Frog Terrarium Care Guide

Do you want to create a green corner at home with the frogs, but you fear of not having Experience? Learn how to care for a terrarium. bioactive with frogs: with few precautions, you will keep healthy plants, a hygienic environment and animals in full well-being. This guide explains to you everything in a way practical and clear.

What is a frog terrarium and why should you choose one?

A terrarium for frogs are a closed ecosystem in a glass container, designed for host frogs but also plants tropical plants, mosses, and microfauna such as springtails and isopods. This habitat allows you to reconstruct the conditions natural of the frogs, offering humidity and the protection of they need. Choose the bioactive terrarium means rely on a simple system to maintain, also useful for those who leave from scratch, because the microfauna helps keep the clean substrate.

Lighting, positioning and environment

For the health of frogs and plants, it is not enough natural light only: it is essential to install a light above the terrarium artificial to full spectrum, such as terrarium-specific LEDs, positioned at about 15-30 cm from the surface. This lighting must be set on a timer. from 10-12 hours per day, simulating the natural diurnal cycle and ensuring a growth uniform of the plants and animal welfare.
Avoid direct exposure to the sun and the changes in temperature, which can overheat the terrarium and create excessive condensation.

Substrate, springtails and isopods

Prepare the base using fiber of coconut, sphagnum and a generous layer of dry leaves, which simulate the humid undergrowth. Add the springtails and tropical isopods: they are small harmless organisms that feed on organic waste, feces and mold, drastically reducing the risk of bad smells and maintaining the substrate cleaned over time.

Daily routine

• Remove manually the most visible excrement, food remains and rotten leaves that the "detritivores" do not they still have consumed.
• Check and adjust the level of humidity between 60% and 80%: use a spray bottle, avoiding stagnation.
• Change the water in the internal bowls at least once a day. twice a week to prevent proliferations bacterial.

Weekly maintenance

• Clean the terrarium glass with a cloth soft, without detergents.
• Eliminates persistent mold and, if necessary, replace part of the substrate.
• Pruning minimum of the plants to avoid that they become too thick and get in the way ventilation.
• Keep always a stable microclimate, without drafts of air and with the right lighting.

Cleaning and problem prevention

• It airs every now and then the terrarium, opening the lid for a few minutes, to reduce the formation of mold and ensure an exchange of air.
• Reduce the water or intervene with the microfauna if they appear bad smells or white spots.
• If midges appear, remove leaves promptly decaying and check that the level of humidity is not excessive.
• Remove immediately damaged plants or rotten parts to prevent that the problems are spread to the animals or to other species vegetables.

Microfauna: an ally of cleanliness
Springtails and isopods work constantly reducing the need for manual interventions: they eat feces, food remains and debris, making maintenance very difficult simpler and the environment always hygienic. However, the your attention stay fundamental to detect any problems.

Problem	Symptoms	Solution
Dry soil	Dry leaves and moss	Spray with water
Yellow leaves	Too much or too little water	Regulate irrigation
Mold	White spots, strange smell	Air out and clean
Midges	Flying insects	Remove rotten leaves
Soft plant	Yielding stem, rot	Cut and remove rotten parts

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