Red-Eyed Tree Frogs?

[Treefrognewbie]

in my poludarium, i am using the aquarium rocks that were in the tank already. I do not recommend this! mine is just a quick little set-up until i have enough money to build a real one. I've been told MANY times that eco-earth is the best choice. and also that you shouldn't use substrate that is 100% coco-earth.You could also use peat moss, which i might use if my upgrade. Just make sure it's safe if the frog accidently swollows it. Unfortunately, if one of my frogs swollows a rock, it's most likely going to be fatal. So i'm trying to find some land moss or something to cover the rocks. Any ideas what i should use?

[ViperJr]

in my poludarium, i am using the aquarium rocks that were in the tank already. I do not recommend this! mine is just a quick little set-up until i have enough money to build a real one. I've been told MANY times that eco-earth is the best choice. and also that you shouldn't use substrate that is 100% coco-earth.You could also use peat moss, which i might use if my upgrade. Just make sure it's safe if the frog accidently swollows it. Unfortunately, if one of my frogs swollows a rock, it's most likely going to be fatal. So i'm trying to find some land moss or something to cover the rocks. Any ideas what i should use?

I would highly recommend spaghnum moss instead of peat moss, if it's a very humid setup. It stays wet a very long time and is very resistant to mold. It's very rarely it turns bad to due alot of water/humidity.

Like stated in the thread already, coco husk is a great substrate. If you place it ontop of the gravel, you get a good (but heavy) drainage layer. You could then add some moss on top of the coco husk , and/or plant real moss.
Plantation soil is good as well, it's made of the same stuff as coco husk (at least the Exo-terra version).

Note that I assumed you were talking about red eyes, since that's what thread is about.

[Treefrognewbie]

You assumed right! and thank you! I wish i could upgrade soon, but i have to buy a new phone first, and then i'll have to start saving up again. But my frogs seem happy in their home now, so i'm not in much of a hurry to upgrade

[Rae]

Sheet Moss is prefered over spaghnum moss... less likely so be eaten by the frogs and harder for the crickets to hide in.

[ViperJr]

You are right about that. However, sheet moss is more likely to grow mold and turn bad is very mosit and wet envoirments, especially if the wetness is constantly. At least, that's what I've understand when reading about the different mosses. I could be wrong.
On a side note, when talking about RETF, the digestion of substrate is quite uncommon and should not happen, since they are not a ferocious eaters as other frogs. A food bowl should also be used, if you ask me, and that effectivly reduces the impaction-risk.

[Treefrognewbie]

do you know if they will eat frozen blood worms? I bought some at petsmart, because i was told to feed them blood worms, but i never tried it

[ViperJr]

Amphibeans can not see objects that do not move, so they will generally not eat objects that do not move. Even slow mowing preys like different kind of worms can be "slow moving" enough for frogs to ignore. I've read that RETF seldomly eat worms, However, I can not comfirm this myself, since I have not tried.
The most common food for RETF are crickets, which they can be feed on as a staple diet, as long as the crickets are powderd with the right supplements. Blaptica dubia (a common, easy to breed cockroach) is also good food, even better than crickets from a nutrion point of view. They get quite large, so only juveniles of correct size can be used.