My frog terrarium

I though this would be a good place to show you all my pride and joy my frog terrarium. I have two mail and female species of frogs around Michigan. I have 2 American bullfrogs, 2 northern green frogs, 2 pickerel frogs, 2 northern leopard frogs, and 2 mink frogs. I have some pictures to take a look.

Sorry my pictures didn't go threw so I posted them here instead.

 

You've got some great looking frogs Thanks for sharing!

 

They are some serious frogs! Nice

 

I want a Pacman frog. They are too darn cool

 

Yeah they are cool, when they are hunched up they kinda look like donuts

 

Thanks I have worked very hard on that tank I am glad you like it. I hope you do not mind but I do have a question I would like to ask. I figure it would be easier to ask it here instead of starting another thread about it. Anyway Heres the question why do my frogs drag the moss into the water? It seems that they do that all the time does anyone know why?

 

I've only got aquatic frogs right now, so I have no idea

Your frogs look really good though. Nice job with them.

 

Great job!

Ken

 

Heres the question why do my frogs drag the moss into the water? It seems that they do that all the time does anyone know why?

Is it sticking to them, and then they enter the water?

 

Very cool!! It makes me miss my Grey Tree Frog Terrarium! ♥♥ I love frogs

 

It's not sticking to them it looks like there kicking the moss into the water intentionally. I think they are using it as cover or like duckweed in the wild.

Hey Mrs. Price I didn't know you had a grey tree frog terrarium I didn't know that you mind if I ask you a question. How big do they get I recently found My grey tree frog inside a motel hallway when I took a vacation to the U.P. of Michigan he's currently in a 5.5 gallon tank with a wood frog I know he is probably going to need a larger tank but what size tank is good for a grey tree frog and a wood frog?

 

It looks great and the frogs look fantastic. Though, I might add that Grey trees and wood frogs are not compatible species. They have different environmental and temperature needs. Same goes for the big tank, adult bullfrogs will eat anything that moves, including other frogs. While leopards and bulls may have the same requirements there are many reasons why keepers advice keeping only 1 species of amphibian or reptile per tank. Here is a quick summerizing link on that.
https://www.amphibiancare.com/frogs/articles/communitytank.html

 

Do not worry my frogs have don just fine in that tank for several years and as I said at the top of this thread I have collected all the aquatic frog species around Michigan and the trick I use in this tank is that I have studied the needs of each frog species and I carefully balance each frogs need so that every thing is at that that happy medium for each frog to coexist just as they do in nature I am not saying that it is perfect because its not it has its flaws but what tank doesn't. I am not trying to be offensive or anything I am just explaining how I have my tank set up.

 

It's not sticking to them it looks like there kicking the moss into the water intentionally. I think they are using it as cover or like duckweed in the wild.

Hey Mrs. Price I didn't know you had a grey tree frog terrarium I didn't know that you mind if I ask you a question. How big do they get I recently found My grey tree frog inside a motel hallway when I took a vacation to the U.P. of Michigan he's currently in a 5.5 gallon tank with a wood frog I know he is probably going to need a larger tank but what size tank is good for a grey tree frog and a wood frog?

Tree frogs will need a Tall terrarium with a good sized stick to climb on, I kept mine in (if I remember correctly) a 20gal tall.

Males range from 1.2-1.6 inches, and Females 1.6-2.4 inches from snout to vent.

 

O.K thanks I'll look around for a 20 gallon tall tank a screen top and some larger sticks then.

 

O.K thanks I'll look around for a 20 gallon tall tank a screen top and some larger sticks then.

Sounds perfect! You could even keep more than one in there, 3 if you wished.

 

I propoably am going to keep a few more in it I think there's about 3 types of tree frogs I half to collect yet before I can say I have all the frog species around Michigan.

 

I propoably am going to keep a few more in it I think there's about 3 types of tree frogs I half to collect yet before I can say I have all the frog species around Michigan.

You may need a bigger terrarium, but I'm sure you'll be able to come up with something really nice!

 

Ahhhh! Water trolls! They're so cute and frumpy!

 

I had a quick question whal were all on the topic of frogs. Is it possible for frogs to hibernate inside the terrarium? The reason I ask is earlier I couldn't find my largest frog who is also an American bullfrog so I looked around and found him buried under a thick layer of moss and when I dug him out he was all hard and stiff and I was almost certain he had died but just as I removed him from the tank he Suddenly woke up and he jumped out of my hand and then I had to play chase the frog around the house but after I got him back into the tank he went back to normal. I have had this large bullfrog for 3 years he's one I raised from a tadpole and I never once had him do anything like that before. Any ideas anyone?

 

I know that Pacman frogs can hibernate. I've read about the same thing happening with them. So I'm pretty sure that's what you experienced.

 

Brumate people, the word is Brumate.

 

Brumate people, the word is Brumate.

OH NOZE vocabulary police!

 

So... we could say hi-burmate? Just to cover the bases ;D

 

So... we could say hi-burmate? Just to cover the bases ;D

Don't. Just don't. I am the terminology police. A reptile brumates, there is a big difference between hibernation and brumation, trying to get a reptile to hibernate will kill it.

 

Thanks everyone I was wondering about my frogs hibernating then I found out my water temperature was only 62 degrees Farenhight and no wonder they were hibernating so I had an old heater for a 10 gallon tank that I put sideways in the water and now the water is a comfy 77 degrease and one more thing I do not know Whair to Show this so I figured I would just show it here. I was on Amazon last week and I bought something I propoably shouldn't have but I did it's what's called a frog weather kit and it is a kit that is actually two two things bundled together for a great price. The kit consists of a monsoon RS400 Rain Simulator and a ReptiFogger I doent know if it is still available or not because it was for a limited time only but I just got done setting it up and now I can make storms in my terrarium I can do anything between a gentle misting or if I turn the pressure all the way up and turn on the fogger it can be a violent rain storm and I absolutely love it. I have some pictures of the fully assembled units to.

 

Very cool set-up and very spoiled froggies to have such a nice place to live, complete with climate controls. Ribbit, ribbit! - frogbreeder

 

Cool terrarium! I've always wanted to do something similar for firebelly toads or something like that!

 

Does that reptI fogger work very well?

 

Does that reptI fogger work very well?

Amazingly so.

 

Yes the reptifogger works extremely well and it has a control dial on it so you can regulate how much fog goes into the terrarium. If you turn the fog all the way up it will create a fog so dense that you can't even see the back of the tank and if you set the dial to the minimum fog it will just act as a Gentle humidifier. It is a great little gadget.

 

Sory for the double post but I have some terrific news that just made my day. I was in pet smart to get crickets and I saw in the clearance section an exo-terra medium tall advanced reptile and amphibian terrarium for a dirt cheap price so of corse I got it because that was an impassible opportunity and now my tree frogs are set for life I also moved my big frog terrarium to a different place to make room for this tank it's just enormously tall and I doent think my tree frogs have been more happy plus the tank is big enough for the 3 other tree frogs I am planing on getting this summer. I just wanted to shair this with you and I have just takes




Edit: I got my tank fully set up now so I changed the pictures to the fully set up version of the tank.