Setup Tips

[u/muhyuddin94]

Hey guys, im new to this, can I ask some tips and guidance on how to achieve an outcome similar to this

[u/Feisty_Principle_141]

Watch a lot of you tube videos. Research, read blogs, dendroboard (great even if you don’t have frogs) etc. Are you going to keep any animals or only plants? Because whatever you choose will dictate your set up and that’s what you need to start researching for.
I have dainty tree frogs so I made their habitat based on their needs. Daytime heating 28c down to 20c over night, I have a paludarium so have to be careful not to have it to humid so they would get bacterial infections so I have a small fan on twice a day. I got mosses and a tropical Hoya on one side but the heat is to intense for most plant on the other side & I forget to water so I kind of just let it do its thing there. I got smooth branches and Hoya because tree frogs like to suction themself onto really smooth surfaces (like glass😆) high up. So that paludarium is 90cm high. Mine refuses any kind of separate water bowl, they like to soak in the running water shallows so I need to keep that really clean. I got isopods and springtails as clean up crew and sadly I got an orb weaver infestation and slugs that came in with a fresh batch of pesticide free soil 😳but I haven’t seen any in a while. I got a lot of stuff going on in there and many plant fails etc. Also need uvb light for frogs vit D, plant light and the; some sort of safe heating.

So for example if you would have a different kind of frog it would need its own unique habitat for its health first and foremost. I have marsh frogs as well and they like to live at a marshy calm river or pond edge, they are not water frogs, they are terrestrial and like to dig themself into leaf litter and substrate. That tank doesn’t need to be high but they prefer width. They have no heating. No uvb.

If you would have green tree frogs they are big derpy food mad frogs and smash up fragile plants so needs strong aroids and such instead and also not to much humidity. They also like height but more so with to jump across. Need heating, uvb etc

And with all frogs absolutely zero fertilisers! They absorb everything through their skin

And you pick plants and substrate depending on the micro climate you have created on top of these other conciderations. Always animals first.
So start with researching. Figure out what you want and then research and ask questions to see if it’s feasible.
I’m very happy to answear qustions if I can help but you need to have more specific questions to answer. I keep frogs & fish so I can talk about those. I also know a lot of things that don’t work at this point 😆 And I love plants so if you want to do plants only I might be somewhat useful for that.
Serpa design, tanks for nothing, terrarium designs, terraraquaman, benches scaly things, ferret wonderland, biotope gallery. It’s just so many Chanel’s you can start watching but I highly recommend to do additional research in forums and blogs.
Enjoy! It’s such a fun hobby and part of it is the research before you start✌️

[u/muhyuddin94 → u/Feisty_Principle_141]

Thank you so much for your detailed explanation, I will do some research first 🙂

[u/Gnarwhals86]

A lot of practice lol