Housing
We have four different systems that house X. tropicalis: the tadpole room that houses our tadpoles, froglets, and juvenile frogs; the adult room that houses the majority of our colony; an XMOD system and a stand alone system. Both our tadpole and adult rooms have a large sump with biological media, a Reverse Osmosis (RO) system supplying water to the tanks, carbon filtration, a drum filter for mechanical filtration, UV lights, a heater, and monitoring and dosing systems for water quality. All of our systems are designed and receive yearly maintenance by IWAKI. The following protocols detail how our frog room staff maintain our systems on a regular basis.
Frog Room Protocols
B05C Tadpole Room
Standard Operating Procedures B05C
Calibrating Conductivity and Ph Probes
B27 Adult Room
Standard Operating Procedures B27
Changing Particle Filters
Changing Carbon
Calibrating Ph and Conductivity Probes
Suppliers
Bio-Oregon:
Supplies one of the brands of food we use for adult frogs and the food we use for froglets. We use the “Biota Fry” in size 2.0 mm for adults, and size 1.2 mm for froglets.
Bio-Serv:
Supplies the floating “lily pad” mats we use as enrichment in our tanks.
Covetrus:
Supplies HCG (Human chorionic gonadotropin).
Petco:
Supplies the test kit we use for testing water quality. We use the API master freshwater test kit.
B13 Stand Alone and XMOD Systems
Stand Alone System Standard Operating Procedures
Stand Alone System Parts Labeled
Stand Alone Water Change Procedure
Stand Alone Changing Chemical and Mechanical Filters
XMOD System Standard Operating Procedures
XMOD Changing Chemical and Mechanical Filters
Water Quality
Sera:
Supplies our tadpole food. We use “sera Micron Nature” fry food.
Skretting:
Supplies one of the brands of food we use for adult frogs. We use the “Complete Feed for Trout and Steelhead” in the size 2.0 mm.
Syndel:
Supplies tricaine (MS-222).
IWAKI:
Supplies recirculating systems, provides materials and supplies to maintain systems, as well as service and service/maintenance plans.