My Spotted Marsh Frogs

[Kristen]

Just took some pictures of my spotted marsh frogs (limnodynastes tasmaniensis)
and also, I was wondering why is their water so brown? It has a filter in it and everytime I change it, it just goes brown again. I think it might be the wood, but I baught the wood at an aquarium so I'm not to sure..
Charlotte and Powder (Powder is leucistic)


Powder and Flower (Flower is a Southern Brown tree Frog)

Shaun and Powder:


Charlotte:

Powder:



Charlotte:




Does anyone know how to fix the brown water? I don't really want to take the wood out because they love to sit on it, but if I have to I will,

[Poly]

Beautiful frogs!

Not sure on the brown water. But, are those bark chips safe? They don't look that safe...

[Kristen]

Thanks
And the petstore said they were, and I havent had any problems with them yet, but they are moving to a bigger tank soon without the bark

[Poly]

Thanks
And the petstore said they were, and I havent had any problems with them yet, but they are moving to a bigger tank soon without the bark

Okay, well just to let you know, bark chips are a very dangerous substrate becuase if they grab one (a bark chip) while hunting a cricket, they could swallow it, and that would cause impaction. You NEED to switch them out for a safe substrate like eco-earth or Exo-Terra Plantation soil, asap.

[Kristen]

Thankyou, I'm gonna change it now to peat moss

[Poly]

Thankyou, I'm gonna change it now to peat moss

Peat moss as in the soil type?

[Heatheranne]

Cute frogs! I especially like Powder . They look really little .

[Kristen]

Thank-you!
Powder is one in 700,000 spotted marsh frogs to be luecistic/albinic she's so adorable
and yeah they're pretty little, they're all around 1.3 inches,

[Kristen]

I took some more pictures today, Sorry if they arent good quality, its the iPhones fault,

[ViperJr]

Just want to add that the impaction risk is pretty much only present if you are letting the feeders roam freely. If using a escape-proof feeding bowl, it's not a problem. Soil might still be better, but the substrate is not a danger unless digested.

Cute frogs!

[Kristen]

Just want to add that the impaction risk is pretty much only present if you are letting the feeders roam freely. If using a escape-proof feeding bowl, it's not a problem. Soil might still be better, but the substrate is not a danger unless digested.

Cute frogs!

Thanks, and then in that case they will be fine, because they all feed seperately (because otherwise powder will eat everything, lol)

[Reggie]

I know this thread is old ..... The wood will give the water tannins for about four to six months . There's nothing harmful about tannins in the water. Those frogs are interesting. I've never seen those before. I see they do not have webbed feet and have very small toe pads with rough,boney feet so I'm curious if they come from rocks , or even cliffs , mouth of caves. Have you thought about playing with the terrarium, possibly making some rocky outcrops and a much smaller area? Anyways, very cool frogs.

[Kristen]

I know this thread is old ..... The wood will give the water tannins for about four to six months . There's nothing harmful about tannins in the water. Those frogs are interesting. I've never seen those before. I see they do not have webbed feet and have very small toe pads with rough,boney feet so I'm curious if they come from rocks , or even cliffs , mouth of caves. Have you thought about playing with the terrarium, possibly making some rocky outcrops and a much smaller area? Anyways, very cool frogs.

Thanks for the info on the water
I don't think they have them in america, but they're almost everywhere here. They can live in all types of environments, I find 100s under metal sheets at my Grandmas, but they ussaully live in swampy marsh and streams with lots of plants. They don't have any toe-pads. The don't really climb, they climb some driftwood now and then but thats it. They do burrow sometimes, but thats normal for them

[Mentat]

Nice frogs Kristen; like Powder a lot!

[Kristen]

Nice frogs Kristen; like Powder a lot!

Thanks
Me too, but Charlotte is my fav

[Froggiestyle]

was that driftwood soaked before you put it in the tank because if you didnt thats why the water is brown. it happened to me.

that bark would be to small to use, i use peat moss and coco fibre blocks from bunnings in australia here.

i own 5 different species of australian frogs and i use that mixture of soil for my substrate and im yet to have a problem with any of my frogs.

[Kristen]

Yeah it was, but I guess I didnt soak it for long enough, haha.
and yeah I got peat moss from bunnings too, and I have used coco fibre but I prefer peat,
and cool what frogs do you have?