Plants for WTF Enclosure

[Frogs1]

I also see a few good looking vivs that have Holo logs and branches, would this be ones bought from a shop or just found in the bush?

[elly]

THe hollow logs I see at pet stores are usually cork bark. They should do fine. For branches, you want a hard wood that tolerates damp and doesn't have strong oils in it (like cypress or cedar or eucalyptus). They sell grapevine at pet stores, but that's NOT good for damp terrariums since it grows toxic mold. Manzanita (spelled wrong probably) and ghost wood are two good woods for aquariums. If you use bush sticks, be sure to sanitize them well, boiling and baking. There's a thread on that in the viv section. Deranged Chipmunk on the forum talked about using oak from the woods and he seems very experienced with vivariums so that's probably a good wood. EDIT: I might be wrong about cypress and cedar being bad for frogs. I know the mulches often are, but that's because they're an impaction risk and they're sometimes treated with chemicals.

[elly]

Yep, Cedar is toxic at least.

[Frogs1]

Are those springtails you keep mentioning bugs?

[elly]

Yeah, really tiny white bugs that live off mildew.

[Frogs1]

And you want them in the tank?

[elly]

Yeah, they act like a clean-up crew for mold and they generally stay hidden in the dirt.