Red Eyed Tree Frog Beginner

[frogeyes]

Hello and welcome to the forums! You came to the right place to ask question! I have no idea where is everybody and why nobody replied yet hello people??? I've never had red eyes, but will try to answer to the best of my abilities.

automatic fogger is aways better for people like me who like to make sure everything is perfect at any given moment. So i always use and advise everybody to get a zoomed hydrotherm, plug it into your fogger and heating device and not to worry about humidity or temps ever again.
Im sure the frogs would appreciate real pants and naturalistic vivarium and you, coming from reef tanks, would really enjoy making one for them. Be careful though it is very addicting
I would be careful of mycobacterium marinum if you plan on using old fish tank.

Check a care sheet here, it is pretty good!

Thank you for the reply! I have learned a little more about them recently. I will be using a brand new tank with a glass top to hold in the humidity. I've decided on real plants as I like the natural look. I've also seen a lot of cool backgrounds people are making. I'm thinking of doing that as well.

Thanks again!

[flybyferns]

Hello
I will get back to this post as I can't stand replying on my iPhone.
I'm sure you have had quite a bit to read here.
For now I have a few ?s for you.
Do you have your frogs yet
Have you purchased any plants. If so what ones
Have you read the quarantine threads ?
TTYL

[frogeyes]

Hello
I will get back to this post as I can't stand replying on my iPhone.
I'm sure you have had quite a bit to read here.
For now I have a few ?s for you.
Do you have your frogs yet
Have you purchased any plants. If so what one.
Have you read the quarantine threads ?
TTYL

No, I don't have anything yet. I'm planning on getting the equipment and checking the humidity and heat for awhile before I get the frog. (How long should I wait to get the frog?)

I have not read the quarantine threads yet, but I have quarantined fish before.

Another question, maybe you can help me. I have an RO/DI unit for my reef tank, would this also apply to the frog? Should I use RO/DI water in the mister/fogger, as drinking water, etc?

[Lija]

No you need regular tap water with water conditioner ( prime, aquasafe, anything similar) as a drinking water, they need minerals that are in there. You can also use bottled spring water. You can use distilled or ro water for your fogger.

Check is thread http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...hing-else.html

[LilyPad]

Welcome to FF!! I am considering venturing into the world of RETF's also

I would not use a fully glass top. Tree frogs need ventilation, I would try to make it at least 50% screen and mist regularly to keep the humidity up.

Here is the link to the care sheet that Lija was talking about - Frog Forum - Red-Eyed Leaf Frog/Red Eyed Tree Frog Care - Agalychnis callidryas

If you take a look through the vivarium section, there are some pretty great vivs to give you some ideas. I would recommend doing a drainage layer under some sort of substrate. That way you won't have to change out the substrate regularly because it's turned into a swamp and you can get live plants in there to help keep the humidity levels stable.

[frogeyes]

Welcome to FF!! I am considering venturing into the world of Red-Eyed Leaf Frog's also

I would not use a fully glass top. Tree frogs need ventilation, I would try to make it at least 50% screen and mist regularly to keep the humidity up.

Here is the link to the care sheet that Lija was talking about - Frog Forum - Red-Eyed Leaf Frog/Red Eyed Tree Frog Care - Agalychnis callidryas

If you take a look through the vivarium section, there are some pretty great vivs to give you some ideas. I would recommend doing a drainage layer under some sort of substrate. That way you won't have to change out the substrate regularly because it's turned into a swamp and you can get live plants in there to help keep the humidity levels stable.

Thanks for for the reply. For the substrate I was going to use aquarium gravel on the bottom, then ecoearth, and some sphagnum moss on top. Do you think this would be okay?

[LilyPad]

I have used gravel in the bottom layer of a viv in the past. Using hydroton is much easier to work with in my opinion. Your tank comes out much lighter than when gravel is used, plus you can use less. Gravel will work though. I put the sphagnum moss below the eco earth and leaf litter on top though. That just lowers the risk of your frog getting a mouthful of it but helps maintain the humidity. I would also recommend putting some screen down so that the eco earth doesn't just end up mixing with whatever you use for drainage. Other people here use egg crate and skip any kind of gravel or hydroton altogether, that seems to work well. Make sure you either put a pump in the bottom layer or some tubing for siphoning to drain excess water if you can't drill a hole to do that.