Total newbie!

[lilliemoon5ilver]

I've been researching Pothos for my terrarium. If this plant is poisonous do I really want to use it?

[GrifTheGreat]

I've been researching Pothos for my terrarium. If this plant is poisonous do I really want to use it?

Nearly all plants are toxic to amphibians. As long as they don't eat any of the Pathos plant or damage the stems to where some of the juice from the plant leaks onto the frog's skin all should be fine.

[lilliemoon5ilver]

sorry, my questions just don't seem to stop...... Is it really necessary to use a false bottom when planting the pothos? How much work is that?

[Sunshine]

It's ok, questions are good I would say a drainage layer is pretty important. This way the water has somewhere to go so the plants aren't sitting in saturated substrate. There are a couple ways to do it, but we will start simple. You will need to put a couple inches of Hydroton, or LECA (Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate) in the bottom of the terrarium. Then a substrate barrier will be placed over the Hydroton to keep the substrate separate from the drainage layer. You can use weed blocker fabric or window screen as the substrate barrier, cut to fit over the Hydroton and maybe even a couple inches up the walls to make sure the substrate doesn't fall in. Then just add substrate and plants. I hope that makes sense, I am not very good at explaining things.

[lilliemoon5ilver]

Don't put yourself down like that. You have been EXTREMELY helpful, and I think that was explained really well. I'm beginning to wonder if I should start with fake, though..... It seems like it gets more and more expensive and complicated once we get down to the extra parts. I was shocked when I started looking up pothos for sale.... Perhaps I will start fake (even though it kinda makes me sad) and try to find a way to go into live plant-life once it gets warm and the nurseries around here pen back up in the spring....... Would it be dangerous to either the plant or the frog if I just planted live pothos while I am cleaning the tank sometime? Without cycling?

[Sunshine]

Don't put yourself down like that. You have been EXTREMELY helpful, and I think that was explained really well. I'm beginning to wonder if I should start with fake, though..... It seems like it gets more and more expensive and complicated once we get down to the extra parts. I was shocked when I started looking up pothos for sale.... Perhaps I will start fake (even though it kinda makes me sad) and try to find a way to go into live plant-life once it gets warm and the nurseries around here pen back up in the spring....... Would it be dangerous to either the plant or the frog if I just planted live pothos while I am cleaning the tank sometime? Without cycling?

I don't think it will be a problem to plant while the frogs are in there. I would just make sure to rinse the roots to get all of the fertilizer off. You can use fake now, and later when you have more money you can get real plants I don't know much about the different kinds of pothos. I have 2 different kinds in my vivs and I have never had any problems

[lilliemoon5ilver]

oh, and is there any difference in the "color" of the pothos? Golden, marble, etc...