linuxrulesusa
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Hi, I'm Dan. I joined the site about 10 days ago but hadn't gotten around to posting here yet.
My first interest with amphibians was fire bellied toads. I picked up two along with a reptile setup back in early 2012. Unfortunately, by the end of 2012 both of those had escaped . I have two small children, so I would not be shocked if they let them out.
During that time I also raised some leopard frogs and fire bellied toads from the tadpole stage to being adults. The few that survived were given away because I didn't have room to keep them all, since I also keep lots of kinds of fish - currently about 8 tanks and 175 gallons, down from about 20 tanks and 500 gallons at the end of 2012.
I've been temped to get tree frogs or other similar frogs a few times but neither my wife nor I are all that interested in dealing with escaped crickets again.
After that long break from amphibians, I finally got back in. I had been fascinated by axolotls but they were never for sale locally. But last month I found a few at a local all species fish club auction last month. I picked up a wild type and an albino, both around 3-3.5". Then a little over a week ago, I saw that another Caudata forum member, Margie from Washington State, was selling leucistic axolotls. Since they were the variety I really wanted to go for long term, I ordered six from her and they arrived last Thursday. I plan to keep 2-3 of them and am in the process of finding homes for the rest.
On Saturday at another all species fish club auction I saw a pair of red spotted newts. I was fortunate to run into the people who were selling them who gave me tips on their care. I picked up that pair and am in the process of emptying out a bookshelf style fish tank (long and shallow) for them to use.
So, for now, I plan to stick with the wild type and leucistic axolotls as I grow them out from about 3" to adulthood, and then see what happens as far as growth and breeding with the pair of red spotted newts.
I've found a lot of great advice and information about the various species on here and hope to learn more going forward.
My first interest with amphibians was fire bellied toads. I picked up two along with a reptile setup back in early 2012. Unfortunately, by the end of 2012 both of those had escaped . I have two small children, so I would not be shocked if they let them out.
During that time I also raised some leopard frogs and fire bellied toads from the tadpole stage to being adults. The few that survived were given away because I didn't have room to keep them all, since I also keep lots of kinds of fish - currently about 8 tanks and 175 gallons, down from about 20 tanks and 500 gallons at the end of 2012.
I've been temped to get tree frogs or other similar frogs a few times but neither my wife nor I are all that interested in dealing with escaped crickets again.
After that long break from amphibians, I finally got back in. I had been fascinated by axolotls but they were never for sale locally. But last month I found a few at a local all species fish club auction last month. I picked up a wild type and an albino, both around 3-3.5". Then a little over a week ago, I saw that another Caudata forum member, Margie from Washington State, was selling leucistic axolotls. Since they were the variety I really wanted to go for long term, I ordered six from her and they arrived last Thursday. I plan to keep 2-3 of them and am in the process of finding homes for the rest.
On Saturday at another all species fish club auction I saw a pair of red spotted newts. I was fortunate to run into the people who were selling them who gave me tips on their care. I picked up that pair and am in the process of emptying out a bookshelf style fish tank (long and shallow) for them to use.
So, for now, I plan to stick with the wild type and leucistic axolotls as I grow them out from about 3" to adulthood, and then see what happens as far as growth and breeding with the pair of red spotted newts.
I've found a lot of great advice and information about the various species on here and hope to learn more going forward.
