Let's talk dirt(y)!!

[Mentat]

If I am think of the same thing he's talking about Carlos, it's cocofiber fortified with bacterial. Living soil essentially.

So you would add aquarium denitrifying bacteria (or something else) to the coco fiber? Interesting !

[Tongue Flicker]

A matured coco fiber mixed with a little bit of everything i.e. springtails, isopods, earthworms, mealworms, beetles, roaches, mites and really small millipedes. Quite commonly used as reptile substrates. Not sure if they'll be safe enough for frogs so i usually use them for my lizards and my plants

[flybyferns]

For my PDF tanks and the potted plants in the tree frog enclosures:
I use ABG ( from Josh's) w/ a few little modifications:
I always break up the sphagnum ,even remove some of it ( it never seems to be milled enough)
I add aquarium/filter activated charcoal.
I add additional slightly crushed leaf litter

After it's modified ..it is stored in a ( non air tight) plastic container

I add this modified soil as needed into the enclosures from time to time

I dampen the soil prior to adding it

This same exact soil is used in my springtail and isopod cultures
The only differences is ..........there are additional -BIG -chunks of charcoal and ( un-crushed) leaf litter in the culture containers
I do not separate springs and ispopds -
I feed them different food ( green zucchini for the pods and yeast for the springs)

[DigitalPunk]

I used the standard ABG mix initially for my tanks. Partly due to it being so highly recommend. I am now in the process of experimenting and adding various things to it, but have nothing definitive to add to the intelligent conversation. I was lucky enough to have Bill's recipe shared with me.

I currently have a big tub of ABG mix, but I shredded the Sphagnum moss a lot and added some crushed leaf litter to it. It has Springtails in it and they are fed with Bakers Yeast. This soil was used in the new dart tank around the plants roots. I also have a smaller tub of ABG that i mixed with 1 part top soil/manure. I have some Springtails and isopods in that as well. I will test it with plants and see how I like it.