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[Kale Stallaert]

Thanks again Grimm. These two are absolutely beautiful. I want PDFs so bad now!

[Ma77hew7]

Looks Great Grimm! I'm super into the growth, and your froglet choice Very inspiring, top form!

[frogfreak]

Your tank looks great!

You'll love the Leucs. They're lil characters.

[Craig]

I'll hopefully be prepared and ready to start my adventure into PDF's by this time next year, which reptile expo did you pick these lil guys up at? I don't live too far from you Grimm, so picking them up at that expo could save me alot of worries and shipping...

Amazing tank btw!

[Grimm]

Originally Posted by Kale Stallaert

Thanks again Grimm. These two are absolutely beautiful. I want PDFs so bad now!

Originally Posted by Ma77hew7

Looks Great Grimm! I'm super into the growth, and your froglet choice Very inspiring, top form!

Originally Posted by frogfreak

Your tank looks great!

You'll love the Leucs. They're lil characters.

Thanks guys. Im really happy with everything right now. All the plants are going great and the Leucs are super fun to watch! Definitely have wicked "personalities" lol, especially at feeding time. Today one of them jumped for the roof of my tank to eat a springtail, smacked into it, then landed below on a brom leaf. Funniest thing I've seen in a long time hahaha

Originally Posted by Craig

I'll hopefully be prepared and ready to start my adventure into PDF's by this time next year, which reptile expo did you pick these lil guys up at? I don't live too far from you Grimm, so picking them up at that expo could save me alot of worries and shipping...

Amazing tank btw!

Hey Craig, welcome to the forum! And thanks for the compliment! Are you by chance on ERAS forums? Thats where I herd about the expo. They have it once a year, and its called the Western Canadian Reptile Expo and they held it in Red Deer. Next year it looks like it might be comming to Edmonton, but I'm not 100% sure. We lucked out this year and a guy by the name of MartyA came from BC with a bunch of different types. However he was the only person selling darts, and it isnt a sure thing that he is comming back next year.

I do know of a few people that breed a couple different species. I know there are a lot of Borja Ridge vents, some Azureus, and some Red Ameerega Trivittata that will most likely be for sale in the near future. (definitely by next spring)

Where abouts are you from? There is a guy in Red Deer that has the vents and azurues for sale right now actually. I'm sure he will still be in the hobby by next year. If not, I will certainly be interested in doing a group order from UnderstoryEnterprises with you and a couple other people I know! Just stay on the forums and we will be in touch next year when the ice melts lol

[JoeG]

Awsome vids, I was sucked in and now I'll have to subscribe on youtube! lol

Loving the viv, it turned out really nice!! The PDF's were an excellent choice imho. I cant wait to see some growth pics.

[Grimm]

Originally Posted by JoeG

Awsome vids, I was sucked in and now I'll have to subscribe on youtube! lol

Loving the viv, it turned out really nice!! The PDF's were an excellent choice imho. I cant wait to see some growth pics.

Haha sweet. Its tough to get subscriptions, especially within our type of hobby and with terribly unorganized videos, so I appreaciate every sub I get. I might try to edit my next video so it flows better and has less "uumms" and "aahhhs"

And I'll be sure to post up some growth pics in a month or so to make sure it is a noticeable difference. Since my last update, the stripped brom is now a solid red colour where the new growth is...The other 2 smaller earth stars are throwing down roots. Everyone of my broms is rooting into the background. My anubias nana petites are getting a lot of new leaves, aswell as the 2 miniature orchids...And the best surprise was waiting for my this morning. The "mo peppa please" brom in my other grow-out tank is flowering! They have such nice little blue flowers!

[JimO]

Great video. Those are some fine looking Leucs. Have you heard any calling? Although the male Leucs do have slightly larger toepads than the females, it's not as pronounced as in Tinctorius, so you can't sex them on that basis alone. Also, I don't believe that Leucs are a aggressively territorial as Tincs either. However, their call is loud enough to hear, so you might catch one calling. Tincs and Auratus have such quiet calls, I've never heard either, even though I have breeding pairs of both. In the three years that I've had my first azureus pair, I've only seen the male calling one time, but have never heard them.

Your Leucs look like adult sized specimens, so if you don't hear any calling after a few weeks, it's likely that you have two females.

Originally Posted by Grimm

Here is a quick video of them feeding.


YouTube - My first darts! : Leucomelas

[Grimm]

Originally Posted by JimO

Great video. Those are some fine looking Leucs. Have you heard any calling? Although the male Leucs do have slightly larger toepads than the females, it's not as pronounced as in Tinctorius, so you can't sex them on that basis alone. Also, I don't believe that Leucs are a aggressively territorial as Tincs either. However, their call is loud enough to hear, so you might catch one calling. Tincs and Auratus have such quiet calls, I've never heard either, even though I have breeding pairs of both. In the three years that I've had my first azureus pair, I've only seen the male calling one time, but have never heard them.

Your Leucs look like adult sized specimens, so if you don't hear any calling after a few weeks, it's likely that you have two females.

Thanks Jim. And no, no calling yet. The guy I purchased them from said that they were between 8-18 months. These 2 were slightly smaller then the trio that a woman I was with bought before me. She hasnt herd any calling either out of her 3 leucs, so it is likely that they just arent old enough, or in the mood to call quite yet. Far less likely that we have 5 females lol. If it turns out that I have a same sex pair, we made a deal that we would trade frogs to ensure we each get one male and female.

I have noticed that the pads are slightly different sizes between my leucs, but it isnt anything substantial. If I do hear any calls, I can assure you that everyone on this forums will be the 1st to hear of it

[JimO]

It sure is exciting, isn't it?

Originally Posted by Grimm

Thanks Jim. And no, no calling yet. The guy I purchased them from said that they were between 8-18 months. These 2 were slightly smaller then the trio that a woman I was with bought before me. She hasnt herd any calling either out of her 3 leucs, so it is likely that they just arent old enough, or in the mood to call quite yet. Far less likely that we have 5 females lol. If it turns out that I have a same sex pair, we made a deal that we would trade frogs to ensure we each get one.

I have noticed that the pads are slightly different sizes between my leucs, but it isnt anything substantial. If I do hear any calls, I can assure you that everyone on this forums will be the 1st to hear of it