my first vivariums

[Duzt]

found a pet store with used aquariums that dont hold water not looking forward to the price of great stuff and black silicone again tho.... anyone know where to order supplies at wholesale(silicone etc.)? i guess maybe ill try makin a vertical...

[Rainfrog]

Originally Posted by Green Ghost

Lovin' that second viv. Really nice. I guess many folks have had something go wrong when mixing species -hence all the advice. When I first started keeping frogs I mixed a firebelly with a leopard frog. They started out together and the leopard frog was slightly bigger. But...... after 3 months or so my firebelly turned invisible!!! Now I have an invisible firebelly God-knows-where in that tank!

I think he probably died of stress and has decomposed somewhere. I would thin if the Leopard frog had eaten it he would have died from the toxins. but I do hear Leopards have toxin of thier own and are an aggressive species.

[schlegelbagel]

Originally Posted by Duzt

found a pet store with used aquariums that dont hold water not looking forward to the price of great stuff and black silicone again tho.... anyone know where to order supplies at wholesale(silicone etc.)? i guess maybe ill try makin a vertical...

you can make a very simple temporary setting for the whites without much trouble at all. Set up a few branches, use a paper towel substrate, get a fake bunch of pothos from walmart, and whammo, easy tank.

I used this set up for my quarantine tank for my last white's tree frog. He loved it! Every day he would snooze deep in the pothos. So deep I couldn't find him.

[Green Ghost]

Originally Posted by Rainfrog

I think he probably died of stress and has decomposed somewhere. I would thin if the Leopard frog had eaten it he would have died from the toxins. but I do hear Leopards have toxin of thier own and are an aggressive species.

It's Pickerel frogs that have that toxin but they look very similar to leopard frogs. Green with slightly smaller and differently shapes spots. They're a bit smaller too.

If I'm not mistaken firebellies lose thier toxins when kept in aquariums? He didn't decompose in the tank though,.... I stripped it after that. I would have found him. It was pretty obvious because the leopard frog was fatter than when I left in the morning.

I caught my leopard frogs from the backriver here. Both frogs were the same size to start out but the leopard frog grew over winter.

That was totally my bad.... I didn't pay attention to the warning signs.


Edit: as far as hunting skills are concerned, I think any wild caught frog would probably out compete a tank kept frog. I've seen my frogs get a cricket in thier sights and jump right across a 4 ft tank to nail the cricket in mid air, off a leaf. So yeah way more agile/aggressive.

[Rainfrog]

Really good point on wild caught VS captive Bred as far as instincts go.

and Good non-compatibility story. this is more often than not the type of story I hear from people keeping mixed species tanks. Some one on here had a picture up of what happened when a Whites was kept with an Anole. The Whites looked very full.

[jamesman101]

that gecko doesn't look like a crested looks more like a cat gecko both those types of geckos are sweet but yea ..bad idea keeping 3 diff together cause im pretty sure not all of them have the same req.

[kron4me]

I love the tank what did you use for the back wall, I'm building my first tank.

[Red Eye]

Tank looks great

[Rainfrog]

Hey hows it going with the little guys? really hope we didnt bombard you too much they are great looking tanks. Id love to get some updates.

[FrogGirl]

I don't agree with mixing species either... I'll help you out and you can send your White's to me.

I also read somewheres that different amphibians can secrete different stuff from their skin... and although not toxic to us they could be toxic to each other. Again... send the White's to me!!!!! LOL