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I was wondering what a good tank size/proportion would be for a small colony of RETF. I plan for it to serve as a breeding tank, and a display tank. Chances are its going to be a planted tank, using a false bottom system, with water in the front of the tank. So the water are will be about 3-4" of the front of the tank. The rest will be land, and it will all be Living with moss, and orchids, etc. Lots of plant life, and good lighting. I was thinking about getting a 30 gallon tall or so. Does this sound good? Tall is better usually right? And RETF lay their eggs over water correct? So if they hatch, the tadpoles fall into the water?
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How many is a small colony?

2-4
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I think you're going to need a much bigger tank! 2 will fit in a 30, but putting water along parts of it doesn't seem quite fair (also assuming that there aren't plants and sticks and all that over the water area).

Anyhow, remember that for RETFs you usually need a few males to compete and they, from what I know, seem to require rain chambers for breeding. RETFs, therefore, aren't a small project or anything like that... but it could be a challenge!

Anyhow, there are other treefrogs you could breed in a 30, but only very small ones. I think that for just about any frog you'd have to go a little bigger to keep a few in there... a few boys calling will drive the gals wild
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