A complete, step-by-step course for building, maintaining, and mastering bioactive dart frog vivariums — entirely FREE.
Created by The Frogfather (Tony), this course teaches you how to set up stable environments, raise healthy frogs, prevent common problems, and build stunning living ecosystems using proven, real-world methods.
Whether you’re brand new to dart frogs or levelling up your vivarium skills, this course gives you everything you need to succeed — from microfauna cycles and substrate layering to feeding schedules, troubleshooting, tadpole care, froglet grow-outs, and long-term husbandry.
Why This Course Is Free
This course was created to help keepers provide the best possible care for their animals and to raise husbandry standards in the UK and beyond. High-quality dart frog care shouldn’t be locked behind paywalls.
By offering this course for free, we:
- support new keepers with reliable, ethical information
- build a stronger, more educated community
- help prevent avoidable frog deaths and poor setups
- increase accessibility to bioactive keeping
All we ask is that you create a free account to access the lessons — this helps us track progress, award certificates, and keep everything organised.
What You’ll Learn
This course contains over 20 professionally written lessons, covering every aspect of bioactive vivariums and dart frog care:
- Foundations: Bioactive principles, microfauna, environmental stability
- Vivarium Setup: Substrate layers, drainage, lighting, misting, hardscape, plants
- Husbandry: Feeding schedules, supplementation, behaviour, stress signs
- Troubleshooting: Mould, fungus, algae, escapes, imbalances
- Tadpoles & Froglets: Tadpole care, metamorphosis, grow-out tubs
- Long-Term Success: Upgrades, microfauna refreshing, stable humidity
Every lesson includes:
- clear explanations
- step-by-step instructions
- optional quizzes
- downloadable checklists (coming soon)
- a certificate of completion
Who This Course Is For
- New keepers building their first vivarium
- Intermediate keepers wanting more stability and fewer problems
- Anyone keeping or preparing to keep Dendrobates, Ranitomeya, or Ameerega
- Vivarium builders and bioactive hobbyists
- People who want clear, ethical, reliable UK-based guidance
No experience needed — we start from the ground up.
What You’ll Need
You don’t need a vivarium to begin this course. You can start immediately with:
- your phone or computer
- a free Frogfather account
- basic curiosity about bioactive systems
If you already have a vivarium or frogs, you can follow along and make improvements instantly.
Course Format
- Self-paced lessons
- Short quizzes to reinforce learning
- Downloadable resources
- Completion certificate
- Mobile friendly
You can start and stop whenever you like. Your progress saves automatically.
Ready to Start?
Click the button below to enrol for free. You’ll be asked to create a free account before accessing the lessons.
No payment. No subscription. Just high-quality husbandry training.
About the Instructor
This course is written by Tony, creator of Frogfather.co.uk — a UK specialist in bioactive vivariums, dart frog care, microfauna, and plant-rich vivarium ecosystems.
Through years of hands-on experience, Tony has refined stable, repeatable methods that help keepers build thriving dart frog setups and avoid the common problems that frustrate beginners.
Everything in this course comes from real-world experience, not theory.
Bonus: Helpful Products from Frogfather
Throughout the course, you’ll find optional recommendations for:
- 3D-printed dart frog vivariums
- Grow-out tubs
- Feeding trays
- Bromeliad mounts
- Leaf litter packs
- Microfauna starter cultures
- Terrarium plants
These are completely optional and not required for the course, but can help you apply what you learn.
