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I made my decision, after researching for weeks. I'm getting a couple of WTFs and I was just wondering if a reptarium is good for housing tree frogs?

I have a Veiled chameleon who's currently housed in a 65g Reptarium (30x17x28 inches) and I'm building him a bigger cage, so I have a big empty reptarium. The reason why I'm considering this is because of the fresh air constantly moving through. The air can get pretty stagnant and stale and gross in an aquarium.

I can also get a really big aquarium, too, it's no problem. My friend works @ a privately own pet store, so I can get a 100g tank for 20 bucks. Reptarium just seems better.

Just wanna know what you guys think.

The problem here is that you are talking an animal whose every aspect of their life is decided by moisture. I vote no on the reptarium, you simply can't keep the moisture high enough (unless you humidified the whole room).
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I vote not on the reptarium too.The reptarium can't hold moisture and the tree forg could not climb up the wall that well too. Also with the aquarium you just really need a screen top so the air can go in and out. Also you want the aquarium tall and not long atleat 2 feat high or close to it and long so they can jump.

The moisture is not truely a problem with white's tree frogs to be perfectly honest, they actually do not care too much for a humidity over 70%. I do not raise my humidity at all purposely, but the sitting bowl of water tends to do that task for me and keeps it around a basis of about 40%. The thing that the people who had posted before me failed to recognize was the fact that the screening of the cages would not be suitable for the frog's toepads. Most arboreal lizards (mainly geckos) and amphibians do not do well in screened enclosures due to the fact that when they are constantly against a gridded surface, it irritates them. Remember, an arboreal species that does not climb, or is not allowed to climb, is usually not going to be healthy in most cases. Good luck with whatever you choose.

A Reptarium is probably better for Whites than an aquarium. Like the last post said Whites dont mind to much about the humidity being that high. Its better to keep most treefrogs on the dry side. I know that most succesful breeders use reptariums.