View Poll Results: What do you use for your Anuran enclosure Substrates?

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  • None, substrates are too much of a pain to keep clean.

    1 8.33%
  • Coir (coconut fiber products)

    3 25.00%
  • Fir Bark

    1 8.33%
  • Cypress Bark

    0 0%
  • Soil: Potting soil, self-collected, etc. (Please comment in thread!)

    3 25.00%
  • Sand

    0 0%
  • Gravel

    2 16.67%
  • Moss: temperate, tropical, sphagnum, peat (Please comment in thread!)

    4 33.33%
  • ABG Mix (Ron Gagliardo's mix that he developed at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens)

    1 8.33%
  • I use my own homemade mix (Please comment in thread)

    3 25.00%
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SludgeMunkey Most Common Terrestrial... September 13th, 2009, 12:32 AM
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    Eco-earth is #1

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    I chose homemade mix, but not really... maybe there should be a choice for other.

    I use large rounded stones that can't be swallowed.

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    Default Re: Most Common Terrestrial Substrates used

    Quote Originally Posted by into View Post
    I chose homemade mix, but not really... maybe there should be a choice for other.

    I use large rounded stones that can't be swallowed.
    Unless the stones are larger than 4.5 inches...they are technically gravel...

    Good point though...I will beg a moderator to modify the gravel choice to Stone: gravel, river rock, slate, etc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SludgeMunkey View Post
    Unless the stones are larger than 4.5 inches...they are technically gravel...

    Good point though...I will beg a moderator to modify the gravel choice to Stone: gravel, river rock, slate, etc.
    Didn't realize that...so I guess I use gravel. The stones are about 3 in. in size or larger (about the same size as the frogs)

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    Hi, I use a layer of small rocks, leaving a pond area, then Sphagnam Moss on the top. That way the water level is just in the rocks and the plants and moss stay nice and healthy. It grows really well in that situation as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ebony View Post
    Hi, I use a layer of small rocks, leaving a pond area, then Sphagnam Moss on the top. That way the water level is just in the rocks and the plants and moss stay nice and healthy. It grows really well in that situation as well.
    I tried that same thing a few weeks ago, but my moss turned yellow. Maybe the water level was too high? I ended up throwing out the moss and returning to large "gravel". I used moss to try and raise the humity, but I noticed it didn't make too much difference.

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    Maybe the water level was too high, or maybe it could be the temp? My tanks get partial sun during the day, but you have to be very careful how much sun your tank gets (as you would know). Im lucky as I have a perfact place that I keep my frogs so the sun hits only part of the tank. My frogs seem to know when the suns coming as they sit ready and when the sun goes they move.

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