New tomato frog -- it's TINY!

[Heatheranne]

I would try and feed a few fruit flies. It would be easier to see if he is eating if he's on damp paper towels. You can put a nylon stocking over the lid to keep the fruit flies in.

[GrifTheGreat]

The 4 watt hermit crab UTH and the Zoo Med UTH Item # RH-7 are the only two UTH that are safe for plastic and don't get hot enough to melt it. As long as you are spraying ice water on the glass where the UTH is the glass won't crack. As I said they don't get really hot so it won't crack the glass anyway because something really hot hit with water really cold will warp or break and vise versa. It will be fine to use.

[emandkel]

Thanks so much for the info on the 4 watt heaters. It eases my mind in using them. I think I will try leaving the critter keeper in the 10-gallon and put the heater outside of it on the glass, as that is where he will go when I think he's big enough to be able to find his food in there. Eventually, I hope to house the two together in a larger aquarium/terrarium.

I think I will change his substrate to wet paper towels, maybe with a small dish of coco-earth to bury in if he wants -- but he's so far not burying himself, just is on top of the coco-earth. That way not only I can see what he's eating, but I think it will help him see and find his food better. I'm going to see how he eats the fruit flies tonight.

Thanks for the input so far, keep it coming!

[Froggiefressh]

I've had tomatoes in the past and I have one right now who is doing really well. I keep her tank in the mid 70s range and give her lots of burrowing room as that is her favorite thing to do besides eat. Keep the humidity high. I love your little tomato such a cutie. His/her colors should change more as s/he gets older. Tomatoes are known for the ferrous appetite and hopefully your tomato carries this trait. As for substrate you could use paper towel just make sure you clean it out everyday and you could also use coco-fiber. Since your frog is so small just put a half-inch or so of the fiber down. Your tank right now looks very nice just try to get those temperatures in the mid to high 70s. A little temperature drop at night and you and your little tomato should be fine. Hope this helps if you have any questions or concerns feel free to message me. Glad to see other Tomato keepers out there

[emandkel]

A few minutes ago, I decided to take the little guy out of his critter keeper and put him in another container with a damp paper towel at the bottom, then added at least a couple dozen fruit flies. He's an eager eater, but has no interest in hunting, in other words, the fly has to come near enough for him to get. But from what I've read, that's normal. At the time of this writing, he is still in there as there is still some fruit flies in there and I will leave him in there a little while longer before returning him to his setup.

My big guy just stays in his place, not sure if he's eating or not ... wish I'd see him eat. I put 4 or 5 small crickets in there every night and I see one or more crickets still in there in the morning. He hides under a plant, burrowed in the substrate. Last night's feeding I lifted the plant and a cricket crawled right on him and he didn't move. But hopefully he's ok and getting enough to eat. [Edit, 15 minutes after posting -- went in and checked and he was out.]

[emandkel]

I know I started this posting for the little guy, but here's a picture I took last night of my big guy ... still behind part of a plant, but more visible, soon after he came out of his hole (the brownish on him is the coco-earth). He is yellowish with some red dots and darker red legs. Only had him a week or two. I still can't really believe finding my little guy after getting this one.

[emandkel]

The little guy got full tonight. I don't know how many fruit flies I put in, but I put him in a small critter keeper tonight and put in almost as many flies as I feed my 6 bumble bee toads, probably 5 or 6 dozen. He ate about half of them, then started trying to jump out with no more interest in the flies. I'm looking forward to seeing this little guy grow up.