Insect Direct Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 Just looking at my fly trap flowering and just wondering if they would be suitable to grow in a frog tank, and whether it would be safe for the frogs etc? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herperjosh Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 nope it wont b safe iv seen a video on you tube where a frog landed on one and it ate the poor frog and it might catch the flies that you put in but type it up on you tube feel sorry for that poor frog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 big frogs will be ok. little whistlers could get caught by the larger flowers. the venus fly trap has a memory and can count, so as long as a frog does not go up to it, poke it three times on its sensors- i hardly think it will get caught in one. I am unsure if the power of a frogs leg would be less than that of a closing fly trap. (imagine if the frogs leg is sitting in the trap [and not the entire frog that would hopefully be bigger than the flower]). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 a big frog should be ok, but I suspect providing the right conditions for both would be difficult. VFTs like strong sun, which I imagine the frogs do not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 frogs dont mind the light the conditions can be ideal for them depending on your set up the main problem is frogs especially larger ones dont share the same attitude about plants and quickly trample them so the plants need to be tough i wouldnt put a venus fly trap into that catergory ive kept sarcemia pitcher plants in with frogs they went ok its just half of the flys i put in flew directly into the plant and were killed before the frogs got them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 I think the frogs will kill them. Each time a trap is set off, that part of the plant dies and is digested (sort of) by the plant. If you do too many at once the plant dies. I used to work at a garden centre and for that reason we had to keep the kids from poking them. I would think frogs crashing into them would finish them off quite fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 The leaves don't die each time, but they do have a limit to the number of times an individual leaf can close. Also if well-fed or over stimulated (small children) they will close slower. You could get a nice big nepenthes or sarracenia (different types of carnivorous plant) and feed frogs to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 There is even a type of carnivorous plant that digests vegetable matter...... ie a HERBIVOROUS plant! That seems even wronger.... There are 12 species of carnivorous plant native to NZ, either Drosera (sticky) or Utricularia (aquatic). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 Wouldn't they fly trap just eat the frogs food? Anyway here is a link to more info on the nz ones http://fishkeepers.co.nz/forums/viewtop ... f=30&t=980 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted October 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 Wouldn't they fly trap just eat the frogs food? i dont think they eat that much to even notice around here most likely frogs would trample them im thinking.......will look into the other sorts mentioned above There is even a type of carnivorous plant that digests vegetable matter...... ie a HERBIVOROUS plant! That seems even wronger.... wot the....must search that. sounds very interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 I grew Carnivorous plants for years, specially vft's. They need very high light, good air flow, warm conditions and very very poor soil, many things will burns their roots, even tap water, although they are known as very hardy plants, theres a reason why most pot plant ft's never get too big, its the root damage, I would think that the waste from the frogs would burn the roots. Also the smaller frogs could get caught if the traps are big enough but Im thinking they will be stunted in terrainium conditions. Your better off cutting the flowering heads off too, it will make that plant alot stronger and develop more, after flowing they generally die out. I used to split mine at the root rather then letting them flower, sections of roots can be frozen and thawed out in spring and they will grow well. I used a 400w eco grow lamp to give them a boost before spring set in completely, I had some big traps, small bird and mouse worthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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