50 gallon bow front vivarium style Brown Mantella (mantella betsileo) Habitat

[deranged chipmunk]

George, how often do you see your frogs hanging out in the lagoon? I see mine in their water feature all the time, even diving into the deep end to catch fruit flies that jumped in.

[Geo]

I suspect quite often as they are usual "wet" when I am around the habitat but I personally only have seen them go in every so often and it is more or less a very quick dip in and out sort of deal. They don't seem to have a need to hang out in the water itself. Because of the presence of moss, shredded leaves and natural debris there is a fair bit of moisture present in the habitat. Plus I can't discount the building of water in the various tiny holes/hideaways that they have made for themselves in the leaf debris / moss. I am guessing that when the light canopy starts to dim that it triggers a response in them that food isn't coming around, its safe so lets go take a dip. They tend to dip in the read of the lagoon rather then the front which may indicate that they are very aware of what is the front of the habitat (ie where they see humans / threats, etc).