Cleaning water setup

[Peachy]

This is something I don't understand. If during optimal conditions, the GABF likes to stay in the water, why not just provide the animal with optimal conditions? They dig into the dirt to survive, right? If you are not going to brumate them for breeding purposes, why wouldn't water be the best option?

Where I live and considering the season right now, cocofiber and a water bowl topped with heat pads, lighting, etc do not provide optimal conditions because the cold weather makes it harder to keep the tank warm. A water set up with a filter and water heater, which keeps my water warm with an ambient tank temp of 82 degrees, seems to keep my frog happy. There are also some rocks to climb up on when my frog is tired of the water.


Anyway, I think its just a matter of preference, and everyone is entitled to their own.

[Preston]

why not just do away with a filter and just siphon the water out once a day?

[Preston]

bump. is there anyone that doesn't have a filter in a 50/50 setup and just changes the water manually? is this a practical method? cheers

[Ra]

I have a terrestrial set up that is a mixture of milled moss and soil over a slab of poly foam with a very large water "dish" for the frog to hang out in. Its easier for me to just remove the dish, sanitize it and replace the water. The poly foam under the soil helps keep the soil from getting too wet my soaking up spillage and excess wetness and thus keeps the substrate from spoiling faster. I prefer this setup due to ease of maintenance.
My Budgetts frog lives in an aquatic setup with a foam insert landing area. I use the Repti Clean 501 canister filter, runs about 75 gallons an hour which is great. I still have to use a turkey baster to remove large turds, which is fine.

Even with a filter you are going to have to do very frequent water changes.