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| Ade |
Posted - 18/03/2010 : 20:57:46
Well, here he (or she) is, our first foray into this hobby, our Australian White's tree frog, imaginatively named Froggy. lol
That's what I love about this type of hobby, I get to indulge my other hobbies as well. 
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| 15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Ade |
Posted - 27/07/2010 : 23:46:18
Thanks nikk. :)
Ade |
| nikk |
Posted - 27/07/2010 : 23:30:54
those are some amazing pic's! They are truely beautiful phibs ade! |
| Ade |
Posted - 25/07/2010 : 23:19:43
I did a little more with their terrarium today, it's now plastic plant free. :D
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I had split my prayer plant to go in the new dart viv, and had a piece left that I decided would look good with the White's. :)
Ade |
| Ade |
Posted - 24/07/2010 : 14:54:33
I posted that, then the TV irritated him....
RohRohRohRohRohRoh...
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| Ade |
Posted - 24/07/2010 : 14:52:13
Ages ago Kaz, especially Hoppety! He likes to tell us to shut up if we disturb his daytime nap, loudly! People hear him when they phone us, as the phone ringing annoys him and prompts him to call, as does the washing machine, the kids shouting, us shouting to the kids, loud music.......
Good job we find it cute and amusing really.  I've nicknamed him Frogzilla.
Ade |
| Kazerella |
Posted - 22/07/2010 : 13:45:49
Have they started making noises yet?
Helvetica and Garamond keep doing it every so often and they sacre me to death everytime  |
| Ade |
Posted - 21/07/2010 : 23:29:28
About time I put some updated pics of these guys up. I only managed to get pics of 2 of them though, the 3rd dived for cover the second the light went on.
As to who is who, well I think these are hippety and hoppety, but I can't be certain.
Hippety
Hoppety
They have certainly grown from the little things they once were. lol
Ade |
| Ade |
Posted - 13/04/2010 : 18:03:53
Can't say I blame him, plants always finish things off far better than plastic or silk ever could. ;) We popped to B&Q yesterday, bought a lovely prayer plant. We're growing it on a windowsill at the moment, but looking in the pot it's 3 plants planted together, one of which is quite small. So my plan is to remove the small one and use it in our next terrarium. :) I'll get a pic of it later.
Ade |
| Kazerella |
Posted - 13/04/2010 : 14:40:27
Sounds good- I'll have to make sure Lewy hears about that. He's the plant man in our house |
| Ade |
Posted - 10/04/2010 : 12:46:12
Yeah, they eating quite well (mainly crickets), and I am dusting twice a week now (once a week I just dust with calcium, then the other time I have a choice of either superfoods tree frog dust or Komodo amphibian dust), we're also gut loading the crickets with carrot and dandelion with a weekly feed of Superfoods cricket food. Once the frogs get older I'll drop the dusting to once a week, my research suggests that because I have UV lighting in there (5 and 2) there is less need for vitamin D3 dusting as well, so I may switch to mainly dusting calcium when they are older, with just an occasional dusting of something like the Superfoods tree frog dust.
The creeping fig is doing surprisingly well so far, it really seems to be enjoying the environment it's now in, it wasn't at all happy in it's pot but is growing really well now.
Oh and I think I have a solution to feeding the plants. I currently use a product called pro-fito to feed plants in my aquariums, which has a very low copper content, no nitrate content and only a low iron content in comparison to house plant foods. I use it to feed plants in shrimp tanks, and shrimp are EXTREMELY sensitive to copper, so I am thinking very occasional dosing with this heavily diluted may just be the trick?
Ade |
| Kazerella |
Posted - 10/04/2010 : 10:21:29
They look nice and chunky already |
| Ade |
Posted - 07/04/2010 : 11:38:09
Agreed, they are fantastic animals, and we are really glad we chose to start our frog adventure with them. :)
There legs though are shockingly long when fully extended. Hoppety is an extremely active and adventurous frog so we regularly see him dangling by his back legs whilst try to get into silly places for a nose around. His legs are about as long as his body. :O But yeah, when they are curled up having a snooze they just look like pudgy little green blobs with diddy legs, so sweet. :) Especially Froggy, who been the longest resident is so settled these days that he goes soundly asleep, you can even see in the pic that his/her eyes are closed completely with him snuggled down.
Ade |
| Kehhlyr |
Posted - 07/04/2010 : 04:28:34
They are superb, and a brilliant setup as well.
I love whites tree frogs, they are just chubby little things with legs that look to small for their bodies. |
| Ade |
Posted - 07/04/2010 : 00:37:18
Well froggy isn't quite so plump, now that he/she is sharing the food. ;)
We did the rescape today as well, for a more natural look:-
Don't be worried by the water area, it's only just 1 cm deep at the moment, but can be made deeper as the frogs grow. I start out with bottled water, but my wife forgot to buy any whilst shopping. As I am also out of dechlorinator, I topped off with RO water that was at room temperature. The minerals from the bottled water and from the large sized gravel (more like small pebbles) should hopefully offset the softness of this. I felt it better to use this than just tap water. 
As you can see in the next pic, all 3 of them have been thoroughly exploring, getting quite mucky in the coconut husk substrate.
Hippety and Hoppety, Hippety at the back and Hoppety at the front:-
Froggy, the mucky little tyke:-
Hoppety is a bit kamikaze! Leaped clear across the vivarium to try to get out when I opened it to capture them whilst I worked on their home. Landed on my hand luckily.
[edit] I nearly forgot to mention, there is now a 2nd 12 watt heat mat underneat the terrarium. It's in the far rear right corner, the idea been it's warming the same kind of area as the one on the side, thus increasing efficiency, hopefully helping to keep up the humidity, whilst still allowing for a good thermal gradient across the terrarium.
Ade |
| Ade |
Posted - 29/03/2010 : 18:53:42
Yeah, I am lucky to have a camera that doesn't require much skill to use, but didn't cost the earth either. :) That last pic was taken in scene recognition mode with super macro set to forced, no messing with aperture etc at all. :) The Fujifilm Finepix S1500 is a really nice camera for hobby pics, without breaking the bank. :)
Oh, and having a frog that doesn't mind having a camera lens 2cms away helps too. lol Zoom wrecks macro shots without a tripod.
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