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    Default cleaning / disinfecting and maintaining the glass

    Wondering what everyone does , specifically, to maintain, clean and disinfect the glass wall of their tree frog's enclosures.
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    -materials used on the glass
    -products
    -disinfectants

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    Default Re: cleaning / disinfecting and maintaining the glass

    Well whenever I clean my glass I use white vinegar and unbleached paper towels. Now im not to sure if they even still make it, but I got a stock pile of this stuff called healthy habitat it works GREAT! If im doing an all out clean then I use a 10% bleach with water mix. Hope i helped

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    Default Re: cleaning / disinfecting and maintaining the glass

    I clean cages with box cutter blades to scrape all calcium deposits on a glass ( I spray tanks with declorinated water), so first I spray water on a glass and while it is moist I scrape it all, then I wipe it and use Zilla maintenance terrarium cleaner Zilla - Where Reptiles Rule » Terrarium Cleaner | Products
    tanks look like new afterwards I know that some people use distilled water for spraying this way nothing deposits on a glass.

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    Default Re: cleaning / disinfecting and maintaining the glass

    I'm hoping we could get a long thread of lots of different methods, and/or a collaborative effort of providing advice!
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    Dendrobates leucomelas - standard morph
    Dendrobates auratus “Costa Rican Green Black"
    Dendrobates auratus "Pena Blanca"
    Dendrobates tinctorius “New River”
    Dendrobates tinctorius "Green Sipaliwini"
    Dendrobates tinctorius “Powder Blue"
    Dendrobates tinctorius "French Guiana Dwarf Cobalt"

    Phyllobates terribilis “Mint”
    Phyllobates terribilis "Orange"
    Phyllobates bicolor "Uraba"

    Oophaga pumilio "Black Jeans"
    Oophaga pumilio "Isla Popa"
    Oophaga pumilio "Bastimentos"
    Oophaga pumilio “Mimbitimbi”
    Oophaga pumilio "Rio Colubre"
    Oophaga pumilio "Red Frog Beach”
    Oophaga pumilio "Rio Branco"
    Oophaga pumilio “Valle del Rey”
    Oophaga pumilio "BriBri"
    Oophaga pumilio "El Dorado"
    Oophaga pumilio "Cristobal"
    Oophaga pumilio "Rambala"

    Oophaga “Vicentei” (blue)

    Oophaga sylvatica "Paru"
    Oophaga sylvatica "Pata Blanca"
    Oophaga histrionica “Redhead”
    Oophaga histrionica "Blue"
    Oophaga lehmanni "Red"
    Oophaga histrionica "Tado"

    Ranitomeya variabilis "Southern"
    Ranitomeya imitator "Varadero"
    Ranitomeya sirensis "Lower Ucayali"
    Ranitomeya vanzolinii

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