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 I helped move the meter!   06-13-2007, 09:18 PM
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Do I have enough room?

I had planned on getting a 3rd frog, but now I'm not so sure if I have the room for a 3rd in my tank.

Its a 37 gallon, which normally would be OK, but because its a vivarium, I want to say 8 gallons is taken up by rocks, and cork bark along the back. This leaves me with 30 gallons of space. You can see Isabel in the center on the curly-Q vine

one more frog? yes/no?


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 I helped move the meter!   06-13-2007, 10:05 PM
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Re: Do I have enough room?

A tree frog ? I would say yes.
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Re: Do I have enough room?

I don't know the answer to your question, but that viv is just gorgeous!!!
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 I helped move the meter!   06-14-2007, 12:02 AM
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Re: Do I have enough room?

You shouldn't have a problem fitting another in there. If you think about it, the amount of space one more frog will occupy is minimal compared to the amount of empty space. Plus in a place like that they'll have plenty of comfortable places to hide
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 I helped move the meter!   06-14-2007, 08:14 AM
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Re: Do I have enough room?

I used to keep dart frogs, I know their normaly a bit smaller but the general though was 5g per frog.

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 I helped move the meter!   06-14-2007, 09:29 AM
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I used to keep dart frogs, I know their normaly a bit smaller but the general though was 5g per frog.
Yeah, but they are MUCH smaller than my White's. Hmmm, i wonder if the care sheet has size requirements....

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I don't know the answer to your question, but that viv is just gorgeous!!!
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OK, thinking out loud. The care sheet said 2 frogs can fit into a 90cm x 45cm x 60cm enclosure, which is roughly 35 x 17 x 24 which on a fish tank website I found out to be rougly 65 gallons??? So according to the website right now, I don't even have enough room for my current critters. Why doesn't this seem right? 65 gallons for 2 tree frogs? I mean yes, I"m sure more space would make them really happy, but 65 gallons?

now I feel like a bad mommie.
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 I helped move the meter!   06-14-2007, 01:21 PM
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Re: Do I have enough room?

Don't worry: You have a beautiful home for your frogs. If they are healthy and eating; you are doing fine. In a tank like that, they are some pretty lucky frogs.

If you decide to get another, make sure you have somewhere to keep it quarantined for a while... it would be a shame if a new critter brought parasites or disease with it.
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Re: Do I have enough room?

I already have a quarantine tank set up I think I will get the additional frog since no one is yelling at me that it's too small.
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Re: Do I have enough room?

Sometimes I think the specific space measurements like the ones you've found are more like guidelines, especially if the species isn't especially territorial. (I don't have any frogs so I don't know whether they are or not.)

As long as they have room to move around, and their health isn't failing, I don't see why you need to go by specific cage dimensions. The one in the picture looks really happy.
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Re: Do I have enough room?

The current residents are SUPER happy. They turn really dark when stressed out, and since the move, they have been very deeply their natural color.
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