Terrarium soil too wet?
Hi all!
My Viv has been up and running now for about 2 weeks now and it seems to be doing well. I constructed a stream that runs through the middle of the enclosure and empties into a pond. I had a lengthy discussion with the frog guy at the local pet shop here in San Diego on how to construct this as they had a similar one that quite frankly looks bada**. I worked on mine for about a week, finished it, and it looks pretty darned awesome IMO. (Lol). The guy at the pet shop (Pet Kingdom) told me that the pond construction and accompanying pump would require me to flood the substrate and build the soil layer on top of it, and it'd be fine. So now I have a cool looking stream in my viv. I love it.
Now, I'm worried because the soil stays wet. Like always. I'm sure the soil is pulling the water up from the substrate, keeping it moist. The ferns and vines I've added seem to be thriving, however I added some Frog Moss (from ZooMed) to cover the rest of the soil so my frog would have dry ground. It looked beautiful, a deep emerald green. Now, 3 days later, the moss all brown. All of it. All the other plants are ok. This concerns me. Also my humidity has been reading 90-99% almost continuously.
can Isopods and springtails live in such wet soil? Is this a danger to my frog being so damp? I added a whole colony of springtails I got from LLL Reptile the other day, under the moss and logs, etc and have yet to see one since, although the soil is all covered so could be lurking beneath I really dunno. I want to add isopods but don't want them to die if it's too wet. Any advice? I'd really appreciate it.
Below are pics, before and after:
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