Dendro Dave from Dendroboard here...

Hi people. I've been lurking for some time off and on over the years and finally joined then eventually made my first post recently. Figured It was time to introduce myself. I'm located near Tulsa OK, and am currently 33.

I have been keeping mantella and dartfrogs mostly for the last 6-8 years? Eh..I've lost track Before the major ice storm that ravaged Oklahoma a few years ago I probably had what was the largest Dart/mantella collection in the state...at least the most diverse species wise I believe. I've kept 6-8 species of mantella and over a dozen dart species/morphs.During this time I have also kept a few newts and salamanders...mostly newts. And I have kept them off and on since I was a kid. During my life I have kept Fire bellied newts, fire bellied toad, paddle tails, hong kong warty, a wc tiger salamander that didn't thrive from the start and promptly died, eastern newts, California newts, and probably a couple more I'm forgetting.

I've also kept a dozen or so different gecko species, mostly day geckos of one type or another. I'm mostly focused on rebuilding my Dart frog collection since the Ice storm killed most of the animals I had. I currently keep some L. Williamsi geckos, 4 red galact darts, 2 superblue auratus darts, and 3 blue azuerus darts, along with 2 ferrets and a Fennec Fox. No newts or salamanders at this time but I'm looking to get a GFP axolotl at some point and I'd like to try building some enclosures using thermoelectric cooling to keep some Pseudotriton ruber or other cooler temp varieties at some point.

Anyways here are a few vivs I've build and animals I've kept...








Special guest appearance from Echo...


I've gotten into coming up with FX ideas for vivariums lately. Here are some of my more interesting DB threads...

Florescent and exotic minerals and semi precious stone use in viv construction....
Exotic minerals and semi precious stone use in viv construction.... - Dendroboard

(More) new special FX viv ideas...(Firefly lights, and fiber optic FX for plants))
(More) new special FX viv ideas...(Firefly lights, and fiber optic FX for plants)) - Dendroboard

Firefly lights installed in Hex (With Video)
Firefly lights installed in Hex (With Video) - Dendroboard

Possible ways to create glowing FX for LIVE moss...
Possible ways to create glowing FX for LIVE moss... - Dendroboard

Bioluminescent animals for the vivarium...
Bioluminescent animals for the vivarium... - Dendroboard

Glowing Desert Viv Finished...
Glowing Desert Viv Finished... - Dendroboard

MORE FX...Model train scenery use(fake rock?) and simulated rippling water fx light
MORE FX...Model train scenery use(fake rock?) and simulated rippling water fx light - Dendroboard

And you can check out my vivariums and a few of my animals in these 2 Flickr galleries...
My galleries...
http://tiny.cc/yptef
And...
http://tiny.cc/mnowi

Anyways thats me. Don't know how active I'll be here since I spend a lot of time on Dendroboard.com and Dartfrogz.com forums but...HI

Wow! What an introduction. Welcome to the forum.

what amazing frogs and loving your vivariums what lucky frogs!!

Wow! Wonderful! Welcome! :happy:

That's probably the most amazing intro post ever. Hope you find a few minutes to stop by now and then.

Thanks everyone! ...I'm sure I'll be around every so often, at least

O_O I had seen at least two of your tanks before and they rendered me a drooling idiot back then too...
Welcome to our little corner of the hobby!

If you charged admission to see your tanks I would definitely pay...and wait in line.

Stunning vivs! and now i'm drooling.

Oops forgot to to check back on this thread...

But thanks guys!!!...Be sure to check out the Dryad build....
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1173-...91270-dryad-viv-concept-life-size-models.html

Got the hydrographics, and glow paint shows up soon so well start work on the Dryad and then on the main vivarium