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Hello again, I have finally decided that I am going to get my darts from a reptile show in Hamburg, PA on august 6th. Hamburg is about a 1 hour drive from my house. I don't want to stress my frogs out by having them in the car for an hour so I was wondering how do you guys prefer to transport frogs? I also have some questions on quarantine. At the show I am hoping to get 3-4 leucs. I have read on several websites that you should keep newly aquired frogs in a plastic sweaterbox. I don't want to put my beautiful and expensive frogs in something like that and it is Petco's $1 gallon sale so I was wondering should I just get a 10 gallon to keep them in for a little bit. The tank could be used for baby frogs later. Thank you.
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I live about 2 hours from Hamburg and have purchased frogs from a vendor there. Usually they provide a container with some moss for a little moisture to transport the frogs in. I'm sure they will be fine in that for an hour. Some sweater boxes are as tall as a ten gallon tank or more. I'm sure I have seen some commercial companies that are outfitting them with air holes and selling them as temporary or quarentine tanks.
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Do you think that 4 froglets would be good in a 10 gallon though? Because I want to have a tank sitting around in case in need it.
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If you think about it, most frogs, when shipped, are in transit for 12-18 hours. Most of them are "packed" for it though. At the few shows I've been to, most of the frogs I've seen displayed are already in a small deli cup of some type with sphag. For your 1 hour drive, I'd leave them right in the container you buy them in, but, bring a smaller cooler of some type, something that wont tip, and wont heat up if its in the sun. Put the containers in that and you'll be A-OK. It'll be less stress on them than moving them into a different container at the show, then another qt box at home. Regarding the qt box, I like the sterilite containers, lids lock shut, quick, easy, sealed setup.
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Thank you very much for your help.
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You can keep 4 leuc froglets in a 10 gallon for a little while-maybe till they are half grown,but no longer than that. A 20 -30 gallon size aquarium would be more to their liking. No need for a tall aquarium-they like to spend their life on the ground! Good Luck!
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Really nice looking tank you got there! How many leucs do you have in it? I think I will get a 20 gallon from petco for 20 bucks. Do you think a tank that big would be good for the froglets?
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Thanks Cer!
We started with a group of 8 in 2006, and at last count there was 9 different ones that they could identify.
They frequently drop tadpoles off in the pond area, so there might be more.
A 20 gal will make a nice grow out tank.