Our New Tomatoes

[MrFunkhouser]

Can you tell more about your frogs setup? I am so interested in getting some Tomato Frogs and would like to hear about their habits and activity.

We are in the process in making a palidarium, but at the moment we they have about 2ft square of floor space, with regular lawn soil underneath and terrarium moss on top. They bury themselves very deeply, so much so that we were sure Sofia had eaten Gabrielle after searching everywhere for her, only to emerge 4 days later! We installed a waterfall feature which falls over slate siliconed into a foam backing, the water collecting into a moss filled pool underneath, which they thoroughly enjoy. The floor is raised on 3 inch sections of plastic pipe , forming a sump where a small pump takes water through a hose to the top of the waterfall. We put a layer of semi-fine mesh on the pipe, then lined the bottom and sides with a garden gauze (the one that stops weeds) upon which the soil and moss sits.
We also planted a Golden Dragon tree and some non-toxic garden flora. There are some twisty tree bark lengths and other branches scavenged. The tank is about 3 feet tall, which the bark reaches into, with vines for our tree frogs. Their favourite haunt is the leaves of the Dragon tree. The rest of the tank will ultimately have fish in, and a small ramped island so they can get out when the jump in (and they do jump in!).

We originally had a male, which croaked every once in a while, but when we get the two new ones (females) he was extremely vocal as we suspected. At his loudest, he sang every 5 minutes, but after a few days he went back to his old self. Tomato Frogs can spend days at a time sat doing nothing at all, or they can be very active and great to watch.

Hope this helps!

[kmichael55]

Your tank sounds really cool! I'd love to see pics of it!
Also, great pics of your frogs, that's an awesomely unique cyclops you have there!