Water bowls for mature pixie frogs are optional!

[mattfish]

Matt here's an idea. Put a water bowl in the frogs enclosure for a week or two and see if he ever goes in it. If he does then you keep it in because your frog clearly likes it. It would only take up five minutes a day to clean and replace water or is that to much of a hardship for you to bare?

Jack i already did that. He acts NO different since i removed that nasty thing. So it is common sense that it made no difference but aid to bacteria growth. Just get rid of those bacteria bath houses of disease, aka water dishes, your frog will love you for it!!

[Cap10Squirty]

Jack i already did that. He acts NO different since i removed that nasty thing. So it is common sense that it made no difference but aid to bacteria growth. Just get rid of those bacteria bath houses of disease, aka water dishes, your frog will love you for it!!

Do you mist the soil/substrate? I guarantee you that there is potential for more bacteria growth in and around the substrate than there is in the water. Might as well remove that nasty old substrate! Your frog will probably turn every color of the rainbow then

[mattfish]

Do you mist the soil/substrate? I guarantee you that there is potential for more bacteria growth in and around the substrate than there is in the water. Might as well remove that nasty old substrate! Your frog will probably turn every color of the rainbow then

I only have to replace the substate about once a month! It is sooooo easy now! MY WAYS DO WORK!!!

[Cap10Squirty]

I change my frog's substrate about once a month as well...that should be good enough depending on how well it's kept in between changings.

[mattfish]

I change my frog's substrate about once a month as well...that should be good enough depending on how well it's kept in between changings.

thats cool! but thats all i do. no changing water bowls, no messing with filters, no nothing else! i feed him in a different tank every 3-5 days and change his enclosures substrate once a month, thats it!

[mattfish]

All i do is replicate their natural enviroment. If you look up the type of area these guys live in during the time they are above ground you will find that they rarely ever swim in water or even like to sit in more than an inch of water. they like super moist soil in a nice shady spot under a bush. THAT IS A FACT! they poop in water but they wont poop or pee where they sit in their little area. you should read all these post that belittled my idea and time has now shown that i am right. a beautiful 8+ inch aggressive frog to prove it. (: If you are sick of dealing with water bowls then read this whole thread and see if my way frees up some of your maintenance time and gives you a more beautiful and healthy frog in return. do less work and get a better frog, thats the American way! (:

[mattfish]

All i do is replicate their natural enviroment. If you look up the type of area these guys live in during the time they are above ground you will find that they rarely ever swim in water or even like to sit in more than an inch of water. they like super moist soil in a nice shady spot under a bush. THAT IS A FACT! they poop in water but they wont poop or pee where they sit in their little area. you should read all these post that belittled my idea and time has now shown that i am right. a beautiful 8+ inch aggressive frog to prove it. (: If you are sick of dealing with water bowls then read this whole thread and see if my way frees up some of your maintenance time and gives you a more beautiful and healthy frog in return. do less work and get a better frog, thats the American way! (:

i have to add that the only time they need to spend in the water in the wild is breeding, brooding of young, and pooping and peeing. other than that they rarely ever go in the open or deeper water. the videos you see about these frogs in the wild is taken during breeding time. people who live in the area these frogs are from say that they rarely ever find these frogs in the water. they find them all the time in muddy shaded areas.