Most of what I've been reading on here seems to be geared toward making a miniature functioning ecosystem for exotic frogs, which is great, but not practical for everyone. I've been contemplating the feasibility of a low-maintenance setup that would still provide a suitable environment for my Green Frogs.

Right now I have a horribly ugly, yet somewhat functional setup: a 30g (thanks Deranged Chipmunk for correcting) 36x18x12 tank with a plastic tub for a pond, coco fiber with some river rocks under/mixed in for the land, Tetra i10 filter, piece of driftwood sticking into water, reptile bridge partially in water, some plastic plants, a couple of rock/caves (1 in water). The frogs keep tracking the coco fiber into the water which keeps clogging up the filter, the poop is a pain to find and clean up on the substrate, cleaning the coco fiber and poop out of the pond is difficult (gravel vacuums are a joke for this).

I'm planning on going to a half and half tank but also looking to make things work a bit better and/or easier. I believe a water area with a rocky bottom and a filter with a protected intake, possibly along with a different substrate would take care of a lot of my issue.

Some thoughts on reduced maintenance/care:
- Substrate configuration that doesn't need to be replaced every month or so
- Substrate the frogs can eat off of
- Filter setup that prevents clogging (type or location in tank)
- Water system to minimize partial changes
- Artificial plants (I have a brown thumb)
- Some kind of poop sucker to simplify cleanup

It would be great if the "frog masters" here could put a thread together on this.

Honestly, the whole thing is aggravating me... even though I love frogs, I can't help thinking that maybe they are just not for me. Then again, I could just be making a mountain out of a molehill.