Any ideas ?

[Gaz1987]

Got a 12"x8"x8" glass tank and would like to make a small set up for something if possible any ideas?

[derekthefrog=]]

im not sure this is only a sugestion........Poison Dart Frogs....... they are quite small maybe 2 or 3 im not sure so dont have a go at me lol
hope this helps
liam

[chrism]

Too small for darts really. They are very very active.

Will have a think about what else, but can only really think of invert for that size...

[mcchriswood]

im going to be keeping my darts in double that size and am going too have two. darts are best kept in pairs or groups and not on their own. also they are ground dwelling frogs. dont know whether your tank is one that stads tall or lies on its side

[Samphibian]

I wouldn't put darts in it, far too small.

[derekthefrog=]]

ok sorry thanks for the info ...........it was onbly a suggestion though
liam

[Philcw]

Coould perhaps pur a reed frog in there?

[Gaz1987]

ok thanks everyone the tank is one which lies on the side like a normal fish tank not like an aboreal tank.

what

[Gaz1987]

what type of reed frogs do you recomend?

[Samphibian]

I wouldnt reccomend reed frogs either-these are also fairly active frogs.

For a tank that size, i might put a YOUNG horned frog in until it was big enough to be moved up a tank - they need around ten times their body area in groundspace - much more or less is nt as good.

Even if it was sat upright, the tank would still not really be arboreal. Arboreal species live HIGH up in the canopy, where the lighting is brighter and the planting and environmental conditions are different. Even "terrestrial" species such as Dendrobates tinctorius will , in the wild, climb far higher than even our most ambitious of tanks... ive seen pictures and film footage of tincs a good few metres up a treetrunk for instance.
Its true that some frogs will more likely use vertical space than horizontal, and vice versa, but with dartfrogs ive seen terrestrial and arboreal species up at the same heights in captivity.

Other uses for a tank your size would be for rearing tadpoles or froglets, for tarantulas, millipedes, mantids or otehr inverts.