What Species Can Co-Habitat?

[zlmitchell]

Thanks for the advice i will look into a smaller tank then and get two setups.

Anyone have experience handling the tree frogs or poison darts. As i described before i have read that they can be non-toxic if in the right conditions but does that mean you can touch them bare handed? Same goes for the red eyes. It t something you always need to be every careful about and wear gloves when putting your hands in the cage?

Thanks

[bshmerlie]

You don't have to wear gloves although some people do. Just wash your hands before and after. I also spray my hands with the same water I mist the cage with before I touch the frogs. Remember no chlorine. They really don't like to be held and it does stress them out. They are mostly a look at kind of pet.

[Deku]

A 75gallon aquarium FILLED to the brim WITH an Above basking area IS the BARE minimum for ONE ADULT MALE red eared sliders. Females need a 125. A pair 150. You need HEAVY filtration for them. I have had a couple over the years, and now I only have texas map turtles. But I know now that those were the messiest turtles ever. They pooped like a baby they ate like a baby. Again Check what you have. One 75g=one MALE. Males size tend to go up from 5inches-8inches. Mine was 5inches and STILL in a 75 gallon he was a pig. You also have to watch for ammonia readings. Water should be soft/acidic, as it helps prevent fungus. YOU STILL need a dry area. A turtle dock DOES NOT work for this. Again build an above tank basking area which will stay dry. put heat lamps and uvb/uva lights on top.

As for the frogs, just dont mix any animals together buddy. Not even different color morphs. ONLY THING I would EVER say you could POSSIBLY mix together would be the "xenopus" family. Meaning african clawed frogs and its varieties. BUT THATS IT. Nothing else can go together. Trust me even if you take it to the vet, it wont kill all the parasites the animal has. Just go with what people have been telling you. No diff color morphs together, no diff species. Nothing.

[zlmitchell]

A 75gallon aquarium FILLED to the brim WITH an Above basking area IS the BARE minimum for ONE ADULT MALE red eared sliders. Females need a 125. A pair 150. You need HEAVY filtration for them. I have had a couple over the years, and now I only have texas map turtles. But I know now that those were the messiest turtles ever. They pooped like a baby they ate like a baby. Again Check what you have. One 75g=one MALE. Males size tend to go up from 5inches-8inches. Mine was 5inches and STILL in a 75 gallon he was a pig. You also have to watch for ammonia readings. Water should be soft/acidic, as it helps prevent fungus. YOU STILL need a dry area. A turtle dock DOES NOT work for this. Again build an above tank basking area which will stay dry. put heat lamps and uvb/uva lights on top.

Wow... went on a rant now didn't we. This discussion is not about turtles, only in passing I said that I have one, and yes he has everything he needs and a large tank, thanks for asking...

Thanks to everyone else for their expertise, it seems that I will be setting up two tanks, one for the red eyes and another for the poison darts that i choose. Any other responses would be appreciated and helpful in the long run I'm sure.

Thanks again.

[Kurt]

You don't have to wear gloves although some people do. Just wash your hands before and after. I also spray my hands with the same water I mist the cage with before I touch the frogs. Remember no chlorine.

And no soaps, sanitizing gels, or any thing else like them.

[SethD]

To answer the original question it would probably be quite possible to house several different types of reed, glass, clown, or hourglass tree frogs with several different types of darts within a suitable enclosure if the keeper knows what he is doing and knows what to watch out for. It has been done before and will be done again. If you attempt such a thing though you need to know enough about frogs to know if the species your thinking about mixing are bold eaters(don't want one species eating all the food), share the same environmental needs, are about the same size, if they are likely to be aggressive, territorial or easily stressed etc.

That is just a incomplete list of factors to consider and there is quite a bit of potential for issues to arise if things are not carefully monitored. Consider it something for advanced keepers only. Even most advanced keepers don't mix very often because there is rarely a good reason to do so and it increases the chances of problems.