Terrarium setup

[tankogradets]

I don't have a fogger, but I keep the terrarium very humid. I found that, to keep it the most clean, I need to clean mine every three to four weeks. La Frog likes it clean.

[deranged chipmunk]

you should have some sort of drainage layer under the substrate to allow the substrate to drain. unless of course you are keeping some sort of aquatic plant in an emersed state, such as a cryptocoryne species, which love a nice wet soil. to drain it, you can run a piece of aquarium airline tubing to the bottom and just siphon off as needed. one note of caution, keeping a fogger on all day creates a ridiculous amount of humidity at the bottom of the tank. i ran an ultrasonic fogger in my white's tank all day and after a week or so, it started to rot my terrestrial plants. my crypts LOVED it, but my pilea's and fittonia's just started to rot away. needless to say, i no longer run it all day and i have had no problems. plants now grow well. crypts a bit slower, but that's ok, i have been growing those plants for years, so i learned to be patient...lol you can always get a cheapie timer from lowe's that allows numerous on/off cycles per 24hr period. that way you can run the fogger for say 30 minutes, then off for a few hours, then on again for 30 minutes ect. it might save the plants you have planted in your substrate.

[Meade Hamilton Lewis]

I am going to get some LECA (Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate LECA (Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate) (Fired Clay Pebble) Hydroponic Media Products at Home Harvest® Garden Supply) that was suggested in another post. The one problem I could see with this is that the stones seem to be 8mm-16mm (.31 inches - .63 inches) in diameter and therefore the substrate could wash out past the stones. What would you suggest for this? Will it be a problem?

[Sunshine]

Usually weed block is used to separate the drainage layer from the substrate. I had a hard time finding any this time of the year so I used window screen instead.

[Meade Hamilton Lewis]

So landscaping paper?

[Sunshine]

Not the paper kind. It is a fabric, usually black. >I can never find it here this time of year though so I use window screen.

[Meade Hamilton Lewis]

Not the paper kind. It is a fabric, usually black. >I can never find it here this time of year though so I use window screen.

Thank you so much! I will check it out at Lowes today. I feel like they would still have some as it has not started snowing yet in my area.

[flybyferns]

Usually weed block is used to separate the drainage layer from the substrate. I had a hard time finding any this time of the year so I used window screen instead.

Josh's Frogs has a barrier.
Substrate Barrier, Substrate, Hydroton | Josh's Frogs

[flybyferns]

I am going to get some LECA (Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate LECA (Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate) (Fired Clay Pebble) Hydroponic Media Products at Home Harvest® Garden Supply) that was suggested in another post. The one problem I could see with this is that the stones seem to be 8mm-16mm (.31 inches - .63 inches) in diameter and therefore the substrate could wash out past the stones. What would you suggest for this? Will it be a problem?

Meade,
You don't HAVE to use this traditional layered substrate, for red eyed tree frogs, if you don't want to.
A layer of dampened, unbleached paper towel, using de-chlorinated water, would be fine.
Change it 3 times/week - when the frog(s) are sound asleep, so they are never disturbed during the change.