This is the post with which you chose to bring people over to the Dark Side? Wow. Makes my job easier...
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dart frogs have such a rich diversity of physical traits and i, for one. Would like to explore the possibilities of what color mutations could be made.
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Not sure what your point is here. You say "dart frogs have such a rich diversity of physical traits", and yet that diversity is not good enough for you? Nature needs to be outdone, even though I'm quite sure you have not even come close to working will all the possible species available now?
The mutations that occur in nature , in a natural setting, within natural time periods are the "mutations" I want to see.
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I know its not all 'PC' and nice
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You know it's not "nice" , and yet you still have the need to do it?
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but I'd rather buy a new frog than spend the time and money testing for desease. really, they're just frogs , with a exponensial reproduction rate to where a few loses or frogs with hidden ailments won't hurt the hobby or population of captive frogs.
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SOOO wrong, on SOOOO many levels.
Rather just replace frogs as you kill them. Bravo! I think we really do need the froggie police now...
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I have had quite a few sucessfull mixed species tanks and enjoy the diversity in one large viv.
Thats the way I'll do it and I'll share my success's and failures with all who inquire. And yes I've had some loses and I'd recomend beginners who don't see their frogs as expendable to just be carefull about gender when mature and about mixing adults with juvis and mixing wild frogs or frogs from dif venders together but mix species is the least concern.
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Please share your failures with us. Since you offered. I'm very curious.
I don't know many of us who consider our frogs expendable. You are quite in the minority. That is not a surprise however. Once again, with mixers it is all about what the 'owner' wants , and not what is best for the frogs. Selfish, immature beyond belief. Sad.
Rich