Quote Originally Posted by gemzjames View Post
that looks like a great tank. I have been working for Natural England catching xenopus from the wild for years now and ive been trapping and catching them in very deep waters - they are fantastic swimmers and love deep water and places to hide in! when they are relaxed they will just hang and float at the top of the tank and will start singing at night .... so look forward to that. with regards to your plants on order, i assume you are getting real plants - just be aware that these frogs can be quite destructive as they like burrowing and have strong legs and due to their natural poisonous secretions the plants might not survive - i have had to switch to plastic plants which is a pain during a clean out but are working well. your frogs are lucky to have so much space :-) enjoy them!
They aren't as destructive as people say when it comes to plants. The main drawbacks to plants + ACF is the fact fertilizers can contain heavy metals which are toxic to ACF and the fact ACF really do not appreciate being blasted with high amounts of light..

If you use rhizome based plants like anubias and java fern you should be fine, crypts are fine too since they root heavily.. stuff like dwarf hair grass will get kicked up though in my experience. ACF don't really 'burrow' but they do kick stuff around. Obviously floating plants wouldn't be affected by the ACFs tendency to kick stuff around.

The slime coat of an ACF does not poison plants, not sure where this information is coming from but I've kept plants with ACF without any issue, they are not poisonous..