Temporary enclosuse

[Bilge Rat]

I have 4 Leucs (a little over a year old) in a heavily planted 55 gal tank that I'd like to rearrange, to get more light to some of my plants. This will most likely turn into a complete teardown and rebuild. I also have a 10 gal. tank that I was setting up for Firebelly toads, but it turned into a terrarium for extra and plants, and cuttings from th 55 ,that I'm saving for another tank I hope to build enentually. It's also heavily planted now, with a water feature taking up about 30% of the floor space, and the other 70% is the same substrate I used in my 55. I was wondering if this is too small an area to keep my Leucs in while I rebuild the other tank :?: . I'm somewhat of a procrastinater, so the rebuild might take a month or two, or maybe three ops:. The Leucs have been in the 55 since I brought them home, about a year ago, and I'm sure they've gotten used to having lots of room to run around in.

[thumbnail]

If you were planning to keep them out longer then a few days I would just get you 4 cheap sterilite shoebox containers. Add a layer of moist moss and maybe a cocohut in each and some leaf litter. Not only would this be a great temp enclosure but you can keep aggression out of the equation. I am always transfering frogs so I stick to simplicity while I do terrarium maintanence. I have kept adult aurates and leucs like this while I did a few new tanks. They stayed in these little containers for about 3 weeks I believe. All survived and are still in the colonies today. Hope this helps.

[slaytonp]

I think Thumbnail hit the nail on the head. The Sterilite containers (Wall Mart) are very inexpensive, sturdy, relatively clear, and come in all sizes. I now use the smaller ones for tad raising and the larger ones as interim nursery and quarantine containers. I think this idea would be better than stuffing all four frogs into a 10 gallon you are using for another purpose, especially if you are a procrastinator and they would be crowed together for more than a couple of weeks. Just put in some sphagnum moss substrate, and add some plant cuttings for each. They'll also be easier to monitor and catch when your tank is revamped.

[Bilge Rat]

Yea, that's kinda what I figured. I want to build a tank in the 30 gal. range for a pair of Galacts, or Azureus. So maybe I'll build that first and use it as a temp home for the Leucs, while I rebuild their tank. Then after I'm done and return them to their tank, Then I'll be all set for a pair of the the other frogs. :idea:
Thanks for the replies guys.