what to when I'm away......

DendroDave · 02-18-2010, 12:10 AM

Im going away for about 8 days the most, and I was wondering will my frogs be ok if a throw a
bunch of FF in the viv? the only one in my house will be my mother in-law, and she knows nothing about
Dart frogs. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dave

Rich Frye · 02-18-2010, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DendroDave

Im going away for about 8 days the most, and I was wondering will my frogs be ok if a throw a
bunch of FF in the viv? the only one in my house will be my mother in-law, and she knows nothing about
Dart frogs. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dave

It would depend on a few things. What species and how big/old? Is the tank seeded with any isopods, springtails or the like?
And how hard would it be to say " Mom, you take the fly culture, dump the flies into this mix of supplements, and dump this amount of flies into the viv one time while I am gone..."?

Rich

DendroDave · 02-18-2010, 09:06 PM

I have a pair of D. Auratus and as far age they probably almost adults, the tank is seeded with other FF that manage to escape by burying themselves in the moss (quite a bit), but I guess I can put some flies in a couple of small containers with supplements mix
already added and ask her to dump a container in the viv twice while I'm gone.

Thank you Rich

Dave

Rich Frye · 02-18-2010, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DendroDave

I have a pair of D. Auratus and as far age they probably almost adults, the tank is seeded with other FF that manage to escape by burying themselves in the moss (quite a bit), but I guess I can put some flies in a couple of small containers with supplements mix
already added and ask her to dump a container in the viv twice while I'm gone.

Thank you Rich

Dave

If you put a culture in there on it's own they should be fine. At about a week you really don't need to worry too much about adults.
I've had frogs live on seeded stuff for months without external feeding.

Rich

DendroDave · 02-18-2010, 11:31 PM

Rich,
do you mean the whole culture container or just the FFs of a whole culture?

Dave

Rich Frye · 02-18-2010, 11:38 PM

The whole culture Dave. One that is not booming.

Rich

jackj921 · 02-21-2010, 09:29 AM

What I have been doing for several years now is simply punch out one of the felt type holes of the FF container covers (2 holes if there are 4 or more "big" darts) and put the entire container in the viv. What I have found best is to use cultures that have been set up about 6 or 7 days ago as you then get the "old" ff plus new hatchings too. Just did it for a week with 4 vivs and all containers still had some FF crawling out of the hole when I returned yesterday.

DendroDave · 02-21-2010, 10:16 PM

Hey Jack that's a great idea I'll try that because I was afraid that if I leave the lid off
there would be a chance that one or both of my Auratus would get trapped with the
excelsior.
Thanks a bunch

Dave

evolvstll · 02-22-2010, 06:26 PM

Here is a think to an earlier thread related to this exact questions:

Long term feeding?

02-18-2010, 12:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
DendroDave Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 15 Real Name: Dave	what to when I'm away...... Im going away for about 8 days the most, and I was wondering will my frogs be ok if a throw a bunch of FF in the viv? the only one in my house will be my mother in-law, and she knows nothing about Dart frogs. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Dave

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Rich Frye Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 175	The whole culture Dave. One that is not booming. Rich __________________ Please enjoy Fryebrothersfrogs.com

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jackj921 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1 Real Name: Jack	Vacation feeding What I have been doing for several years now is simply punch out one of the felt type holes of the FF container covers (2 holes if there are 4 or more "big" darts) and put the entire container in the viv. What I have found best is to use cultures that have been set up about 6 or 7 days ago as you then get the "old" ff plus new hatchings too. Just did it for a week with 4 vivs and all containers still had some FF crawling out of the hole when I returned yesterday.

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02-18-2010, 09:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
DendroDave Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 15 Real Name: Dave	I have a pair of D. Auratus and as far age they probably almost adults, the tank is seeded with other FF that manage to escape by burying themselves in the moss (quite a bit), but I guess I can put some flies in a couple of small containers with supplements mix already added and ask her to dump a container in the viv twice while I'm gone. Thank you Rich Dave

02-18-2010, 11:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
DendroDave Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 15 Real Name: Dave	Rich, do you mean the whole culture container or just the FFs of a whole culture? Dave

02-21-2010, 10:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
DendroDave Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 15 Real Name: Dave	Hey Jack that's a great idea I'll try that because I was afraid that if I leave the lid off there would be a chance that one or both of my Auratus would get trapped with the excelsior. Thanks a bunch Dave

02-22-2010, 06:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
evolvstll Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Southern California Posts: 22	Here is a think to an earlier thread related to this exact questions: Long term feeding?