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Frogfather Guides, Advice & News

Welcome to Frogfather Guides, Advice & News — practical UK guidance on dart frog care, bioactive vivariums, breeding, behaviour, plants, mossy frogs, isopods and exotic amphibian husbandry. Explore evidence-led care guides, troubleshooting advice, breeding information, vivarium inspiration and updates from Frogfather.
Side-by-side comparison of a productive fruit fly culture with visible pupae and an unsuccessful culture with depleted media.

Why Are My Fruit Fly Cultures Not Producing Flies?

Why Is My Fruit Fly Culture Not Producing Flies? 10

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Small white springtails moving across moist leaf litter and dark substrate in a bioactive vivarium.

Why Are My Springtails Disappearing? 10 Causes and Solutions

Why Are My Springtails Disappearing? 10 Causes and Solutions By

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Illustrated comparison of tiny white springtails, soil mites and juvenile isopods commonly found in bioactive vivariums.

Tiny White Bugs in Your Vivarium: Are They Harmful?

Tiny White Bugs in My Vivarium – What Are They

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Dr Greg Dickens, zoological veterinary surgeon and Scientific and Veterinary Adviser to The Frogfather, photographed wearing a head torch.

Meet Dr Greg Dickens | The Frogfather Scientific Adviser

The Frogfather team just got stronger! Meet Dr Greg Dickens

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Young turquoise and black dart frog in a Frogfather HQ grow-out enclosure, illustrating potential causes of juvenile dart frog mortality.

Why Young Dart Frogs Die in Grow-Out Tubs — The Hidden Risks Keepers Miss

Why Young Dart Frogs Die in Grow-Out Tubs: The Hidden

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Cartoon dart frog using a magnifying glass to inspect a fruit fly served by a tiny fly waiter

Can Dart Frogs Taste Their Food? Taste Buds, Prey Rejection and Feeding Decisions

Can Dart Frogs Taste Their Food? Taste Buds, Prey Rejection

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Small yellow mushrooms growing naturally on wood and moss inside a tropical bioactive vivarium.

🍄 Are Mushrooms Bad for My Vivarium or Frogs? The Truth About Fungi in Bioactive Setups

Mushrooms popping up in your vivarium? 🍄 Don’t panic — they’re not bad for frogs or plants!
In fact,

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White mould on wood inside a tropical bioactive vivarium with overlaid text about mould prevention steps

🌧️ How to Stop Mould in a Bioactive Vivarium (Without Killing the Balance)

White fuzz on your wood or moss? 😬
It’s not the end of your vivarium — it’s just mould,

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Hands rinsing tropical terrarium plant roots before adding to a bioactive vivarium

🌿 Why You Should Quarantine Plants Before Adding Them to a Vivarium

Before adding any new plants to your vivarium, give them a mini quarantine. 🌱
It’s the easiest way to

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Ranitomeya variabilis dart frog resting on a mossy bromeliad in a misty rainforest vivarium, captured in BBC documentary style with soft natural light and gentle mist.

Beneath the Canopy – The Secret Life of Dart Frogs

Beneath the canopy, the rainforest wakes. 🌿
Mist curls through bromeliads and droplets glint on moss as a Ranitomeya

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Close-up of a dart frog’s eye showing reflections of light and leaves inside a vivarium.

What Dart Frogs May See Differently: Vision, Colour & Movement

What if you could see the world the way your dart frogs do? 👁️
Every flicker, every droplet, every

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Ranitomeya variabilis dart frog in a misted vivarium, morning light refracting through droplets.

Through the Frog’s Eyes – A Morning in the Vivarium

The mist rolls in and the glass hums with light. To Ray — a Ranitomeya variabilis — the world glows

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Close-up of a mossy vivarium branch with white text reading “White fuzz? Sour smell? Swarming mites? Don’t nuke it — balance it,” promoting the Frogfather UK bioactive vivarium recovery guide.

The Hidden Dangers in Your Vivarium: Mould, Mites & Microbes — When “Bioactive” Goes Bad (UK Guide)

White fuzz on your wood? Sour smell creeping up? Tiny mites everywhere? 😬
Don’t tear your vivarium apart —

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Close-up of a cobalt dart frog sitting near a curtain hem on a wooden floor, with an open vivarium in the background — captured just after an escape in a UK frog room.

My Frog Escaped. Here’s Exactly What I Did (And How You Can Stop It Happening to You)

You’ll know the sound when it happens. That sickening little plop followed by silence. One of my dart frogs had

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Tiny tadpole floating in a small deli cup with tinted water and an Indian almond leaf, part of a rescue setup in a UK dart frog keeper’s room.

This Tiny Tadpole Was Doomed. Here’s How I Saved It (Full UK Guide)

Husbandry & Evidence Review – 6 September 2026 This is a Frogfather case report about one weak tadpole, not a

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Dark jungle graphic with bold white text: How Much to Feed Dart Frogs – UK Guide

How Much to Feed a Dart Frog (UK Guide)

New to dart frogs? 🐸 Wondering how much and how often to feed them?
Too little = stress and

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