Ok my little tamato frog is in a 10 gallon with a screen top,water on one side,coco and sphag moss substrate with a hooded uvb light witch isnt clearly needed as far as I read.How do you guys go about putting plants in this type of deal?I just wanted a couple small potted plants that will be safe.Easy to take in and out for cleaning but I dont understand how you would fertilize plants in such a tank with the frog and also how do I get out the chemicals in the plant soil after purchase.I forgot to mention he has a half log hide on one side too.Anyone here keep these guys?
amphibian plants
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I dont keep this guys,I wich
, but I may be able to help you whit your plant question. First of you simply dont use quemical fertilazers in your plant, to much of a hazzard to your frog
If your plant really needs some kind of fertilazer here´s a trick: water her whit your frog´s waste water. I do it all the time whit my turtle´s water when I do water changes and my plants are doing great. As for good plants for your frog habitat you have quite a choice: Philondendrum scadens, Ficus pumila,spider plants,ferns,etc. Make chure you get them from a pesticide free sorce
, but I may be able to help you whit your plant question. First of you simply dont use quemical fertilazers in your plant, to much of a hazzard to your frog If your plant really needs some kind of fertilazer here´s a trick: water her whit your frog´s waste water. I do it all the time whit my turtle´s water when I do water changes and my plants are doing great. As for good plants for your frog habitat you have quite a choice: Philondendrum scadens, Ficus pumila,spider plants,ferns,etc. Make chure you get them from a pesticide free sorcei get my plants from steins, or lowes, or something like that. i just take plants out of the pot and rinse off the dirt and stuff form the roots then just plant them in my tank. i really am liking the snake plants (sanservia). there are a couple different kinds. go for the broad green leaf kind. i was at steins the other day and they had some really small ones. plants were maybe 3-4 inches tall. i dont fertilize my plants at all. the sanservia is very tolerable of hot, cold, dry, wet conditions as well as does well in low light. i do keep them on a top soil/peat moss mix.
I don't know what the situation is like over in the states, but I buy all my vivarium plants in the UK from Homebase. They're all just houseplants, and I simply check the label to see if there are any warnings about toxins or irritants, it seems to be a legal requirement over here to mention it on the label. If none are mentioned, I buy the plant, rinse the leaves gently in a bucked of room temperature, dechlorinated water incase there are any pesticides on it, and wash the dirt from the roots before planting in cocopeat. I've had no issues yet.
For frogs, I'd say Spider Plants or Bromeliads would work well. For animals that don't eat insects you can also get away with plants such as Ivy or Pothos, but they'd be a bit risky if you are feeding crickets as they contain toxins which the crickets might eat before the herp eats them.
Best of luck,
Paul
For frogs, I'd say Spider Plants or Bromeliads would work well. For animals that don't eat insects you can also get away with plants such as Ivy or Pothos, but they'd be a bit risky if you are feeding crickets as they contain toxins which the crickets might eat before the herp eats them.
Best of luck,
Paul
Very good infoDon't bother with the Tomato Frog... or Chubby or any Pac-man... they will dig it all up. They are found in open plains anyway...
all the care sheets say to add plants so it feels like its in its environment.Kioka;1793988; said:
See thats why its much more important to ask ppl on here and gather hands on advice along with care sheets because the care sheets differ as much as we do,lol.Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!this can drive you nuts.Im doing some more searching.As far as the plants,witch I was going to keep in pots,I just rinse and then plant them into pots with the coco stuff?