New Pac Tree Frog Tank

[LilyPad]

I am kind of in your shoes, I have 4 gray tree frogs and I'm new to frogs, though I've had other herps in the past (iguana and chameleons) I personally would not feel comfortable mixing the species at this point. You also have to make sure that anoles are found in the wild with your specific type of frog, they do live in the same environment as frogs, but only a select few.

Also, keep in mind, if you choose to do it and one of the types of animals appears to be stressed, you are going to go through the same issue again of getting another viv or getting rid of one of them.

I know the plants will grow, but when adding more animals, you are going to need far more hiding places than that. I've had this viv a month...



...and since that specific picture, I've added 2 ficus trees and 2 ground cover plants. Currently I only have 1 tree frog in there (10 gallon tank)

I hope that helps you some!! Good luck with your decision.

[Baelari]

Yeah, mixing species isn't such a good idea, especially for a beginner. They could poison or stress one another to death, or just eat each other (or their toes!). If you do mix species, you have to have species from the same area in the wild, and lots of space to create the micro-climate for each species. It's too big of an undertaking for the beginner.

[DogRetepCow]

It's risky enough to mix frogs together, but frogs are amphibians and anoles are reptiles and most reptiles require significantly higher heating than amphibians, as far as I know. So yeah, it really would be best to house them in a seperate terrarium.

[LilyPad]

Heating for anoles is mid to upper 80's, not sure how much your frogs would enjoy that temp full time.

[DogRetepCow]

http://www.frogforum.net/care-articl...orus-frog.html

It says they can tolerate a wide range temperatures but 65-75 degrees is probably the best range. I'm pretty sure for most frogs temperatures in the 80s aren't recommended.

[Zero138]

Yes these frogs are native to Oregon and in the summer it gets well over 80 these were wild caught tadpoles from someones pond. I think they would do just fine in higher temps, although the tank is large enough to allow a nice temp gradient and even half the tank with the changes I've made would seem to be sufficient for these frogs.
Here is the "new look"
Let me know what ya think.

[LilyPad]

Awesome!!! That is looking absolutely wonderful! Your frogs are going to be very thankful for all those plants! That is going to fill in beautifully, good job!