Good Frog for Beginner?

[MaeDay97]

Alright, so if I do that, what else will I need? I know I'll need substrate, thermometer and hygrometer, water dish, some sort of plants/decor type things. What suggestions do you have on those? And anything else I need? Oh and for heating?

[ColleenT]

live pothos plants are nice bc they don't need special lighting or anything. very easy plant and many frog types love them. my baby gray tree frogs love their pothos plants. you can either plant it in the substrate or leave it potted. i have fake hanging plants that suction on, i got myself a piece of grape tree wood and it's like a small tree so that is in mine, a fake vine with suction cups and rings to hang it on the walls. tree frogs want to be up high, so things that help them do that is good.

[Mentat]

Material needed will depend on decor desired. You could keep simple and use coco liner sheet (or EcoWeb) material for back and side walls... or build an intricate decor with pond expanding foam and driftwood. If using the later, will need foam, Titebond III, and shredded coco plus the driftwood. If a water feature is desired, this is stage you would engineer it in and depending on design might need a pump or filter too. Myself manual mist; but some use auto misters or foggers and those have to be bought too. If doing auto-mister would only do MistKing.

For the false bottom will need egg crate material, couple feet 1 in. PVC pipe (and saw to cut and notch it); and plastic window screen to make barrier to lay substrate on. For that will use ABG type soil; can make own or buy ready kit at Josh's. Maybe throw in couple light plastic pots to use as molds during foam background construction stage. Finally add any other driftwood or decor items desired. And obviously will need to either get enclosure drilled for a bulkhead or get drill bit and do so yourself.

At this point you add plants and your cleaners team (springtails, etc). Let the vivarium cycle up for at least 30 days and add frogs . Simple right? Most important thing now is to read through a few builds in vivarium section and learn from them to avoid any pitfalls in yours.