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I need a good setup idea for a pair of female bronze frogs. They are petco rejects and I am the lucky adoptee.. I have tried several different setups and they do not seem to like them. I tried the terrestrial with LARGE waterpan .. the spend all day sitting on the plants. I tried really wet soil with water pan, it stank up my place, and frogs where always in hides. I guess I do not understand their needs.

DOES anyone have a setup idea.. Something along the way of a small bullfrog setup would work. They are in a 10 gal tank, but I can move then to something bigger..I want these girls to be happy.. even if they must live in a glass box.

Any suggestion???

thanks in advance,
Harpy
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Here's how I do it. I have a 20-gallon long aquarium. I use silicone to glue in a divider in the center of the tank, which is the width of the tank and about three inches tall. This allows you to fill half the tank with water, and use the other half for dry substrate (coconut fiber.) To drain the water for cleaning, I use a small aquarium siphon.
My frogs spend half their time in water, the other half on land, roughly.
Putting a fake aquarium plant into the water will help prevent drowned crickets!
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I am very interested in knowing how exactly you guage that the frogs are happy or unhappy. How long did you try them in these setups before switching them? I would have to say that you have to give them at least 30 days to properly acclimate.

My suggestions: I have gotten breeding behavior from every green frog I have kept by using the economy setup... unbleached paper towels and water bowls. You shouldn't use wet soil, at least no more that what is need to grow plants. A generic, planted vivarium with a large water bowl should be completely sufficient. And go with a 20g.
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