New plants today

[reptileszz]

I got some new plants today to join the wisteria. I got 2 banana plants, at least I think thats what they were called, one more moss ball since I like them a lot and 2 bunches of moneywort. The tank is starting to look a bit better now. No substrate looks weird and I dont like it but oh well.



Thanks for all the help guys!
Carole

[Felis]

Hi,

nice plants. But why don´t you use a substrate? Especially sand works well with clawed frogs, is easy to keep clean and makes the tank look more natural.

[mpmistr]

Looks good. I would add sand but that's just personal preference. Keeping a bar bottom thank is perfectly acceptable and easy to clean. I hope you and your frog do well.

[reptileszz]

Everybody said no substrate best. I HATE it. It looks terrible. Everything i hear about putting sand in makes it sound like a huge pain in the butt. Dusty no matter what you do. Is there a recommendation for less dusty sand?

thanks,
carole

[mpmistr]

Everybody said no substrate best. I HATE it. It looks terrible. Everything i hear about putting sand in makes it sound like a huge pain in the butt. Dusty no matter what you do. Is there a recommendation for less dusty sand?

thanks,
carole

There are a lot of options. I've used pool filter sand but it didn't look very natural. I really like Caribsea sand substrates. Moonlight sand is white and looks pretty good, it's a very fine substrate. I also use Caribsea Sunset Gold, it's a little big bigger as far as grain size but the color is a more tan color and a little more natural looking. Avoid Caribsea Tahitian Moon, it's black, but sharp.

You could get a bag of one of these sands and use a measuring cup to sprinkle it on the bottom of your tank and get some good cover. It will cloud the water up for a few hours but the filter will take care of that in a few hours.

Oh and it's a bit pricey at PetSmart (like 25 bucks), I would buy it online if you can. I found a LFS that sold it for $16 for 20lbs, that should be enough.

[reptileszz]

There are a lot of options. I've used pool filter sand but it didn't look very natural. I really like Caribsea sand substrates. Moonlight sand is white and looks pretty good, it's a very fine substrate. I also use Caribsea Sunset Gold, it's a little big bigger as far as grain size but the color is a more tan color and a little more natural looking. Avoid Caribsea Tahitian Moon, it's black, but sharp.

You could get a bag of one of these sands and use a measuring cup to sprinkle it on the bottom of your tank and get some good cover. It will cloud the water up for a few hours but the filter will take care of that in a few hours.

Oh and it's a bit pricey at PetSmart (like 25 bucks), I would buy it online if you can. I found a LFS that sold it for $16 for 20lbs, that should be enough.

Thank you. Another question. What about vacuuming? Does the sand come up? I like to siphon off the debris every other day and am concerned about sucking up sand. Something tells me it is too heavy to get sucked up but wanted to check.

thanks!