Another question...:)

[SnakeBreaker1331]

I guess a girl can never ask too many when it comes to this...right?
Just wondering how often do I clean the quarantine tubs- spot clean AND full clean. And when do I take the frogs out, etc. I haven't seen a ton of info on that so far unless I'm looking in the wrong places...?

Thanks sososo much again! I'm trying not to stress myself out too bad but im so excited and happy that they're here, and I want to give them a GREAT home

[poison]

id recommend going bio-active this way you will never have to clean (or at least for a while) other then spot cleaning. But if you choose not to then spot cleaning any obvious wast when ever you see it and cleaning the cage every month or so would do.

[Heatheranne]

It depends on your set-up.

A quarantine tank with paper towels as substrate should be changed at least every other day. I change mine daily.

A regular Eco earth substrate floor should be changed every month, or sooner if has a foul odor. It should smell earthy and clean.

In a false bottom tank (eggcrate, layered, or hygroton) you can change the substrate less. I change mine every 4 to 6 months.

Spot clean any visible feces daily and change the water bowl water daily.

[SnakeBreaker1331]

It depends on your set-up.

A quarantine tank with paper towels as substrate should be changed at least every other day. I change mine daily.

A regular Eco earth substrate floor should be changed every month, or sooner if has a foil odor. It should smell earthy and clean.

In a false bottom tank (eggcrate, layered, or hygroton) you can change the substrate less. I change mine every 4 to 6 months.

Spot clean any visible feces daily and change the water bowl water daily.

Exactly what I needed Heather thanks again!!!

[Heatheranne]

You're welcome.

Once you have real plants, if planted in substrate, you can occasionally push a frog poo into the substrate near the plant roots for plant food. Once every week or two is fine.

Another good thing to do is to purchase captive bred springtails and/or isopods. They will eat plant debris and frog poo missed. Little housekeepers for your substrate. That is what poison is referring to as a biologically live substrate. Also, some bacteria will grow in the soil that can break down wastes, like in a fish tank. These only apply when using a false bottom though. Moist substrate without a false bottom can actually allow so much bacterial and fungal growth, along with feces and urine in a wet boggy substrate that it can create a toxic waste floor making your babies sick. In nature, the rain provides a constant cleansing which leaches deeper into the earth and the rain runoff will provide a nice new clean floor. A false bottom allows us to have a rinsed under water reservoir to drain soiled water. It is a bit like creating a leach bed of natural filtration through layers of earth like the old sewer systems.