My "build"

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Holy cow, WAY better price! I can get the whole kit SHIPPED for less than the kit at Josh's lol. Thanks for the tip. What other things are better from there vs. Josh's. I will have to do some browsing.

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of course I haven't gotten to the part where they say whether they will be guaranteed live or not.... NE to OR is a bit of a jaunt lol.

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Springs are resilient little buggers. They ship their springs in ABG mix so they don't get crushed as much in shipping. With it being ABG mix it will mix into your tank soil nicely

I love their Wood selection! I buy all my wood from them, soil, leaf litter, fruit fly culture media, fruit fly culturing supplies... really I buy just about everything from them but the tanks, frogs, and some plants.

Amazon has some good prices on Exo Terras and with prime shipping. I had one issue where a door broke on me and the company that sales them called the manufacturer and had a new door shipped to me free of charge in a matter of days.

The great thing about NeHerp is after you place your order for wood you can email them and send them a picture of your tank and describe how you want to use the wood in your order. They will hand pick pieces for you as best they can to fit your plants Look at my 40B build. I sent them the picture of the tank and told them how tall it needed to be and I got the perfect piece of ghost wood. Love those NeHerp Peps

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Ok, so going through checkout... looks like it's standard shipping (4-5 days). Is that going to be ok for live bugs? It doesn't say one way or the other if they guarantee live arrival.

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Ok, so going through checkout... looks like it's standard shipping (4-5 days). Is that going to be ok for live bugs? It doesn't say one way or the other if they guarantee live arrival.

I ordered some Isopods from them in Feb and when they arrived most of them were dead. I emailed Jessica and told her. She put another culture in the mail to me without a hassle.

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I did read on their site about their policies and guarantees.... looks like I am in the 5 day zone, and they say if the weather is below 50 or above 85 in either location to select express shipping but I can't find an option for that anywhere. It also says not guaranteed unless live within one transit day. I think I may contact them first and see what they suggest to do before I make the order. How long does a culture of them last? I am thinking if I ever need to order more it would be best to plan them around the cooler but not cold months lol.

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It depends on the tank and frogs. 1 culture could last you forever if you set it up to breed and then added from that to your tank.

I bought 1 Spring culture and dumped it into my Red tank. In about 30 Days the soil was crawling with them... 1000s of them. I setup a breeding box and shock several hundred into it which has now supplied all 5 of my tanks with springs and been spread into 2 other breeding boxes

You can choose the shipping method at checkout through paypal. I usually get my stuff from them in 3 days and have not had any issues. They will put ice packs in there if needed. With Springs I wouldn't be overly concerned about it. Plants and such I would pay the extra to make sure they arrive alive

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yeah, with such a small tank I definitely wasn't considering dumping the whole culture in... Was going to put some, and then culture the rest with the kit. I was doing credit check out so maybe that's why. I still think I will email first and see what they say, but thanks again for the tip to try them.