finally finished these, i’ve completed all exo terra sizes for the old style vivs and now working through producing my design for the whole zoo med line! No more fruit fly escapes out of the vents🤙🏽

I have been feeding my juvenile tincs fruit flies - and I was curious if feeding pinhead crickets every once in a while would be a good way to mix it up for them. Or any other feeders for that matter, just to give em something new. Any thoughts or recommendations?

The bottom of my tank is sponge, with a water pump buried in it. That way, I can have a waterfall without any standing water. The problem is, the pump is driving me a bit crazy with the noise. If I turn it off, I'll just have stagnant water under the sponge, not circulating at all. There's a bunch of plants rooted in the sponge, as well. Can I turn it off, or would that be risky?

This is my newest dart frog viv, 18x18x18. I’m letting it cycle and grow in for a while before adding any frogs. I have some leaf litter and food for the springtails but I wanted to see how the plants would grow in in case I needed to rearrange before adding the bulk of it (live oak). Also planning on getting a few finishing touches once I have decided on a species. There’s a reptile expo near me at the end of September, I’d like to have an idea of inhabitants before going. I have a d. Auratus pair and would maybe like a little bolder species. I originally was dead set on a phyllobates terribilis mint pair, but now I’m looking at ranitomeya imitator, ranitomeya variabilis ‘southern,’ phyllobates vittatus, phyllobates bicolor ‘uraba’ (questions about the morph of this one?), and phyllobates terribilis mint. A loud call sounds really cool to me, but not totally necessary. What have your experiences with these species? Would one of them be particularly suited to my set up when it grows in? I have melanogaster breeding supplies already, is making the swap to crickets particularly difficult? Also, any suggestions for this viv? Thank you guys for the help! I was impatient when setting my last viv up and am trying to make this one more intentionally.

Hey folks, I recently got my hands on a 45x45x30 exo tetra enclosure and was wondering if it'd be suitable for a frog or two? I know the surface area seems OK but is 30cm/12 inches tall enough for them?

Hello everyone! Just a keeper who likes to find alternatives here. I was thinking about ways to feed some sort of man made food to dart frogs, not live pray. That would make the keeping this amazing animals a lot easier and even from a conservation standpoint. I was thinking of some sort of vibrating dish that you put pellets or other types of food and it gives it movement like a live prey. Has anyone tried anything? Or why is this not a good idea?