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    I honestly believe that setups are half the enjoyment of owning herps. When I was younger I focused on having as many animals in as simplistic setups as possible. Over time, I've come to love having planted setups that mimic wild conditions. Cork or foam backgrounds make it great for planting where horned frogs won't destroy them. It really makes the setup much more fun to watch as a whole. I have a 29 gal viv setup with over a grand put into it, and I put two RETFs in there just for fun, they love sleeping in bromeliads that they would encounter in the wild, and I have NEVER seen them sleep on the glass. I tried paper towels years ago, but I just felt bad for the frogs. It just seemed so completely alien from anything they would ever encounter naturally. Plus it was just boring. To each his own, but it seems a lot of people get more frogs just for the sake of having more frogs.

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    Yep, I get outta control with my setups sometimes. My lizards have pretty decent setups, but I've put some money into my Pyxie tank.

    So far my pacs are pretty simple. the Money I spent on those comes from the digital Hydro/term temp humidity controller (70 bucks).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Herpguy View Post
    I honestly believe that setups are half the enjoyment of owning herps. When I was younger I focused on having as many animals in as simplistic setups as possible. Over time, I've come to love having planted setups that mimic wild conditions. Cork or foam backgrounds make it great for planting where horned frogs won't destroy them. It really makes the setup much more fun to watch as a whole. I have a 29 gal viv setup with over a grand put into it, and I put two RETFs in there just for fun, they love sleeping in bromeliads that they would encounter in the wild, and I have NEVER seen them sleep on the glass. I tried paper towels years ago, but I just felt bad for the frogs. It just seemed so completely alien from anything they would ever encounter naturally. Plus it was just boring. To each his own, but it seems a lot of people get more frogs just for the sake of having more frogs.
    exactly! for me as well it is about nice set ups as naturalistic as possible for species that have. I'm using papertowels only in hospital set ups, but to keep constantly i would feel bad for the frog for not being able to burrow and being handled each day due to cleaning. Actually i would feel very sorry for myself having to put more time into cleaning and changing cages every day, the less work the better, that is why everything is on timers and conrollers
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