African Bullfrog - housing / setup

[willtilian]

wait was if we did the opposite and made it all water with a dirt tub which was deep

[pixiefrogman]

It also depends on the frog. If your frog stays in its water dish all the time like mine, it would only need a small area of dirt to burrow in.

[Eel Noob]

Choice comes down to the individual owner. I like to keep frogs in 50/50 setups, gives them a chance to dig down and sleep for months on end if they want to.

How I had mines

[Jace]

I have something very similar for my setups as the above. I always give them enough soil to completely bury themselves...usually I see an eyeball poking up or a frog bum pressed against the glass, but otherwise, it sometimes looks as if I have a wonderful tank of dirt with a water dish. Oh, how exciting!

[Malachi]

I am a fan of the large water dish and coco fiber. My frogs seem to go from A(water) to B(hole), not exploring or walking around much. Sit in water or sit in fiber. Anything more then that is purely aesthetics. Both water and dirt should be deep enough to fully submerge. Again this is my experience.

[Kevin1]

IMO half and half is best. Though I also think you can change to be more or less depending on your frog.
I set chubbz up in a typical african bullfrog tank coco and a water tub. He spent all his time in water. So I changed it to all water for awhile. i didn't see any harm in it. I do feel though that no matter what you do a water dish shouldn't be negotiable. I wouldn't use the repti carpet it doesn't hold humidity well at all for one. 2 It doesn't allow the frog any security and three it probably is rough on their skin as already mentioned.
Even though they're is no drought in captivity, Brumating is something these frogs have evolved to do and I allow my frogs to do that.