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[John]

As far as I'm aware it doesn't survive exposure to bright light for long (like the incandescent bulb of a terrarium light in a dry-ish vivarium).

[Kurt]

I have not heard that.

[John]

I think it's the UV component of light. It's also why basking frogs don't seem to get Chytrid much.

[Kurt]

But don't Rana muscosa bask like bullfrogs do? Rana muscosa is one of those species that is seriously in trouble because of chytrid.

[Ebony]

Thanks jclee, I usually boil anything that can be boiled and chuck what can't. Its just with this outdoor Frogery it is made of wood framing, Plastic coated netting and a strong clear plastic lining round the bottom half of the Frogery to keep a bit of moisture in. It has plants such as Puka, Hebe, Mosses, Grasses, Ferns and climbers. It has been empty since I took the Frogs out and treated them about 3 months ago. It is winter here and usually my frogs would be hybernating but due to this Chytrid, I had to bring them inside. Since they were sick they didn't settle into Hybernation anyway.
How would I deal with the plants?

[Ebony]

Kurt, The frogs started with red thighs and walked around slighty raised as im guesing it hurt. I noticed they spent more time in the water, I thought it might have been soothing, how ever some frogs just sat out in the open and didn't move around as much and their skin was kind of dull. The breathing was shallow and they looked abit hunched towards the end. When they died their tummys and thighs were very red and they were not as fat as they usually were. Their little hands were clenched and red too. It took weeks for them to die and it was horrible to see as you could tell they were in pain.

[adawinters]

Some plants can withstand BRIEF, mild, bleach rinses. I know that aquatic plants can be dipped in mild bleach solutions and washed thoroughly, which kills of parasites before introduction to fishtanks.

NE herpetoculture supply has a moss caresheet that includes proceedure for bleaching mosses: http://neherpetoculture.com/mosses.htm

This solution sounds stronger than anything I would want to use for most leafy plants, though, and I really don't know what one would do about roots, which have to be kept moist, and I would be afraid to expose to bleach. Does anyone know how long chytrid can remain active in moist conditions without a host? (Since it's a fungus, I'm guessing that could be quite a while.)

I don't know if the leaves of plants qualify as dry enough for the to kill off chytrid on their own. Maybe, if you re-potted the plants and put them all in the sun for a few days, that would create a dry enough environment. I'm sure someone else will chime in.

[adawinters]

... and isn't red-thigh indicative of another, non-chytrid ailment that frogs can get? I haven't had to deal with it yet, so I can't recall the factoids I've read about it. But, hey, you might not have to treat for chytrid, afterall. If I'm not mistaken, Chytrid would have manifested as some kind of white film/slime as the fungus coated the frogs' skins.

[John]

But don't Rana muscosa bask like bullfrogs do? Rana muscosa is one of those species that is seriously in trouble because of chytrid.

Yeah but the frogs I'm thinking of are not aquatic or semi-aquatic like those two Ranids - my guess is that you need both dry conditions and the basking, as I stated.