The episode provides a comprehensive review of my personal amphibian keeping in 2025, covering the transition to a part-time job, the building and maintenance of a frog room, and the experience of selling newts and frogs as a hobby business. I share insights into the challenges and expenses involved in these activities, offering valuable information for amphibian enthusiasts. The conversation covers the construction of a basement frog room with insulated concrete walls and a PEX tubing heated floor, the use of solar hot water panels and a 1000-gallon hot water storage tank for heating purposes, the utilization of Baker's racks on wheels for enclosure management and maintenance, and the breeding and raising of various species of newts with varying degrees of success. The conversation covers a range of topics related to breeding and raising amphibians, financial constraints, challenges with specific species, water quality issues, sourcing and importing exotic species, and the importance of captive breeding and conservation. The host also discusses his goals for 2026 and plans for the Frog Rack podcast.
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The conversation covers a diverse range of topics related to the dart frog hobby, including the guest's background, involvement in the hobby, understanding of bioactivity, and the importance of sterilization and biosecurity. The guest's extensive knowledge of microbial ecosystems and the complexities of maintaining a healthy vivarium are highlighted throughout the discussion. The conversation covers the pitfalls of using outdoor organisms in vivariums, the concept and function of clay mineral baths, the science of clay and mineral supplementation, and the role of minerals in the forest floor. Key takeaways include the importance of biosecurity and the underutilized source of dermal supplementation in amphibian husbandry. The conversation delves into the intricacies of creating naturalistic vivariums, tissue culturing mosses and liverworts, amphibian-safe vivarium remineralizer, and the development of green fuel fruit fly media. Each topic highlights the complexity and attention to detail required in maintaining a healthy and natural environment for dart frogs and other amphibians.
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Welcome to Episode 10 of the Frograck Podcast. A milestone episode and a bucket list guest. Devin Edmonds joins the podcast to talk about his journey in herpetoculture, herpetology, in situ and ex situ conservation of mantella frogs, seeing mantella in the wild of Madagascar and more!
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JJ The Frog Girl chats treefrog and dart frog breeding. listen to our conversation to get an idea about just what it takes for a hobbyist breeder to produce thousands of treefrogs, raise them to a healthy size, and get them into the hands of hobbyists.
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Billy from Creepers Herpetoculture sits down to discuss ethics in amphibian husbandry & welfare. Stick around until the end, as I bring up a topic that would be sure to stir the pot in a facebook group, but we can handle the nuance with your help, so join us in the comments on youtube.
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Sean Twohy joins the Frograck Podcast to talk about his experience as a hobbyist breeder of firebelly newts, firebelly toads, and bumblebee toads as well as keeping emperor newts. We discuss the reality of breeding amphibians at the hobby level and moving the offspring into the amphibian marketplace.
Brutus from Socal Paws N Claws joins us for an episode of the Frograck Podcast. We have a great conversation about breeding newts, keeping reed frogs, raising strange treefrogs, maintaining uncommon species in the hobby, learning from mistakes, and more!
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Episode 5: Kyle Martin from NCdartfrogs
Be sure to tune in on youtube, because Kyle gives us a tour of his frog lounge, frog office, and plant greenhouse! His tidiness and organization systems are next level, hobbyists and hobby breeders take notes!
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Reptidonz joins the Frograck Podcast to deep dive into Whites Treefrogs, 3d printing in the frog hobby, and building online community.
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Episode 3: Northeast Bugs & Beasts. Alex Lupo joins the Frograck Podcast to discuss Solomon Island Leaf frogs, his egyptian toad, and amphibian husbandry content on social media.
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Mark from SmartExotics.net joins me to talk about keeping and breeding treefrogs. I pick his brain about husbandry for Cruziohyla Sylviae.
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To break the ice and help me through my first time recording a podcast episode, my friend Matt Wayne from Not Another Reptile Podcast joins me to talk about the amphibian community. Matt answers all my questions about how he keeps and breeds Frie Salamanders of the Genus Salamandra.
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