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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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I got more Dart frogs!!!

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I now have 0.0.4 azureus dart frogs added to the collection!!!!!
 
Awesome setup you have there. Looks like the new additions are going to be happy campers!!! :)
 
the colors on these guys is incredible. I have to go get another digital camera (these pics were taken with my phone) so i can get some good hi resilution pictures of these guys!!
 
Those have to be the best looking darts.... I lvoe the blue color. I dont know a lot about frogs but I have to say, these guys are stunning!
 
Wait till you see the ones i am getting next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Way cool, I know that Cody wants some blue ones, yellow ones and green ones, so when you get up and running on them you have to let me know!
 
My next set of 4 are coming next friday. I am getting 0.0.4 olamarie tincs from joe nickerson. After that i am getting 3-4 mint terribilis. These are some of the most fascinating creatures i have ever owned. i can sit there for long periods of time just watching them. Thier colors are so amazing, its hard to belive that they are naturaly those colors, its almost like someone spray painted them all those brilliant colors.
 
Nice setup! These little guys are so much fun. I have 2 of them and they're lots of fun to watch especially when they eat.
 
I got the 4 from joe in. I am picking up 5 other dart frogs from Aarons frog farm tommorw at the white plains show in ny. I am off tommorow so i will have time to post a whole lot more new phots for you guys to look at. And maybe even drool !!!!
I wish more people were into dart frogs. They are great!!! You said you had a couple of them, which species do you have, and do you have a pics??
 
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