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    I have contemplated on this a lot.

    You could run at least 4 inches of water and drill your enclosure to allow the use of a canister filter to handle the waste products.
    You could also keep cleaner fish in the water like emerald cory's and similar fish. They normally stay on the bottom so the frogs
    wouldn't have much of a chance of catching them.
    With a good canister filter like a fluval 405 you can use it to make a water fall also.

    Also you need to have places to haul out if the frog lands in the water.
    these guys are clumsy some times.
    I wouldn't use a plecostomus since they have very sharp fins and they can lock them and really do dome damage to a frog.
    You can get some guppies and the frogs might get lucky with those and they are not bad for the frog.
    I would setup the enclosure first and then add the fish and let the water cycle and get stable for at least a month before adding
    frogs.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Mentat View Post
    What you showed in link are not the best unit, they can be finicky and use a very small unit inside the huge decorative outer box.
    dang the reviews were pretty good! I'll look at the other ones.. excited about this.

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    I actually do this shallow water setup with a different tree frog during summer time here

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    Got pictures?



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    Quote Originally Posted by Tongue Flicker View Post
    I actually do this shallow water setup with a different tree frog during summer time here
    What kind of filtration do you use??

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    Quote Originally Posted by tlro View Post
    What kind of filtration do you use??
    I have it unfiltered. 3 months of summer is easy to bear plus i only have a single frog that isn't even poopy. I normally do a full change every 2-3 days. I'm thinking of using a wide tray for a water substrate this year for easier changing

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