New Terrarium for my Spotted Marsh Frog Help

[Tom4077]

Ok could i not try having live plants in my tank because thats what i am kinda wanting? at the moment all the plants in my tank are completly native and the plants that are in there have had no pestersize or anything sprayed on them exceptt for water because they are all from out garden !.How come i can not just keep catching food for my frog and put it in the tank? because they guy i bought it from said he just caught insects and stuck them in his tank? he said he was putting in ants, flies, worms and little grubs is this ok? also if i am to put in pin head crickets where can i buy them? the pet shop down the road has them but the smallest crickets are nearly as big as the frog so what should i do?? can a frog eat food thats bigger than it? also i am going to get make a better lid for my tank i am thinking of making it out of polycrystalline would this be ok? when it comes to adding branches should they be going across the tank or just strait up? should i have the branches in the marsh area of the tank or the dry area?
so i should be feeding my frog every second day?
for branches would these type of branches be ok?
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[Kristen]

Im going to brake this up cause of all the questions.

Ok could i not try having live plants in my tank because thats what i am kinda wanting? at the moment all the plants in my tank are completly native and the plants that are in there have had no pestersize or anything sprayed on them exceptt for water because they are all from out garden !

You don't have to have live plants in you're tank. You can have fake but live ones are best. You cant have wild plants in there. The frog isnt wild and those plants can have toxins that could harm them.

How come i can not just keep catching food for my frog and put it in the tank? because they guy i bought it from said he just caught insects and stuck them in his tank? he said he was putting in ants, flies, worms and little grubs is this ok?

Pretty much same reason as above. These aren't wild frogs, they are captive bred. They arent used to the things in the wild and they havent been exposed to them before. You would be taking a big risk by feeding them to your frog. Honestly no, it's not.

also if i am to put in pin head crickets where can i buy them? the pet shop down the road has them but the smallest crickets are nearly as big as the frog so what should i do?? can a frog eat food thats bigger than it?

Pet barn near fountain gate has them. I'm sure other pet barns do too. Lots of petstores sell them so just look around your area and im sure you will find some.
The frog can eat any food that can fit in the pace inbetween its eyes (so if there is 1cm inbetween its eyes, it can eat food 1cm)

also i am going to get make a better lid for my tank i am thinking of making it out of polycrystalline would this be ok?

I'm not really sure on this so someone else might chime in.

when it comes to adding branches should they be going across the tank or just strait up? should i have the branches in the marsh area of the tank or the dry area?

Both and both. Though sometime branches in the water can make the water an off colour. Make sure to have a filter in your water or change it daily.

so i should be feeding my frog every second day?

Well by the sounds of it he is still a juvenile so about five days a week.

for branches would these type of branches be ok?
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Yeeeep.

[Tom4077]

OK i have a few more questions but i am really appreciating you helping me
So as i touched on before i have a whole lot of plants and pebbles, sticks , moss ,water and rocks in my tank everything in my tank is taken from my garden and has never had anything except for water on them is this ok if i leave them in my tank?
i have also put a few worms in to the drit to filter the soil is this ok?
i boiled all my rocks , pebbles and branches in hot water and then stuck them in the oven on fan forced at the temp 40 for 1 hour is that ok ?
is my tank ok for a spotted marsh frog? because i just Googled it and Google said they flourish in the Melbourne environment and that's what i have been trying to do?
i am thinking of buying some pinhead crickets how long do they live for?

[Kristen]

So as i touched on before i have a whole lot of plants and pebbles, sticks , moss ,water and rocks in my tank everything in my tank is taken from my garden and has never had anything except for water on them is this ok if i leave them in my tank?

You can leave in the rocks/pebbles/sticks if you boiled then baked them like you said, but not the dirt/plants

i have also put a few worms in to the drit to filter the soil is this ok?

No! You don't know where they have been and what they have come in contact with.

Yeah that's fine.

is my tank ok for a spotted marsh frog? because i just Googled it and Google said they flourish in the Melbourne environment and that's what i have been trying to do?

Look, just because they live in melbourne doesn't mean you can get a few things out of your backyard and think it's okay.
You need to buy coco peat for substrate and some plants. You can get mondo grass for $2 a punnet at bunnings and that is great for them.

i am thinking of buying some pinhead crickets how long do they live for?

You shouldn't be 'Thinking' of buying them, you should be getting them. Wild insects are not good for him.
They live for as long as you can keep them alive but keep in mind they will grow.

Also with the water you have to add a dechlorinator to it. Tap water is no good for the frog and it will kill him.