for all the info! I'm going to do some more research and might decide on setting up a vivarium. Just a question: is it also possible to feed the frogs dried/non-living food? Convincing my girlfriend to have a huge vivarium in the living room is one thing, convincing her that I also need to grow some gross-looking insects is another. Thanks!

[@Jaywil07]

It is not. No flight fruit flies are easy

[@rossy83]

So... why do I need to keep it in mind?

[@wonderboi9415]

Why can’t I keep different species of dart frogs in my bioactive vivarium? I wanted to keep a blue and red one.

[@efraintovar3693]

Yes!!!!!

[@Emma-wi8ri]

How many frogs could be in like a 40gal long ?Ik it depends on species but for like general ones that can be in groups

[@Jaywil07]

5-6

[@mpk6664]

It's usually 10 gals per frog. I'd go with 5 at max.

[@iTheFireDragon]

I'm wanting to get dart frogs. Do I need to change the sheet moss at all? Can I buy any type of plants? Also I noticed you have funkos. I'm a collector as well. I have a luke with yoda in a back pack on dagoba. Have you ever incorporated a funko in a enclosure? Would it be ok to?

[@iTheFireDragon]

By the way, great video thanks

[@CarmellaStone-o1t]

What's the price of all that that's the problem how much does it cost for you to feed

[@laxminiraula6652]

When I got to what to feed a poison dart frog an chocolate ad

[@Jaywil07]

Hahahahahahaha

[@WildSaucy]

Do you just use the calcium plus or do you use other supplements also?

[@Jaywil07]

Just the calcium

[@oscartorres8952]

can you keep gargoyle geckos and dart frogs together?

[@Jaywil07]

No

[@onithans9037]

Is a 12x12x12 good? If so can i keep two in it?

[@briancarnahan6421]

I know you said 18x18x18 but would a 18x18x12 work? Do they like to climb on high perches that the extra height is beneficial?

[@mpk6664]

Dendrobates Tinctorius are mostly terrestrial, however, they will occasionally climb. It really depends on the individual. An 18x18x12 will be just fine.

[@dfantasticcreatures436]

Are they going to die if I keep them with 29 to 33°C?

[@nicholaszoppa3274]

Not quite accurate. Keeping at 100% humidity is not ideal. Usually that means the air is stagnant. You want some airflow or else you are inviting bacterial infections. 80% is more ideal.

[@niv78]

Do not keep your dart frogs at 100% humidity, 85% is a really nice sweet spot for your frogs and the plants inside the vivarium. As long as it doesn't drop below 80% you're good.

[@Jaywil07]

I shoot for 100% most of the time never really staying there it fluctuates from 85% - 95% most of the time. Seems to do real well for the frogs I keep.

[@niv78]

@@Jaywil07 That's good to point out, I just didn't want someone to feel like they had to be at 100%.

[@jenniferoneill7839]

When and how many times do you replenish your springtails or do they breed in the vivarium?

[@Jaywil07]

They will I keep a culture going to I have some all the time. I replace every few months

[@Jaywil07]

I also use them as food

[@Kenneth91619]

I have just started my research into getting dart frogs and you had mentioned you cant mix color frogs. Is there a reason why you cant? I was really hoping for a mixed vivarium since I can only get one enclosure.

[@Jaywil07]

It’s not beneficial for their species to cross them if they breed.

[@RGMLLC]

What type of frogs do you have

[@joshgadbery1873]

Im sorry did you honestly say you can keep 4 frogs in an 18x18x18..... maybe with luecs but should not do so with Tinc species. Females can show aggression to each other best to keep in 1.1 pairs or a 2.1 trio

[@nathanielmaghanoy6441]

Great information! But please stop moving constantly, I had to minimize the window it's so jarring lol

[@sasquatchdonut2674]

i dont even have dart frogs but im disappointed i dont see a bromeliad in that vivarium

[@Jaywil07]

I’m not a fan of the air plantsol

[@sasquatchdonut2674]

@@Jaywil07 cryptanthus bromeliads are terrestrial. Pretty easy plants too

[@FounderOfAiTheNewOrder]

Mine are from the wild lol

[@antoniobrown1536]

Dam boy u can talk

[@Jaywil07]

😉

[@simonbudd4526]

Josh, good video, but a shame you keep promoting!! JF. New name though now, strange.

[@Jaywil07]

Huh

[@scottlincoln9900]

BWAHAHAHA! Not toxic?! Not unless you feed them ants from your colonies lol. It's like....30 seconds and your hand will begin to go numb ....

[@nancyegan841]

More showing less yakking please

[@Jaywil07]

More watching less pointless comments please 🤣