introducing my red eyes

[eric048]

As some of you may know I have gotten a new female red eye, and I have had a male for about 6 months now, I have finished setting up my viv (plants are planted, clean up crew is in, temp stable, misting works, etc) I have had the female in quarantine for 2 weeks and she is doing great, the viv is empty and the male is all alone for the time, I plan on introducing them at the same time into the new tank, any hints on how to do it? should I put the male 1st then her, or both at the same time, should I do it at night or during the day, etc

[Nabced]

I'm sorry I can't be of help, I don't own red eyes but I was wondering what you meant by clean up crew? Sounds interesting!

[eric048]

I'm sorry I can't be of help, I don't own red eyes but I was wondering what you meant by clean up crew? Sounds interesting!

MY clean up crew consists of springtails, orange isopods, and dwarf white isopods basically they are little bugs that eat mold, poop, dead crickets or worms, decaying leaves, etc they keep the tank clean and thier poop fertilizes the live plants

[flybyferns]

As some of you may know I have gotten a new female red eye, and I have had a male for about 6 months now, I have finished setting up my viv (plants are planted, clean up crew is in, temp stable, misting works, etc) I have had the female in quarantine for 2 weeks and she is doing great, the viv is empty and the male is all alone for the time, I plan on introducing them at the same time into the new tank, any hints on how to do it? should I put the male 1st then her, or both at the same time, should I do it at night or during the day, etc

Hi Eric,
I moved mine this Saturday AM
I transferd them in the morning AFTRE they went back sleep. With all the lights on - they went right back to sleep.
Try to get him onto a nice big leaf.

???? I don't know what your plans are; but I'm sure you know that 2 weeks is too short a duration of time for quarantine for your new girl.

You could , for now put the male in, and in about 4 weeks put the female in!
I know - It's so hard to wait. Sounds like have worked very hard!
You will be glad you waited the proper amount of time.

How about a 'New Thread' for this whole 'moving' process.
It would be really great for new FF members.

Do you have a pic of your new enclosure/ build thread? Sorry if I missed it. Reply w/ a link to it?

Lynn

[eric048]

lol this is a new thread for the moving process, and I will make a thread with my build log and all that, I plan on waiting at least another month before I end the quarantine, I didn't mean for this thread to be like an intro to my red eyes more like how to introduce them to a new tank, right now the biggest leaf I have in there is a pothos, I have been looking everywhere for dwarf elephant ears but I've had no luck... I am also waiting on my clean up crew to multiply, I've had them in there for about a week now, I don't want to rush things and have the red eyes decimate the giant orange isopod's population....

[Nabced]

are the cleaners safe? will the frogs eat them? how often do you need to replace them?

[Griffin]

hey eric whrere did u get your springtails and isopods?i would like to get some myself...thanks

[eric048]

Nick, they are tiny like salt grain size, if you have a frog that eats fruitflies as a staple (darts, froglets, thumbnails) yes they will decimate an immature colony of cleaners in heartbeat, bigger frogs like my red eyes won't even see them, the orange isopods and the bigger species can become snacks, but since the red eyes are tree frogs and Isopods spend all their time hidden in leaf litter and bark and rocks they come out at night to feed and eat the left overs the only issue is if you rush the colonization of the larger isopods a ravenous frog like pac mans and whites will eat them all in days

Griffin, if you look at my threads I put a thread in the review part of the classifieds sharing where I got them if you need a good review, the website is bugsincyberspace Peter (the owner) sells a $20 plus $9 shipping cleaner pack of large isopods, and assorted springtails, if you take the time to message him he can guarantee live arrival, tell him I recommened you to him he might give you a bonus like he did me, he sent me a whole colony of dwarf white isopods for free hope that helps

[flybyferns]

lol this is a new thread for the moving process, and I will make a thread with my build log and all that, I plan on waiting at least another month before I end the quarantine, I didn't mean for this thread to be like an intro to my red eyes more like how to introduce them to a new tank, right now the biggest leaf I have in there is a pothos, I have been looking everywhere for dwarf elephant ears but I've had no luck... I am also waiting on my clean up crew to multiply, I've had them in there for about a week now, I don't want to rush things and have the red eyes decimate the giant orange isopod's population....

Hi Eric,

re: your moving process .

Your patience will pay off,for sure !!!
The pothos leaves will be just fine for them to sleep in!
Try to suspend the pothos as high as possible in the viv.

I'm sure the "clean-up crew" will kick in soon?
However, I'm afraid I am unable to post a comment
re: those little buggers, as I have no experience w/ them.
Lynn

[eric048]

well im trying to induce a boost in reproduction by putting pieces of shredded carrot and small pieces of fruit peels by the rocks and bark they hide under, at night I see them munching on the trash lol, I also had a cricket die in my red eye's cricket bowl I put him on a leaf this morning I just got home and he was gone.... only the legs were left.

they are great in any amazon and central american frogs, not sure about other frogs.... but dart enthusiasts have high marks for them so i figured eh ill give this a shot

[Nabced]

So no good for my whites or pacman? );

[Griffin]

Nick, they are tiny like salt grain size, if you have a frog that eats fruitflies as a staple (darts, froglets, thumbnails) yes they will decimate an immature colony of cleaners in heartbeat, bigger frogs like my red eyes won't even see them, the orange isopods and the bigger species can become snacks, but since the red eyes are tree frogs and Isopods spend all their time hidden in leaf litter and bark and rocks they come out at night to feed and eat the left overs the only issue is if you rush the colonization of the larger isopods a ravenous frog like pac mans and whites will eat them all in days

Griffin, if you look at my threads I put a thread in the review part of the classifieds sharing where I got them if you need a good review, the website is bugsincyberspace Peter (the owner) sells a $20 plus $9 shipping cleaner pack of large isopods, and assorted springtails, if you take the time to message him he can guarantee live arrival, tell him I recommened you to him he might give you a bonus like he did me, he sent me a whole colony of dwarf white isopods for free hope that helps

thank you very much eric

[eric048]

nick the smaller isopods and spings will eat white tree frog poop and mold, same for pacmans, I wouldn't use the bigger cleaners with those...

Griffin, I hope that helps, Peter is a great guy and what he does with bugs is what Josh does with frogs it's awesome when people turn a hobby into a career