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[Sublime]

one more question, i noticed a 10 gallon aquarium tank is like 75% cheaper then one thats specifically made for a reptile. Is there anyway i can find or make a top with aluminum mesh that will fit it? id weather spend 18 bucks for a 10 gallon tank over 50 for a reptile one

It depends on how the top of the aquarium tank is designed, you could try finding that model online or similar tank and try to see if they sell lids for it separately. Although the lids being sold for it are most likely going to be all covered since it's for fish. You'll probably just have to build one with a frame made out of wood or plastic lined with aluminum mesh found at hardware stores to make it either fit on top snug or slide in. However you want to do it, and the easiest way it's going to work. It might look kind of like a unfinished project, but if you want to save money then that's how I would do it. Or go on craigslist and look for a deal.

[2oh1]

It depends on how the top of the aquarium tank is designed, you could try finding that model online or similar tank and try to see if they sell lids for it separately. Although the lids being sold for it are most likely going to be all covered since it's for fish. You'll probably just have to build one with a frame made out of wood or plastic lined with aluminum mesh found at hardware stores to make it either fit on top snug or slide in. However you want to do it, and the easiest way it's going to work. It might look kind of like a unfinished project, but if you want to save money then that's how I would do it. Or go on craigslist and look for a deal.

lol tried crags list nothing around and all the petsmarts and petcos don't sell any 10 gallon reptile tanks I'm going to check a local pet store friday...my last and final question before i shut up lol, i use tap water for the crickets to drink from off a sponge, can this make my frog sick since i no I'm not suppose to have any tap water inside his cage what so ever ?

[Sublime]

lol tried crags list nothing around and all the petsmarts and petcos don't sell any 10 gallon reptile tanks I'm going to check a local pet store friday...my last and final question before i shut up lol, i use tap water for the crickets to drink from off a sponge, can this make my frog sick since i no I'm not suppose to have any tap water inside his cage what so ever ?

Since I get paranoid too from this topic; I dechlorinate all my tap water, whether it's for my frog or for the feeder insects. Chlorine in your tap water will evaporate after leaving a sponge out soaked with tap water. So it will get rid of that, but there's also ammonia and other chloramines found in tap water. So just to play it safe, dechlorinate haha. By the time the water passed through the crickets and the small traces digested by your frog, it wouldn't be of really any threat to your frog. Enough build up though of these nasties I would assume it could cause some illness... Try out water gel crystals, much better than a sponge.

[GrifTheGreat]

Since I get paranoid too from this topic; I dechlorinate all my tap water, whether it's for my frog or for the feeder insects. Chlorine in your tap water will evaporate after leaving a sponge out soaked with tap water. So it will get rid of that, but there's also ammonia and other chloramines found in tap water. So just to play it safe, dechlorinate haha. By the time the water passed through the crickets and the small traces digested by your frog, it wouldn't be of really any threat to your frog. Enough build up though of these nasties I would assume it could cause some illness... Try out water gel crystals, much better than a sponge.

I second this. I don't want any of these chemicals in anything that may come in contact with my frogs. I use the cricket quencher gel. No chemicals plus you can get it with calcium so you gut load the crickets with calcium while they drink.