Terrarium advice needed

[John]

You can get leaf litter and various plants from at least one of our sponsors (joshsfrogs). I use pothos in my Gray Tree Frog enclosure - it may well work with White's.

[Kurt]

Can Josh actually ship leaves to Canada?

[UncleChester]

Can Josh actually ship leaves to Canada?

It is possible to ship plant material cross border, but it's expensive. She said in another post $60 to ship $10 worth of leaves:

http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...er-canada.html

[Julia]

It is possible to ship plant material cross border, but it's expensive. She said in another post $60 to ship $10 worth of leaves:

http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...er-canada.html

Hardly seems worth paying $70 for dead leaves when I can literally seen forests from my bedroom window. I read about boiling the oak leaves, letting them cool, and then adding them to enclosure. Do they have to be dead leaves or can I use freshly picked ones?

[Kurt]

Hardly seems worth paying $70 for dead leaves

Thats not so bad. What is the like $5 American?

I read about boiling the oak leaves, letting them cool, and then adding them to enclosure. Do they have to be dead leaves or can I use freshly picked ones?

Dead.

[Julia]

Okay so I spent all afternoon going from store to store trying to get everything i need to get going on my new terrarium project.

The flower nursery was extremely unhelpful. I made a list of recommended plants for frog terrariums that I found online from various sources. Unfortunately I made my list too large, and when it came time to recognize the plants from their names I was lost. I ended up choosing plants that looked sturdy and their description/care seemed to fit into my terrarium conditions. I ended up with:
Dieffenbachia
Philodendron
Fern
and two Tillandsia air plants.

Does anyone foresee any problems with these plant choices?

Second problem of the day was find LECA. I went to a Hydroponic store, two pet stores and a nursery and NONE of them had it. I remember reading online that I can use pea gravel instead of LECA...as long as the water can pass through I dont think it should make a huge difference? Please correct me if im wrong...

Third question, I bought a T5 fluorescent light to help the plants grow. Is this safe for my tree frogs?

I apologize about all the questions, I just want to make sure I do it all the right way. TY in advance!

[UncleChester]

Second problem of the day was find LECA. I went to a Hydroponic store, two pet stores and a nursery and NONE of them had it. I remember reading online that I can use pea gravel instead of LECA...as long as the water can pass through I dont think it should make a huge difference? Please correct me if im wrong...

LECA is lighter than gravel and inert. I have also read that pea gravel can be used as an alternate. I'm new to this and haven't tried either.

As for where to get LECA, you could try Home Depot, the one near me said they had a big display of it last year, but none this year. I'm not sure if it's a nationwide thing to not carry it. ebay as you pointed out in another thread (of course you know this, just wanted to say thanks! ). There's this place:

hydroponic supplies and equipment for hydroponic grow systems : Canadian Wholesale Hydroponics. 1 (877) 226-4769

has 50L bags for $66 including shipping. In your searching, try "Hydroton", I've seen it under this label at a few other greenhouse supply places in Canada (none near me of course!).

[Julia]

Thats not so bad. What is the like $5 American?

Lol! Close...maybe $10 American?

[Kurt]

I am glad you apprieciated my sense of humor.