Help me with info on tree frogs

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I want to get a couple of red eye tree frogs and I have some questions. What kind of setup do they need/prefer. What kind of equipment do I need? Could you show pics of your tree frog setups? Could a pair live their lives in a 10gal? Thanks in advance for the help I hope Im not overwhelming you with questions.
 
if you get young one a 10 is find for sometime
 
Like stated above, if you get a young one a 10 gallon will be fine for a while and a pair would even be ok in there...for a while. Actually, a 10 gallon is probably even recommended to make sure that they're getting their food, with a really simple setup(some simple vines and substrate of damp paper towels).

Now, when they get older the suggested space is between 10 gallons per frog, and 20 gallons for the first frog/10 gallons for each extra. They like it very humid.
Also, from what I've heard the young ones are not so forgiving about temperature mistakes. The one I've got is maybe a couple months old(about an inch long) and is doing fine.
Feed them crickets about the space between their eyes, mine is on 1/4 size crickets. Recommended is 3-4 per day when young, I do a little more just to see how much she'll eat. Dust them with calcium once a week.

You may want to think about keeping another frog that is a lot more forgiving first, if you've never kept a frog, just to get some experience. After all, you're probably going to have to go to a breeder to get a RETF. Mainly because you want to find a Captive-Bred one, which are easier to be kept.
 
CB is the way to go on Red eyes. They do much better and arent under the shipping stress/over crowding. Nice species but if you've never kept tree frogs before i'd give something a bit hardier a shot at least at first.

Jason
 
from what I understand, Whites are hardier. I've never kept them personally.
A 10 would probably be ok for a singleton, as they get large but they don't seem to move around a lot.
 
I think I am going to build a plywood terraniam(sp?) for my future froggies so I can have exactly what I want. Prolly like something like 18x18x24.
 
Whites are a good started frog that tolerate somewhat drier conditions. Mine are kept in high humidty and do well. Occasionally vocalizations to wake me up in the night. They feed very well on suitable sized insects and as adults will take pinky mice as a high protien treat.

Mine have shown a good bit of skill at escaping the terrarium so be cautious on openings.

They are also just plain cute.

From my personal experience with tree frogs and pretty much any amphibian...keep the tank easy to clean, complicated or dirty tanks have lead to nothing but problems for me. And frogs die like birds...alive one day dead the next with no noticeable distress (most times).

However whites can live for over a decade and are forgiving for a lot of things, just poke around on the net for a set up done by someone with experience and find a variation that appeals to you. My tank is actually probably way too humid for long term maintence and i'm going to change it up after i get done moving.

Another species you could check into are cuban tree frogs...pests in southern florida and i wouldnt mix them with other species but they also do really well and are forgiving but they dont have the same kinda pudgy cute look to them that whites have.

jason
 
I have 2 white's tree frogs which I have had for nearly a year. They are greedy and easy to care for, but they should ideally have a 30 gal for a pair, and you wont see them until you hit the lights.
Paul
 
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