My red eyes and their enclosure

[Krispy]

Lol well... thank you for the bedding advice. I noticed the bark risk as well and will be growing moss and placing dried leaf litter in its place. They were already used to it from my mum. Sometimes they wait and catch crickets, sometimes they hunt... stinkers....

As for the box... no it is not in a wall. They are shelves from a gigantic entertainment stand i am building into a massive enclosure. All exposed wood was flex sealed(and baked after curing: tip) then partial assembly took place. Another coat of flex seal(because i dont trust wood). Then a very thin layer of silicone over everything because of my moisture needs... more curing...(most time consuming). Followed by a trip to lowes. The acrylic for the door was $10 and they cut it for free. You also get to keep the leftovers. Decorative hinges and latches for small projects in the hardware area. The knobs are actually dragonfly coat hooks lol.
I must admit in all the time it took to prep/grow this thing ive had no moisture issues. Its mounted to an old mahogany telephone stand my wife had laying around for a few years.

Now. Ive noticed one is lighter/neon green with pretty sky blue sides and vertical creamy stripes. The other, while more pudgy is slightly darker(while still bright) green. This one has way darker blue on its sides and they are more splotch shaped than perfectly vertical. Any ideas?

[irThumper]

Fascinating! I bet you'd love the vivarium section of FrogForum if you haven't visited that yet Your lighter frog might possibly be a color morph... (RETF peeps?)

[Krispy]

Thank you very much! I've always done my own backgrounds and whatnot. But monsterfishkeepers.com is where i picked up a massive well of knowledge on tank/enclosure construction. As well i see many references to the dendroboard for plants. I do alot of reading there as well. Theres an endless variety of knowledge amongst various communities.

The froggies seem to gain weight daily and are growing. I have also noticed the darker ones skin color lighten up as they settle in and relax. I also gut load my crickets to the brink with flukers food water gel and orange cubes(mainly fbt thing for optimal belly color) so this may also be effecting overall status maybe?

Any tips/tricks are appreciated.
Btw i have a printout of the care guide lol

[Krispy]

Felt a little picture savy this morning. So far, I've been waiting on my moss to arive. Being that with 6 inches of snow i cant go pickin through the woods. Weve also got some magnolia leaves as well. I keep my day temp 78-82 night temps 68-74ish. Always between 65-85% humidity. For a few days due to their stress we fed them daily. Now were going to do every other day. One of them seems to change shades of green according to his temp/darkness of where hes laying? Its quite odd i think. Ive dug and found 1or2 people mention it other places too. Also something about is a northern(the color changer) due to his white spots like dumpys get as they age... the other... well... It says im here. Im neon. Rock on lol... Until the bedding top coat is modified we keep a good eye on feeding time...

[LilyPad]

Great pictures!

They do change colors from night to day. During the day, they are usually a light green, and depending where in the vivarium they are, they can turn almost white or have a blueish hue under the lighting. At night, they turn a deep dark green to camouflage themselves. Mine have actually turned different colors depending on what plants they are sleeping on also. I'd bump up your night temps a little bit. 68 is getting a bit too chilly for them. I do feed my reds daily, as they tend not to overeat on their own, but you could definitely do every other day.

[Krispy]

Pardon my frequent posts but they are so cool and the more knowledge the better!

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

They are sooo cute! Are they male and female, male and male, or female and female?

[Krispy]

We are currently trying to figure that out. So far the larger one has a fairly narrow large body and a longer pointed mouth. The darker one is pudgier, the rear legs are notably shorter, and its mouth is more rounded than pointed. We are praying for one male one female! We have looked at all kinds of sexing techniques. Leads my to believe my larger(male i think and brighter) is older than the smaller (darker)female due to the size difference. Any advice peoples?

[irThumper]

Pardon my frequent posts but they are so cool and the more knowledge the better!

Need to enter this one in the Photo of The Month Contest!

[Krispy]

For as active as these guys are. Especially about 4-8am I can do better lol