purchasing new RETF

[Kurt]

Red-eyes don't need lights.

[John]

Red-eyes don't need lights.

We should add something a little more descriptive than that to the article though, don't you think? Right now it says nothing about light.

[Kurt]

Maybe something along the lines of "Lights are only needed for one or two purposes. One, they are needed to keep live plants, if you choose to do so, and two, you may want them for better viewing. Other than that they are not needed. Red-eye leaf frogs are extremely nocturnal and do not require lights."
How's that?

I don't keep any lights on my red-eyes and I have three enclosure of them, the adults, froglets, and tadpoles. I have lights on the dart frog, because he has plants in his enclosure. The box turle, because he requires it. The White's and Colorado River toads, because they are display animals in the living room.

[Jumpshot724]

I don't keep any lights on my red-eyes and I have three enclosure of them, the adults, froglets, and tadpoles. I have lights on the dart frog, because he has plants in his enclosure. The box turle, because he requires it. The White's and Colorado River toads, because they are display animals in the living room.

You keep Colorado River Toads as display animals over Red Eyed Tree Frogs????

Am I missing something....?? Lol

[Kurt]

My Colorado River Toad is a large impressive animal. My adult red-eyes comfortably in a ten-gallon. Since the toad is huge, he gets the thirty-gallon.

[Kurt]

And besides red-eyes are not good display animals. They sleep all day.

[John]

They sleep all day.

That is why it's very hard to get decent photos of these frogs at zoos! Every time I see them they are all huddled up on a leaf.

[wesly2009]

so my next question is is it possible to give them too much light and if so what kind of plants can i place in the terrarium with lower light requirements.

[Kurt]

Plastic. Seriously, when it comes to plants I am almost completely clueless. I have some bromeiliads and I have had Java moss, any other plant I have had has died on me.
I don't think it is possible to give red-eyes too much light, but they do prefer darkness to light.