I'm new to the frog community, my sons wanted some "frogs" and a friend of ours had some Fire Bellies her son didn't want anymore. Long story short I'm now the proud owner of 3 toads, 2 of the oriental variety and 1 european. Since they have become my responsibility I've been combing the internet for information.

I've come across some AMAZING vivariums in my search, some complex and some fairly simple (like mine ). The real question here is how are some of the more elaborate vivarium's cleaned? What do you do with the moss, plants, etc that have taken root in the substrate? I've seen some of the tanks with false bottoms, so that water would take up the entire bottom level. Does that water get changed out? It seems that cleaning would be a pain in the proverbial ****.

My tank is 20 gal, has coconut husk substrate, the toads have a little pool (maybe 2" deep) an overturned log hiding area, and a couple plastic neon plants that my wife said looked "soooo cute". I'd love to be able to really make a nice little ecosystem with some live plants and some real water features (I think we'll need a bigger tank) but working full time plus overtime hours and still spending time with the family cuts down on toad tank maintenance time.