Hey! new and full of questions

[Meefloaf]

hey, been looking round and researching, waiting on a book to arrive aswell. i've figured out what i want to do (http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...new-setup.html) still unsure on what soil/substrate is best to use for a whites tree frog, found one on a uk site called dartfrog and is described as "Dendrosoil 5L bag
Developed by Dartfrog, this is a 'living' compost for the dartfrog vivarium containing a host of custodian and food insects such as european and tropical springtails and woodlice. Place in a vivarium and get it established for 2 weeks prior to adding frogs" i'm going with whites tree frogs, so always get curious when things are describe as for dartfrogs, they seem more popular over here, so seems to be a generalist term.

the next main query is about heating, i've gone for the 60x45x60 terra, unsure on which size wattage etc to use, some places dont mention it at all for whites tree frogs, one place suggested that i'd need to place one underneath and one on one side of the tank backed with polystyrene and on a side with no background.

thank you in advance

[purpleturtle89]

I use that dendro soil, dartfrog is an awesome website I've used it a lot now, the only thing with dendro soil it would be and expensive soil. If you choice to use that alone. Would you not use a red light and dimming stat I prefer this now as you get a lot more control :3

[Meefloaf]

i've got a exo terra terra with a dual canopy, been recommended to put a 2.0 and a 5.0 in it, in regards to lighting. as i'm doing a live plant tank, gonna be alot of places for it to hide.

should i use the dendro soil ontop of another substrate ? glad someones used that site and endorses it, tbh don't trust many of the stores i've used in cornwall.

[purpleturtle89]

I have bought 15 litres of dendro soil so far, and lots of plants, live food cultures... Really good highly recommend nice people to will answer your quEstions. I mean get a separate dome fitting with a heat source bulb say 50w but tbf it's quite easy to achieve the temps for WTF