Humidity up, Mold down

[deranged chipmunk]

How much water do you have in your leca bottom? And what kind of mold?

[BerDip]

1. Size of enclosure
-18x18x24


2. # of inhabitants - specifically other frogs and size differences
- 3whites and 2 greens (greens soon to be removed)

3. Humidity
- ranges 29-75% higher when misted multiple times a day, but falls to 20-30's

4. Temperature
- 80-81 degrees daytime , 71-72 night

5. Water - type - for both misting and soaking dish
- filtered water from tap for both misting and soaking. (pur water filter)

6. Materials used for substrate
- hydro balls, screen separator, cocofiber, moss, decorative rocks. removed bark halves from mold

7. Enclosure set up i.e. plants (live or artificial), wood, bark and other materials. - How were things prepared prior to being put into the viv.
- live plants to start with hydro balls, cocofiber, then switched to fake plants, vines, suction cup vines, plastic ground plant, fake wood branch.

8. Main food source
- crickets, mealworms, night crawlers

9. Vitamins and calcium? (how often)
- vitamins (herptivite) once a wk, Calcium (with vit d) every other feeding.

10. Lighting - solar glow (165 wat) 80-81 temp.

11. What is being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure
- light

12. When is the last time he/she ate
- yesterday

13. Have you found poop lately
- oh yes

14. A pic would be helpful including frog and enclosure (any including cell phone pic is fine)

15. How old is the frog
- im not sure of age's. looks like one full grown green (had for 8 months - petsmart), one small green had for about a month (from petsmart), oldest dumpy bought from petco (had for about 3 months), 2 younger whites from petco (had for about 2 months)

16. How long have you owned him/her -^

17. Is the frog wild caught or captive bred
- bought from petsmart & petco

18. Frog food- how often and if it is diverse, what other feeders are used as treats
- feedings 2-3 times a wk meal worm, night crawler treats

19. How often the frog is handled
- once a wk for tank cleaning if necessary.

20. Is the enclosure kept in a high or low traffic area
-low traffic

21. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etc)
- water changes every 2-3 days as needed, spot cleaning after feeding, usually must remove decorations & some substrate to clean fecal matter.

by Lynn(Flybyferns) and GrifTheGreat.

[Mentat]

2. # of inhabitants - specifically other frogs and size differences
- 3whites and 2 greens (greens soon to be removed)

Good!

3. Humidity
- ranges 29-75% higher when misted multiple times a day, but falls to 20-30's

See my comments in light section.

4. Temperature
- 80-81 degrees daytime , 71-72 night

Once you remove the Greens, get day temp up to 85 with drops between 75-80F at night.

5. Water - type - for both misting and soaking dish
- filtered water from tap for both misting and soaking. (pur water filter)

This needs correction ASAP! Pur does not remove chloramines from water. Need to add dechlorinator! If same used for preparing shreeded coco substrate need to remove and replace with new mixed with dechlorinated water.

6. Materials used for substrate
- hydro balls, screen separator, cocofiber, moss, decorative rocks. removed bark halves from mold

See no. 5.

7. Enclosure set up i.e. plants (live or artificial), wood, bark and other materials. - How were things prepared prior to being put into the viv.
- live plants to start with hydro balls, cocofiber, then switched to fake plants, vines, suction cup vines, plastic ground plant, fake wood branch.

See no. 5.

10. Lighting - solar glow (165 wat) 80-81 temp.

165 W bulb is very powerful and is probable cause for low humidity. Recommend get a lower watt bulb and supplement with heat pad on enclosure side.

11. What is being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure
- light

See no. 10.

15. How old is the frog
- im not sure of age's. looks like one full grown green (had for 8 months - petsmart), one small green had for about a month (from petsmart), oldest dumpy bought from petco (had for about 3 months), 2 younger whites from petco (had for about 2 months)

Did you quarantine these frogs from each other for at least 30 days? If not recommend you do so in future, because new additions could contaminate all other frogs and enclosure.

21. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etc)
- water changes every 2-3 days as needed, spot cleaning after feeding, usually must remove decorations & some substrate to clean fecal matter.

Clean and change water dish daily per no. 5 comments.

Well, there are a few things recommend changing. Hope these helps some and gets your humidity up. The use of Pur filtered water is a high risk factor and should be corrected now. Also, would cover all sides (but front) to help provide privacy and reduce stress in frogs. Good luck !

[BerDip]

In Order: tank pic, 2 greens (oldest on the left), dumpy 1 (blue eye), dumpy 2, dumpy 3 (oldest), tank pic.

[BerDip]

How much water do you have in your leca bottom? And what kind of mold?

I would get white and green mold when i use to have natural wood. but since i got rid of the wood and live moss, no mold. I miss having living substrate, but having the fake stuff is a lot easier to deal with.