New to PacMans.

[NewFrogDude]

Just got my first PacMan. I had a long conversation with a friend of mine as he had kept one for several years. He never mentioned water conditioner though. I used plain tap water (filtered thru a Britta pitcher) to expand my coconut stuff (came in a brick). Is that gonna be bad for him/her. How the hell do you sex them too, other than flowers and soft talk. I showed him a pic of the enclosure it's a Zilla 5.5g tank. He said the tank was a fine size. The frog is only about 1.5" to 2" in size as well.

So with all that said. What's a good water conditioner to get?

Also he is just sitting there staring at me blinking and what looks to be yawning? How do you know they are hungry?

[GrifTheGreat]

Just got my first PacMan. I had a long conversation with a friend of mine as he had kept one for several years. He never mentioned water conditioner though. I used plain tap water (filtered thru a Britta pitcher) to expand my coconut stuff (came in a brick). Is that gonna be bad for him/her. How the hell do you sex them too, other than flowers and soft talk. I showed him a pic of the enclosure it's a Zilla 5.5g tank. He said the tank was a fine size. The frog is only about 1.5" to 2" in size as well.

So with all that said. What's a good water conditioner to get?

I don't believe the filtration will remove all the chemicals from the water. You may need to swap it out for new once you get the water conditioner. Many will do, but some are better than others. Look for Prime or Repti-Safe.

Congrats on becoming a Pacman owner and welcome to Frog Forum.

[NewFrogDude]

I assume you're talking about water dechlorinator. I own several Bettas and if that's what I need will water conditioner for fish work? And if you're wondering its not the "stress coat" that helps the natural slime coat for fish. It's just standard water conditioner.

[DVirginiana]

I assume you're talking about water dechlorinator. I own several Bettas and if that's what I need will water conditioner for fish work? And if you're wondering its not the "stress coat" that helps the natural slime coat for fish. It's just standard water conditioner.

I use Prime for my reptiles and fish. Works great. Most water conditioners have deaminator and dechlorinator in them, but check to see it has both to make sure. Yeah, you need to change out the substrate asap. A day or so in it probably hasn't hurt him, but if you leave it he will tox out.

Britta filters don't remove any chemicals. They only remove organic material like bacteria.

[NewFrogDude]

I use Prime for my reptiles and fish. Works great. Most water conditioners have deaminator and dechlorinator in them, but check to see it has both to make sure. Yeah, you need to change out the substrate asap. A day or so in it probably hasn't hurt him, but if you leave it he will tox out.

Britta filters don't remove any chemicals. They only remove organic material like bacteria.

My Britta can pull the chlorine taste out of my water and at my house the water out of the tap tastes like it came out of a pool. The Britta removes any and all odors and tastes of chlorine. That's what an activated charcoal filter does. I will resoak my substrate in dechlorinated water tomorrow.

[GrifTheGreat]

My Britta can pull the chlorine taste out of my water and at my house the water out of the tap tastes like it came out of a pool. The Britta removes any and all odors and tastes of chlorine. That's what an activated charcoal filter does. I will resoak my substrate in dechlorinated water tomorrow.

Your water more than likely contains chlorimines as well which are difficult to remove with out a conditioner. Filtration doesn't remove them. Heavy metals are another issue. Fish water de-chlorinatores are fine, but ones that promote the slime coat are ideal as they do the same fro frogs.

Sorry about the misspelling on my first response. My phone likes to correct me inccorrectly most of the time.

[DVirginiana]

For heat I have a UTH on the side as well as a red bulb. That way I can really bump up the temp if it's getting really cold at night, or just turn one on for daytime.

My Britta can pull the chlorine taste out of my water and at my house the water out of the tap tastes like it came out of a pool. The Britta removes any and all odors and tastes of chlorine. That's what an activated charcoal filter does. I will resoak my substrate in dechlorinated water tomorrow.

Britta can remove straight chlorine from the water, but much chlorine used in water treatment reacts with organic matter, turning it into a type of trihalomethane. Britta can't remove THM's though. Humans mostly just care about the chlorine taste, so you're right there. I usually just don't go into the detail, but the chemical threat of chlorine-treated water to frogs isn't eliminated by the Britta