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I have been using conditioned tap water for my frogs. Is this necesary?

definetly, they absorb water through their skin. so un-clhorinated would kill them due to the chemicles in the water.

(i needs mee an edumacation)

I don't see how unchlorinated water kills amphibians... perhaps an a mistake by the previous poster. Chlorine evaporates from water in about 24hours. It may be a bit repelling to amphibians in higher concentrations, but I have not found so. All my amphibians do well on untreated tapwater that sits out overnight... even fresh tapwater sees no difference in their behavior. A word of caution is that not all tapwater is the same, and perhaps I am just lucky with the city that I live in.

For wild-caught amphibians and/or finicky species I would perhaps use stale water as an extra precaution.

Ian

ps, my amphibians kept in this manner include a pacman frog, firebelly newts, firebelly frogs, axlotol, and suriname toad.

yeah, i should have said makes them sick, and could kill them, but i would still wait and use de-clhorinated water.