Quote Originally Posted by hyla View Post
Alot of people use leaf litter over soil or coconut fiber. It helps to keep the substrate off the frogs as well as other benefits. I dont think any kind of wood chips are recommended due to the fact they could be accidentally swallowed.
I never had a problem with it, but then again it was more like orchard bark than chips that most people envision ( perhaps .3/4-1" long and a 1/4" wide ) large enough that it would take some effort on the part of the animals to ingest - and once wet it stayed in the substrate rather than move to the top. After a couple of months it was partially decomposed, acting more like a sponge than wood.


Back to leaves......

I guess part of the problem is that I am seeing leaves from this type of tree or that type of tree for sale, but often what I see for sale on one list, I also see listed on other web pages as not being good for tanks for one reason or another.

Locally I have a choice between maple, oak, grape, ash, cottonwood, aspen, rose, raspberry ( and then there are the leaves of the plants I considering for my next set up ) yet trying to find out which ones will cause ( or will not cause harm ) to my Viv appears almost next to impossible, for no two lists ever seam to agree on what is ( or is not ) Viv safe - and there is the frustration in my search.