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You can get a 10 gallon submersible water heater to take care of heating your water. Submersibles work great in all my pixie tanks.
This is a discussion on African Bullfrog Setup Questions within the African Bullfrogs forums, part of the Frogs & Toads category; Hello everyone I have attached pictures of my African Bullfrog and his setup with a couple questions. He is currently 5 ...
African Bullfrog Setup Questions Hello everyone I have attached pictures of my African Bullfrog and his setup with a couple questions. He is currently 5 months old and is in between 6 and 7 inches from snout to vent. I'm thinking this is a very fast growth rate and happy about that. I have him in a 40 gallon breeder that is separated by plexiglass to make it a 60/40 setup with half water and land. He enjoys this alot and I keep the water clean with a submersible filter (duetto). It seems to work pretty well and I clean out the bid debri with a small fish net. I use over the tank heating with two 75 watt incandescent bulbs on each side of the tank keeping the tank at a good temperature b/c my house stays around 72 degrees during the winter time. I think this heat is adequate at the time b/c he stays very active and eats constantly, but I am thinking I might need a heater for the water to keep it a little warmer during the winter time. Any thoughts? Ideas about how I should do this? I was thinking of buying a submersible water heater to put in the water section, but don't know if that would work or not. Hope you enjoy and I would love some advice. I can post more pics if needed.
Re: African Bullfrog Setup Questions You can get a 10 gallon submersible water heater to take care of heating your water. Submersibles work great in all my pixie tanks.
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Re: African Bullfrog Setup Questions I like yor set up.
Just, I should add plants and/or barks in the substrate part.
A heater for the water is a good idea. 25W should be sufficient and then you can spend less watts !
You should have to hide it so that the frog doesn't get in touch with it.
I had a budgett frog formerly and I heated it's water set up tank with a 25W heater which was perfect.
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Re: African Bullfrog Setup Questions First estimate the actual water volume in your water section by using this formula or any other on the net: Aquarium Volume Calculator (W.C.S. Ltd.) . Once you get approximate gallons can get a heater rated for that volume. Usually they are rated to raise temp. 10 degrees F above ambient. I prefer Eheim's Jagger heaters because of their quality, shatterproof glass, accuracy, and efficiency; but as long as fully submersible you should be OK. Also, locate so frog does not come into contact with it. Good luck!Originally Posted by Bwise
Re: African Bullfrog Setup Questions I bought a submersible heater for the tank and it stays right around 80 degrees for water temp night and day...seems pretty ideal to me. I hid it under a couple rocks so it is somewhat hidden...I think it did the trick. Thanks for the help.
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Re: African Bullfrog Setup Questions your setup looks good (nice work)
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