Hello all!

[nc joe]

Hello people, I am new to the forum and pet frog keeping. Just picked up a White's for my 6 year old son the other day and we are very excited to get started in our new venture. We will be building him a home this week, right now he is in a 10g tank. His new home will be a 29g bow front tank and the build will start sometime at the end of this week. I will be surfing the forum to get some ideas for the next couple of days, but if anyone can help with some do's and do not's I'm all ears.

I've been keeping salt water fish and reef tanks for 25+ years, but this is all new to me and I look forward to learning all I can here.

A couple of pics of our new friend.

[DonLisk]

Welcome NC Joe

Whites Tree Frogs are active and entertaining frogs. Your family will really enjoy their antics and big smiles.

Check out the care sheets, members photo albums, and some of the build journals that you will find throughout the forum for some cool and inspirational ideas.

Here is a list of suggestions I like to provide for those with a newly acquired tree frog. I hope it helps with setting up your new viv and helping your frog settle in.

1. Place the tank in a quiet room and not in direct sunlight
2. Cover three sides of the tank and remove any night lighting.
3. Ensure their environmental needs are met such as temperature and humidity. See the care sheets.
3. Ensure water is either chlorine free (bottled spring) or treated tap water.
4. Limit the times you enter the tank to only when changing water and adding or removing crickets.
5. Monitor humidity and temperature and mist once to twice daily.
6. Provide enough natural accents to allow for hiding, climbing, and perching above the substrate. Since your frog lives in trees, they are rarely found on the substrate and prefer to move from leaf to vine to branch to explore the tank.
7. Slowly remove covered sides over a few weeks to let them become accustomed to their surroundings.
8. Ensure the crickets provided are no longer than the distance between the frogs eyes. Try using the cricket bowl feeding method so you know your frog is eating. May take some time but its all part of settling in.
9. Monitor the frogs activity and weight. If your frog moves around at night in the dark and soaks or sits at the water dish edge, then he/she is doing fine. If a physical visual condition is seen, then its time to worry.

and finally..... relax. Your frog needs to acclimate to the new surrounding and it may take some time.