Quote Originally Posted by GrifTheGreat View Post
Hmm. Most people frown on the idea of standing water that can become stagnant within their frogs enclosure, but they way you have yours setup completely seperates the water from the upper layer of substrate for which the frog lives in. I really like this idea because it allows the soil to stay moist and produce humidity without being water logged. Is the plant hiding the tube a live one or fake one? If it were live it would absorb water that sinks into the hydroballs, but as you said there is a layer of clay which is dificult for plants to drive roots through. Impressive idea.
Thank you! The plant hiding the access tube is a plastic hanging one made by Exo-Terra. Think live plant roots would be better confined in a pot in this set-up since they would get tangled into the plastic divider holes between upper and lower levels and clog them. As soon as I get another camera or a quality phone with camera will post some pics.

My habitats are kind of simple and mostly geared toward functionality. Another benefit of this type of set-up is that eventually beneficial bacteria will colonize the wet hydroball section and as long as you don't let it dry up; will reduce ammonia from urine into nitrites and then further into nitrates. Plan to siphon out that water once every week once system is stable in around a month and test for ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates. Then can make a water change schedule. Currently the water is not rising into soil section and making it mud. I do spray whole enclosure once a day when changing bath water.