Please read all of this, it's very important, and covers multiple subjects.
I'm close to giving up on these frogs, and am tempted to give them away. I have over 200 dollars into their enclosure, and they still don't seem happy.
I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. They have a 15 watt bulb over their water that is on for approx. 12 hours a day. Their water is between 75-78 degrees (Room temperature), they have approx 40/60 land/water ratio with the deep end of the water approx 5" deep. They have one aquatic plant, and a filter/waterfall to filter and circulate the water. They also have a floating dock, and the water is 100% nature pure spring water that is bought from my local superstore. They have adequate areas to hide, and the land is covered by large, smooth rocks and pebbles that ensure no accidental ingestion. I also removed all the moss from the land in case of impaction.
These frogs are still not happy. When I got them, they were in absolutely horrendous conditions. They had no lighting whatsoever, a shallow dish of water that was filthy, with no filter, a tiny area of land that was covered in moss found in the back yard that was beginning to rot, and their tank was on the ground of an apartment, constantly being bombarded by a dog. Despite everything, they were BRIGHT green and incredibly active.
Now, in my enclosure, that I thought for sure would be ideal for these critters, they are dark, and lazy, are constantly hiding, and very rarely go into the water. They still eat, but their other behavior seems odd to me.
Recently, I used superglue (gel) to fix an ornament It was fully dried before I put it back into the tank. Since then, the toads refuse to go into the water and have darkened even further (I was told by multiple people on here super glue would be safe once dried).
Yesterday, after feeding my toads, I noticed the large one, Hugo, wasn't moving. Even after I poked him in the nose. He did not move. I had to give him yet another honey bath before he regained some movement. I had to do the same thing with Hermes. I'm not sure if this was because they were digesting, or because they were sick.
Yesterday, I also scooped up was looked like skin from the top of the water, but it seemed gritty. Perhaps some remnants of the superglue that flaked off?
Finally, also while inspecting the water, and eventually change 50% due to the face that I didn't like that floating ****, I noticed on the UNDERSIDE of the leaves of my aquatic plant, there seemed to be... eggs? Of some sort. However these were eggs that were unlike any frog eggs I've seen. They were clear (No obvious nucleus or middle), oval shaped and incredibly sticky (I removed one thinking it was a water droplet). I caught my frogs mating three days ago but I can't see this happening this quickly. And to be on the underside of the leaves (Which float on top of the water), I found this to be a little peculiar.
I'm not sure how snails reproduce, but I do have a couple small aquatic snails that came with the plant (I couldn't remove all of them, they were fighters), could it be snail eggs?
Anyway, I am just so frustrated that these frogs seemed better off in a ridiculously poorly kept enclosure... I'm running out of options here.