whites tree frog questions

[Bolisnide]

white's are not an "active" frog per se. sure, they will move around a bit, but they are mostly nocturnal. my white's (i have 5) don't move around until a few hours after lights out. as far as your tap water, are you in a large city? because a lot of smaller cities use well water for tap, so you wouldn't need to treat it. but if you are in a larger city, i would google the water quality to find out if they use chlorine or not.

a critter cage is too small for them, no matter the size. they also need climbing room. a couple of small, treated branches or a couple small pvc tubes cut to size would be sufficient. lobster roaches are fine for feeding as long as they are appropriate sized nymphs. the same goes for crickets. an as stated before, they need a month or more to get acclimated. they may need even more time since they are in a small enclosure and that creates a lot of stress in them. being a reptile keeper, i am sure you know how much stress affects them.

Hi Bill,
Nice avatar .
Even if it is well water, without chlorine, it should still be treated (im my experience, I also have well water).

[Sunshine]

Hi Bill,
Nice avatar .
Even if it is well water, without chlorine, it should still be treated (im my experience, I also have well water).

That's what I heard too. Because of the large amount of heavy metals in well water. Not an expert though, but it couldn't hurt to treat the water anyways i suppose.

[deranged chipmunk]

I have heard varying degrees on this. some on then left coast say yes, some non the east say no. I think it all depends on the local water table. and all the dechlorinator in the world won't remove heavy metals.

I only use dechlorinator with my frog tanks. my fish tanks just get filled right from the tap. we don't add chloramines to the water supply here. and with as much circulation that I run in my tanks, the chlorine off gases pretty quickly.

[Sunshine]

I thought it did remove heavy metals. EDIT: My stress coat says it detoxifies heavy metals.

[ReptileMom]

while looking thru my supplies i did find a few samples of water treatment so im using that..one little pack is supposed to treat 8 gallons or something..as i stated before, the critter keeper is temporary. and im in a small town

[GrifTheGreat]

I've been asked to look at this thread to determine what water sources need to be treated.

Tap water- Always must be treated to remove chlorine and chloromines as well as heavy metals

Natural bottled Spring Water- Should be treated just to be safe. Just because they claim that it doesn't contain chlorine doesn't mean that it is 100% chlorine free.

Distilled water- does not need to be treated. It contains nothing but 100% water, but do to this it must only be used for misting or in fog machines because it lack all mineral and slat content needed by the body to oroperly hydrate and if used for soaking it can actually leach vitamins, nutrients, minerals, and electrolytes out of the frog.

R/O water- is the same as distilled just collected with a different process.

Well water- Must be treated. The reason for this is because all well water comes from the runoff that travels through the ground. This can collect many things that can be harmful to a frog. Well water can be quite hard due to large mineral content, but what is actually bad for the frog is the heavy metal content. Well water should be tested before use for your frogs. Many a I've seen many cases where someone was using well water and their frog has become ill. You never know what could be in your well water. Better safe than sorry and most dechlorinating agents remove heavy metals as well.

Please note that a Brita Filter does not remove everything from the water. It may remove the strong chlorine taste, but that deosn't mean it is 100% chlorine free. Boiling and setting out water for 48 hours will remove chlorine through evaporation, but will not remove heavy metals or chloromines thus making these forms useless in most cases.

I hope this helps some.

[Bolisnide]

Thank you, Griff.. This does help
ReptileMom, I'm so glad you found some water treatment to hold you over for a while
Good luck with your frogs, they are fascinating little creatures!