New tomato frogs

[abc123]

I found my tomato frog with a chunk of coco fiber in his mouth and I think it was because he was shedding. They eat their shed skin right? Please give me some advice, thanks

[Pluke]

Yeah, they shed. They open and close their mouths like any other frogs would and whatever is stuck to their skin has the tendancy to be ingested. Nothing to worry about my tomatos eat bits of eco earth all the time and they're fine. They aren't exactly sharp-shooters when it comes to eating, sometimes just dropping food in the container they'll start lashing out at nothing in front of them and eat dirt, lol.

When I blow up a brick of eco earth I just skim through it and make sure there isn't any sticks/rocks/matter that will cause impactions.

[abc123]

I was thinking about putting sphagnum moss on half of the tank as the top layer over the coco fiber to help keep in the humidity. Would that be detrimental to the frog's health? I have heard both good things and bad things about sphagnum moss.

[Pluke]

I don't think it's as much of an issue as it would be with pacman frogs, but I don't use it. I just have eco earth and fake plants in my tank. I have a glass lid and only need to mist like once every 2 days.. I stir the soil around and mist. Always make sure you check little burrows they're not using anymore for feces, when they go to find a new spot to burrow it's normally cause there is a big turd in their last spot. At least that's what I've come to notice.

I suppose you could use sphagnum moss if you really wanted, I see people do it a lot with Tomato frogs. I'm just too afraid they'd ingest it and don't have trouble keeping humidity. What kind of lid do you have on the enclosure, screen?

[abc123]

Half the lid is screen and half is glass. They are in a 50 gallon tank right now because I'm thinking of getting some more tomato frogs and putting them together. I'm going to get an automatic mister so it is easier to keep the humidity in there. I might also get some live plants to go in there too.

[Pluke]

You could also cover up some of the screened part with plastic wrap to help hold in humidity in the mean time. Live plants will definitely help as well, they do like to dig them up though so make sure you choose the right kinds. I hear Pothos are good for tomato frog tanks.

[T3RR1B1L15]

Tomato frogs are beautiful creatures. They produce glue when threatened...you might not want to agitate them for that simple reason.
Nonetheless their colours are amazing, they're quite simple to breed, and their froglets are adorable. Not to mention they make great display pets.

[sschind]

I was thinking about putting sphagnum moss on half of the tank as the top layer over the coco fiber to help keep in the humidity. Would that be detrimental to the frog's health? I have heard both good things and bad things about sphagnum moss.

I use only long fiber sphagnum with my tomatoes (no coco fiber) and I have not seen any problems. I've been keepingthem on it for many years. They are much more precise feeders than pac man frogs and rarely get a mouthful. I just make sure that after I wet the moss down I pack it very tightly. This seems to keep the loose strands from poking up.