Housing a pair of Pumilio

[Jesse]

Hey guys,

Just wondering what you guys thought about this, if I should house a pair of pumilio in a heavily planted 5.5 gallon vivarium. would that allow them to breed more, and allow the male to find the eggs easier?

Thanks,
Jesse

[MJ]

5.5 gallons? :shock: why not just stuff them in a fly container?

5.5 galons is way to smal heav planbting or not.

[Dancing frogs]

Move that decimal point!
I can't offer firsthand advice on pumilio, but everything I've read (and I've read a lot) indicates they usually do better with more space, more like 20g and up for a pair.

[joshsfrogs]

The more space the better. That goes for pums, thumbs, tincs, etc.

My pums have a heavy-planted area and a place with no plants - with only a small "house" on it and they seem well

[Jesse]

What size is your heavily planted viv?

hmmm.. hard to say... i have a 40cm width x 30 cm x 40 cm high terrarium
and 1/2 of the terra is heavily planted... i have one bromelia - the favourite place of my frogs they can sit on it all the day

[Jesse]

Hey,

On doyle's dart den, he was housing some Imitators in a five gallon. Is it okay to house Imitators in that size of a viv?

Thanks,
Jesse

sorry I voted yes, I didnt read that you were planning on putting them in 5.5 g's. Shouldnt it be at least 10 or 15?
My final non official vote, no.

[Dancing frogs]

You can...But I have a saying for that...
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
Also ten gallon tanks are usually cheaper anyway.
One thing I know about imitator, is they are the dirtiest frogs I have, you look In my terribilis tank (2 in a ten), and you'd be hard pressed to find a feces, in my vert tens with a pair of imitator each, the day (seems like) after you spray and clean up the tank, they go and crap on the glass or whatever. Just an observation.