Vivarium Designs needed

[DC101]

Thanks John, i know they aren't active.
I would love to get some PDFs, they were my first preference, but i live in Australia, and sadly they are illegal.

Im at school for most of the day anyways and i wake up early so hopefully i can see them a little. But i will continue
to research frogs. Its just that i want some that are easy to take care of and aren't too big.

But thanks anyways! I like your VIV btw. And i do love these frogs.

[J Teezy]

by easy to handle what are you referring to. are you saying you will be taking them out and handeling them? You really don't want to handle RETFs it only stresses them out. The less you touch them the better. RETFs and many frog types are not your type of pet like a bearded dragon or something along those lines that you can handle alot

[rivkah]

Something easy to deal with.... something easy to house.... something active.... something interactive....

The first two that come to mind are the white's tree frog... they actually seem to enjoy interaction with their keepers, and the fire belly toad... too cute, too much fun to watch and also appear to enjoy some interaction and become quite familar with their keeprs.

Although the housing is different, each is very easy to keep, hardy and undemanding (compared to others), and considered some of the best "beginner frogs/toads" out there.

Truthfully, if I had actually thought about it, I would have set the 35 hex up very differently. I would have glued a "shelf" or "shelves" to the back side of the tank higher up, creating more of a "floating island" effect, to drastically increase the water level and volume to allow me more options.

Its all part of that "never satisfied" issue. You only limitations are your imagionation and your pocketbook. But, I strongly suggest that you decide what you want to keep, then build a proper environment for that creature. Take it from the voice of experience, building the enclosure first, then thinking about what to put in it, rarely works well for the creature or the keeper.

[DC101]

Josh, by easy to handle i didn't mean actually holding.

I meant that its easy to take care of and doesn't require toooo much help.

Thanks anyway for lookout out.

[J Teezy]

i don't know too much about keeping RETFs aside from that they need daily water change of the water dish and that most feed them crickets.

As far as the common beginner PDFs they are very simple to take care of. Keep the humidity up and for feeding i feed mine 3 times a week staple of FF's, but they are plenty of springtails in my viv that they munch on daily. Aside from that i spot clean the viv once a week and make a FF culture once a week. Very easy to take care of when you have a well established viv, it pretty much takes care of itself especially when you have your lights on a timer and a mistking system.

[ViperJr]

Just read through this and I just want to make sure that people know what you are talking about. You said that you want to get some "red eyed tree frogs" (without giving any scientific name), but at the same time you live in Australia. Now, as for as I know, you're only allowed to keep native species, right? If that's the case, you are probably talking about Litoria chloris, which is the "Australian red eyed tree frog". However, when just typing "red eyed tree frog" on a international forum like this, everyone is going to asume that you are talking about Agalychnis callidryas, which is known world-wide as the red eyed tree frog.

So, to avoid confusion, what species are you actually referring to?

[DC101]

Ok to make this simple and to get back on track, im interested in designs for a vivarium.

Anyway, don't worry what red eyes i want because I've changed my mind, im going to get green tree frogs. (whites tree frog in US)

Thanks for your concern anyway. I appreciate it.