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Care Sheets for Frogs and Geckos

To help with the care of your Dart Frogs, Frogs, Geckos, Isopods, and your terrarium setup in general, we’ve assembled a collection of care sheets (videos coming soon!), as well as customer and owner Frequently Asked Questions. If you don’t see the question or answer you’re looking for, please send us a message! We want to do everything we can to help you in maintaining and caring for your frogs, geckos, and terrariums.


General Information & Care Sheets for Dart Frogs & Geckos, Isopods, and Terrariums


Basic Care Sheet for Juvenile Dart Frogs

Not sure how to handle of care for your dart frogs? Start by reading our brief guide and care sheet for your new pet.

Supplies Needed to Start Keeping Dart Frogs

Here’s our brief guide on the basic supplies you’ll need to setup or augment your terrarium/vivarium to accommodate your dart frogs.

Notes on Caring for Thumbnail Frogs

In this PDF, Patrick shares his experience and provides notes on the overall care for dart frogs terrarium hobbyists.

Notes on Culturing Fruit Flies

If you haven’t read our general information on How to Culture Fruit Flies, here are some quick tips on caring for and tending to your fruit fly cultures.

How To Recognize and Prevent Calcium Deficiency in Dart Frogs

This is your basic guide on how to recognize and prevent a common problem with maintaining dart frogs. (The short answer: Supplements.)

How To Set Up a Terrarium with Water Feature for Your Dart Frogs

Here is Patrick’s basic guide for building your own terrarium with a water feature.

Information on Lighting Terms and other “What is this?”

In this care sheet, we provide a bit more information on Lighting terms and other “what is this” questions – when it comes to building or setting up your dart frog terrarium.


How To Recognize and Prevent Calcium Deficiency in Dart Frogs

This is your basic guide on how to recognize and prevent a common problem with maintaining dart frogs. (The short answer: Supplements.)

Identifying Mites in Fruit Fly Cultures

Identifying mites in fruit fly cultures is crucial for maintaining a healthy feeder supply, as infestations can quickly disrupt breeding and impact your dart frogs’ nutrition—learn how to prevent and manage mites in our Dart Frog Care Sheet.


Breeding D Tinctorius and D Azureus Dart Frogs

This is your basic guide on how to recognize and prevent a common problem with maintaining dart frogs. (The short answer: Supplements.)

Breeding and Keeping Vietnamese Mossy Frogs

Breeding and keeping Vietnamese Mossy Frogs requires a carefully maintained high-humidity environment, proper water quality, and patience to encourage natural behaviors—discover expert care tips in our Mossy Frog Care Sheet.

Breeding and Keeping Solomon Island Leaf Frogs

Keeping and breeding Solomon Island Leaf Frogs requires a bioactive setup with ample humidity, leaf litter, and nighttime temperature drops—learn more in our Solomon Island Leaf Frog Care Sheet.

Temperature Sex Determination in Dart Frogs

Temperature plays a crucial role in sex determination for many dart frog species, influencing offspring ratios and breeding success—explore the science behind it in our Dart Frog Care Sheet.

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Available Frogs

Fruit Fly Starter Kit For Shipping with Dart Frogs

Fruit Flies & Supplies

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