Trying to make my terrarium as best as possible..help?

[John]

Well he seems to be winning friends and influencing people over on dendroboard, so he must be doing something right. Seems to be big into selling dart frogs now.

[xkatelynell]

Katelyn, if get Greg & Amanda Sihler's book on Poison Dart Frogs it shows you how to make the false bottom. That how learned to do it. The book is published by TFH and has a blue dart frog on the cover. It sells for around $10.

I'll have to look into it, that would be a good book to have. I think I'm going to have to start ordering stuff online anyway because I can't seem to find my tree frog cricket dust anywhere anymore

There is also a pet store in Wichita and Newton (Reptiles Etc.) that sells frogs. Unless you live in western Kansas I'm sure the farther east you go there are frog suppliers. Don't know if Manhattan or Topeka would be worth the trip. I had a hard time getting started here but persistence paid off.

It's a couple hours away but maybe when I want to take a road trip I will have to do that. I went and got my first dart frog today from the Petland in Olathe and noticed they had a red eyed..so I'm positive that will be what I get next. But maybe after that I will

[Skulldroog]

Keep us updated with photos!

[xkatelynell]

Here's an updated picture of the terrarium
Ya that's their names and an illustration of their size difference
Steve is a chubby fella and peter is still a youngin
& this way when people come over I don't get asked the names of allll of my critters



And here's a couple of pictures I took of my frogs earlier

This is Steve


Steve (left) Peter (peaking out on the right)

[Tom Highum]

With humidity i have had a lot of luck with just adding live plants. Pothos and Bromeliads work well. Are your frog still on wood chips? This could be harmful to their delicate skin. At most pet stores you can purchase compressed coconut bedding that comes in a brick and just needs to be soaked in water. This stuff is nice because it helps a lot with humidity, is fairly cheap, safe and stuff can be grown in it.

[xkatelynell]

With humidity i have had a lot of luck with just adding live plants. Pothos and Bromeliads work well.

As bad as it is, I can keep critters alive, not plants. :/ I have live plants in one tank only because my dart frog probably wouldn't enjoy that humidity difference.

I blocked off some of the ventilation in my tree frogs home and it's done wonders with helping their humidity.

Are your frog still on wood chips?

I bought the coconut bedding today. I bought a giant bag for like $10. The only reason they were on wood chips was because I found out my moss was molding and I live a good half an hour away from any place to get coconut bedding

& I have the wood because petsmart 'advised' me to use it when I first was an innocent child looking for a first frog pet -.-

Thank you for your advise

[Tom Highum]

I made mistakes like that when i started too. Have you tried either of the plants i listed? So far I haven't been able to kill them and I am not skilled with plants either. They seem very hardy.