How should I go about keeping live plants in my terrarium?

[CapnFedora]

I am looking into getting my first amphibious pets (specifically fire belly toads) and I want to know how to keep live plants i the tank long-term. What should I do when I need to clean the tank? Should I simply get a small pot? Any advice is appreciated.

[acpart]

You can choose to put the plants in the enclosure in pots, in which case you would remove them whenever you clean. Or you could make a planted environment with an expanded clay ball drainage layer, a piece of vinyl mesh and some kind of substrate (most people use coco fiber or a vivarium mix called ABG). Then you can plant the plants directly into the environment and you don't have to clean.

Aliza