New Pac-Man Frog and Questions

[SaintScythus]

Hi I just got a new pac-man frog after wanting one for a very long time. He's about 2 inches wide. I'm keeping him in a 10 gallon aquarium with a good-sized water dish and bed-a-beast coconut fiber bedding.

I've got a few questions though-my house supposedly has a full water treatment system that takes out everything from the water making it pure, is this a reliable sytem to de-chlorify water? Would bottled water work, as in is it de-chlorified as well?

At 2 inches is it okay to put him on bed-a-beast? The frog seems to be content and is burrowing and appears to not be stressed.

Thanks for all the help in advance.

 

[mitchrobot]

i usually let my animals water age for a bit. bottled water works as well. i havnt had any problems with either of those. i dont know about using chemical dechlorinators, i never have used them.

coco-fiber stuff is fine IME even with tiny frogs.

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

I use the gallon jugs of spring water. That isn't the most economical route, but it's how I started, and since I've had good luck so far, I figure why mess with success? The only thing I am unsure of about leaving tap water to stand is after the chlorine evaporates off, what of the other additives, such as chloramines? Do they dissipate also? I would guess they do, since people report using aged tap water with no ill effects.

I've had mine on coco-fiber since I got him at about the same size as yours, and he grew into adulthood just fine and seems to be thriving.

There has been a recent thread here about pacman frogs that you may want to check out if you haven't already. Link

 

[arachnocat]

Congrats on getting a pacman! They're pretty fun pets.

I recently got a book about pacman frogs that says the substrate should be completely replaced every 3 months. Does that sound right? Or should you just change it if it starts to smell or get mold?

Also, I use dechlorinator that they make for fish water, they make an amphibian one too but it costs a bit more. The one I get is just a dechlorinator. I'm not sure if the ones with added slime coat or biological filtration stuff would be ok for frogs...

 

[mrbonzai211]

If you let your water rest in a vessel with a large surface area then the chlorine and other chemicals should evaporate out over night.

 

[SaintScythus]

I have noticed on the coconut bedding I use, if it gets too wet it will grow a white mold/fungus, I immediatly remove the mold and the surrounding substrate. I bought and use the dechlorinator just in case.

I have to tell you a funny story though, I had bought two small crickets last night for the pac-man frog and a large for my mantis. Today when I got home the pac-man had only eaten maybe one cricket as I could only find one. The mantis had not eaten her cricket either so I decided to grab the large cricket from the mantis cage and throw it in the pac-man's. It landed around 4 inches from the frog, and the frog immediatly proceded to turn around and gobble up the large cricket. It was quite amusing to say the least.