Substrate for Grays

[McLaura]

I am in the process of building a permanent home for my two gray tree froglets, and was planning on using moss as ground cover, but it seems that most people use cocofiber or some other substrate that allows for burrowing. I will be using the Atlanta Botanical Gardens substrate mix underneath the moss, so should i just leave a section bare so they can bury themselves?

[John]

That's a good idea. Are you sure that substrate mix does not contain any artificial additives that might harm your frogs?

[Kurt]

My guess that it probably doesn't as the Atlanta Botoanical Gardens does a lot of frog conservation projects. Ron Gagliardo developed this mix during his tenure at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.

[Tom Highum]

Yeah I have heard people recommend it.

[McLaura]

Thanks for the advice! I've read a bit in other forums that the ABG mix is good for frogs, so I thought I would give it a go. The ABG mix is 2 parts tree fern fiber, 1 part peat moss, 2 parts cocofiber, 1 part charcoal, and 2 parts orchid bark. I just bought it pre-mixed, but it should be fairly easy to make it yourself.

[Tom Highum]

hmm charcoal does that filter water that drains through?