Calling all White's Tree Frog Owners

[tyrant]

These treefrogs have known to adapt dry or wet habitats. They still prefer moist and humid environments. However, I believe the tree frogs' skin that can adjust to drier environments. Some of my few relatives who live Port Moresby (New Guinea), and Queensland (Australia) shared with me...during the hot and dry months, either the Whites or White Lipped will appear on the verandas of their homes, or actually enter other people's homes, while looking for moisture. That's reason, I can personally flew 20 pioneers home two years plus ago, with rich knowledge of how to keep the Whites effectively from my distant relative's experiences.
That's why I encourage you the new proud owner of the White critters to either installs misting system( if you have a large palu like mine) or mist manually(flower sprayer or ironing sprayer ) once of twice a day. Please be caution , please use boiled water or mineral water to mist your critters. Tap water has high content of chlorine will rip your Whites skin to rot, that why I use R/O filter to rid of chlorine.

Hi Eddy,

Can we use those anti chlorine meant for fishes(eg: seachem prime or safe) to treat the water before misting the tank?

[eddy planer]

Hi tyrant

I thought of that long ago. I had been asking this question. This anti-chlorine solution is sure anti- toxic. However, do I dare to drink this together with tap water mixed with a small drop of anti chlorine? Absolutely not! It's maybe safe for fishes, crayfishes and even CRS but is this safe for human consumption? If you think yes, then you try the premixed on your critters.

As for me, I rather go as per normal, just aged your water for a couple of days as usual and start mist them. Don't spend the money on anti-chlorine or whatever solution, you need to save up for your Whites' pricey lives diets and calcium supplements. Can you imagine I spend SGD18.00 for a pail of crickets and SGD5.00 on super meal worm weekly?

Hope this will help you.

[lopches]

Hi Eddy, this is the skinnier one. the other will just eat when i put crickets in. This one here i gotta feed it dangling a cricket on a tweezer in front of it. it ate 3 yesterday and the other ate 4.




just got my tank yesterday, have not set it up yet as i need to get some plants. any advice on the substrates for the first layer? I got plantation soil with me

[icefire]

hi, read about white tree frogs being able to grow to around 15cm.. is that true? if so will be super nice by the way eddy your 5 dollar superworms is 1/2kg?

[eddy planer]

Hi lopches,

Wow wow thank you for the picture of your poor White...to me, its look healthy, and it's really putting on weight! Look at its tummy! As long your "skinny" White are eating is really very good. Why not try, to gain it weight? Just continue to spot feeding the "skinny white" daily for a week or so and you may observe a new change of your "skinny" white.

Another, all Whites like reptiles they do shedding or moulting. During the time they moult, they may be very venerable like lacking of appetites for a few days and a little weak, but it is totally normal. Please do take note of that, too.

BTW I love your new terrarium, actually I 'm not keen of you getting any sphagnum mosses for your setup. You may try using clay pellet for the base and your soil. Use only plastic flora or else you are soon to see all your natural flora been the stampede to be flat by your Whites.

[eddy planer]

Hi icefire,

Normally, the female White is bigger than the male White, so expect to grow as big as your palm. If you can or if you believe to try to kiss a feminine frog to hope to turn into your dream princess! LOL !
As for the SGD5.00 super worm, I normally just buy a box of them from IFS.

[lopches]

Thanks for the feedback eddy. Glad to know mine looks well! Let's say if all plastic plants are used, the poo from the frog on the soil do you clean that up or leave it? Got any places for plastic plants to recommend? Preferably those with big foliage as well. Went to look yesterday but they only have small ones

[xjiahua]

Hi Eddy, this is the skinnier one. the other will just eat when i put crickets in. This one here i gotta feed it dangling a cricket on a tweezer in front of it. it ate 3 yesterday and the other ate 4.

just got my tank yesterday, have not set it up yet as i need to get some plants. any advice on the substrates for the first layer? I got plantation soil with me

hey pal, mind sharing how much and where did you purchase your exo terra tank ?

[lopches]

hey pal, mind sharing how much and where did you purchase your exo terra tank ?

Hi, bought it at petsmart serangoon. You can call them to ask, they are bringing in a few more

[icefire]

Hi icefire,

Normally, the female White is bigger than the male White, so expect to grow as big as your palm. If you can or if you believe to try to kiss a feminine frog to hope to turn into your dream princess! LOL !
As for the SGD5.00 super worm, I normally just buy a box of them from IFS.

wow... thats big time to convert my shrimp tank to a paludarium(not sure whether its spell correctly though).... hmm if anyone wants to get cheaper superworms at 11dollars per kilo its in sungei tengah unit 39(when going in its at right side straight after rainbow farm... theres a stench of dead fish though if you don't mind and roads aren't that good so drive carefully) not related to them though, just figuring its best to share cheap live food for fishes etc

[icefire]

by the way if i add in newts will the tree frogs be tempted to eat them? its those 5 dollar type of salamander(or newt... don't know what it is classify as.. uh.. the one in Vinz display picture kekekee)

[eddy planer]

if anyone wants to get cheaper superworms at 11dollars per kilo its in sungei tengah unit 39(when going in its at right side straight after rainbow farm... theres a stench of dead fish though if you don't mind and roads aren't that good so drive carefully) not related to them though, just figuring its best to share cheap live food for fishes etc

I would like more crickets, preferring direct from farm. Its will be even cheaper than SGD18.00. a pail. I do not like the idea of getting the feed from Johor as I do not have time to travel across the massive jam causeway and back. icefire, is there any like this? I'll appreciate you forever!

[eddy planer]

by the way if i add in newts will the tree frogs be tempted to eat them? its those 5 dollar type of salamander(or newt... don't know what it is classify as.. uh.. the one in Vinz display picture kekekee)

Hi bro
Amphibians are very sensitive creatures, and terrestrial amphibian species should only be mixed in large enclosures by people who know what they are doing.However the only a large or medium-size vivariums okay for mixing are the very large ones eg: Whites, White Lipped,Magnificent Tree Frog and even Wallace Flying Tree Frogs. I used to mix them all before and now I have mixture of 3 critters minus the Wallace( short lifespan, lah). And then, only for compatible species please. . In large paludarium with large area of water like my 6ft tank, aquatic frogs like African Clawed Frogs can be kept with suitable fishes And Fire Belly newts and Fire Belly Toads are, in general, particularly toxic... and not the best tank mates for other Tree Frogs. I know there are people there who will selfishly do whatever they want, despite what is best for the animals, because brightly colored animals stuck together in a small glass tank looks pretty to them but in the end went horribly wrong.

[sherwin]

Been eager to keep a vivarium inspired by these setups. Too bad i got no courage to even hold a frog.

[lopches]

i almost got a shock last night. there was a cricket on top of the other's head and the skinny frog went to go for it and the cricket hopped away. the end result is that he accidently had half of the other frog's head inside its mouth before it let go!

[icefire]

I would like more crickets, preferring direct from farm. Its will be even cheaper than SGD18.00. a pail. I do not like the idea of getting the feed from Johor as I do not have time to travel across the massive jam causeway and back. icefire, is there any like this? I'll appreciate you forever!

hehe i help you ask xD

[icefire]

Hi bro
Amphibians are very sensitive creatures, and terrestrial amphibian species should only be mixed in large enclosures by people who know what they are doing.However the only a large or medium-size vivariums okay for mixing are the very large ones eg: Whites, White Lipped,Magnificent Tree Frog and even Wallace Flying Tree Frogs. I used to mix them all before and now I have mixture of 3 critters minus the Wallace( short lifespan, lah). And then, only for compatible species please. . In large paludarium with large area of water like my 6ft tank, aquatic frogs like African Clawed Frogs can be kept with suitable fishes And Fire Belly newts and Fire Belly Toads are, in general, particularly toxic... and not the best tank mates for other Tree Frogs. I know there are people there who will selfishly do whatever they want, despite what is best for the animals, because brightly colored animals stuck together in a small glass tank looks pretty to them but in the end went horribly wrong.

oh i see.. okay then shall not mix them together but make 2 separate tanks for them time to give up shrimp keeping liaoz.. no more space

[rainbatt]

Can't wait to get my hands on them but unfortunately keeping crickets is a problem for me, are there alternatives food for them?

[AhVy]

Hey rainbatt..same here.

Dear gurus.. I would also like to know if there are alternative food for ***..
Also.. For crickets handling.. How do you handle them? Do you just use tongs to pick them up and throw into the tanks? Or feed them 1 by 1? Any tips to handle these crickets?
Are they very noisy at night?
Smelly? Squishy?



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[issacyeo]

I would like more crickets, preferring direct from farm. Its will be even cheaper than SGD18.00. a pail. I do not like the idea of getting the feed from Johor as I do not have time to travel across the massive jam causeway and back. icefire, is there any like this? I'll appreciate you forever!

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