Quote Originally Posted by DanDrobates View Post
Since your building a wet biome there are quite a few species of isopods that are appropriate. My advise would be to check out glass box tropicals. They carry quite a few different species with thorough descriptions. If you’re going for a strict “natives only” only biome you may have to do some research or collect native species if alloweds by law. I’d would advise against introducing snails though. They carry a large host of parasites and they will feed on your plants. You may want to consider springtails (collemboa) they are easy to culture and are too small for most vertebrates to feed on.
Large snails won't necessarily feed on your plants. I have Large Land Snails in a tank and they like carrots and broccoli and actually fruits and vegetables. My plants have been fine.

The snails have a parasite that may effect the frogs and give them a disease. There is a study done that they carry a disease that effects amphibians but it's activated when the birds that eat them poop the snails into the water where the amphibians breed.

I do not know if they carry the parasite and can pass it on to the frogs without being killed. I am going to get the native tree frog that lives in the same tank as the snails check by a vet to see if he has an odd disease. If he does then yes they can catch it. I became aware of this after I kept him in with the snails and there is nowhere for either of them to go as my quarantine tanks are filled up currently so they will be neighbors indefinitely.

Ido not think that you should use them. What species are you considering?

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