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[Revolution1221]

I finally joined a frog forum as i have been meening to for a while now. I currently own 4 pacman frogs 3 sub adults and 1 adult they are in a 75 gallon devided with plexy glass and hopefully will be moving them into a 125 as soon as i can. I also have a 10 gallon temporary set up until i move with 2 mossy frogs, a red eyed tree frog, and a fire salamander. I have been working on a 110 gallon community tank for a while now and it is finally almost done after buying about $300 worth of supplies. Some of my other animals include 3 bearded dragons, a ball python, a green cheek conure, 2 sun conures, 4 fish tanks, a koi pond, and lots of empty tanks. These are some pictures of my pacmans my adult high red is my pride and joy it took me a very long time to find one with as much red as he has. In the future i hope to have a dendrobates tank set up. I also work at a local pet store here in town but we dont really cary frogs. We hand pick all of our animals from reptile shows and hopefully i will be attending my first show in october at tinley in chicago.

[pixiefrogman]

Welcome to the Forum! Please change the substrate in your pacman frog tank.

[Ebony]

Welcome to the forum. Nice looking frogs. I don't keep Pacman but I think the substrate to change to is Coco fibre/Eco-earth from what Ive heard. Thanks for sharing.

[Revolution1221]

Cyprus mulch works just great for them. It stays moist, does not mold, its easy to bury in, it has very little dust, and is easy on their digestive system if swallowed. I was advised to use this by the vice president of a herpitology society that i work with who also works with the dnr doing surveys on frogs, lizards, turtles, snakes, and birds. He has kept reptiles and amphibians for over 25 years and curently has over 70 aquarium set ups and has tried every bedding available for animals and cyprus was the one he found to suck the least and kept his pacs in it for 15 years without a problem. also lots of reputable breeders will use cyprus for pacmans and other frog species. The breeder i know that i got my mossy's from uses cyrpus for all of his reptiles and amphibians except his dendrobates for those he uses layered substrate as will i when i set up a tank.

[pixiefrogman]

Well okay, it's your decision.

[John]

I've personally seen a large frog like these die from impaction caused by substrate, and I would never use substrate for them that has large pieces like that.

[bshmerlie]

35 years ago when I was growing up I don't think my parents ever put my brother and I in a car seat...we survived. But we can all admit car seats are safer. You've got to at least admit the wood shards could be a choking hazard. And that's all anyone is saying. Its not an attack its just advise.

[Revolution1221]

have you ever used cyprus? its not hard peices of wood when its wet it is actually very soft and fiber like you can take it with 2 fingers bend it and roll it and it litteraly comes apart. we litteraly keep every animal at work with cyprus mulch from chamelions to bearded dragons and pythons the store has been open for almost 50 years and have been using cyprus for around 10 years. also the herpitologist i work with uses it for all his animals with over 70 aquariums set up neither him, the store, nor i have ever had a death due to impactions or anything like that. and the fact that i hand feed all my pacmans out of there cage almost completely eliminates the chances of them eating a piece. my 3 small pacmans were all purchased at reptile shows and were being kept in cyprus and the big one was purchased from a private breeder who also uses it. and here i was just browsing the forums and someone posted pictures from the mn reptile show and of the new pacman they purchased also being kept in cyprus http://www.frogforum.net/pacman-frog...15-2010-a.html same witht the gecko. dont get me wrong im not trying to be an *** or anything i just devote almost all of my money and time on my animals to provide the best care i can. i was actually planning on switching their substrate for a more natural look and to grow live plants. you cant really compare not riding in a car seat to this. you didn't die because your parents were never in a car accident.

[pixiefrogman]

Like I said before, it's your decision to house your frogs on cypress mulch.