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As some of you know I am just starting to set up my 20l. I am going to collect every thing from the areas around my house, gravel, plants, bark, roots, moss etc. Any way, do you need fertilizer? If so, what brand is safe for frogs? Thanks, Jacob.

To the best of my knowlesdge I know of no fertilizers that are safe for frogs.
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hi
First of no you probably don't need fertilizers but they can be used and they will probably help the plants alot. The only fertilizers i know that you can use for sure are cottonseed meal, bone meal, blood meal, ironite, and agriculture lime. I have never personally used them but i read that they can be used in reptiles mapazine. If you use any other fertilizers it would be risky and i don't think taht they are needed that bad.hope this helps you out.What do you think you are goin to have in the tank, just curious.
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Nate
1.1 alanis tincs
0.0.2 Azureus (soon)

As for frogs I plan on 4 D. leukomelas. As for the plants, I am going to collect local moss and ferns as well as an african violet. Maybe some other stuff, any suggestions? Jake.

Great choice for frogs. If you live in a temperate zone climate, some of the local moss and ferns may not do well in a terrarium as they will go dormant in winter. I'd recommend some small bromelliads, too-- the Neoregelia types. Although leuks don't use them for breeding like the egg feeders, they'll like to sit in the water in the axils.
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Patty
Lost River, Idaho

D. auratus blue
D. galactonotus
D. imitator
D. leukomelas
D. pumilio Bastimentos (soon)

I just got two plants today from walmart. Here is a pic of one. I will post a pic of the other in the next message. Any idea what they are? Do you know how to post multi pics in the same post? Thanks, Jacob.

Here is the pic of my other plant. This one looks like it will just grow as a ground cover. Let me know if you have any idea as to what it is! Jake.

That is a fittonia or nerve plant. I have some in my tricolor tank and it does really well. It has spread and is about a foot high. Might do to well in a smaller tank, but it can always be pruned back or extra could be used in another tank. I have mine in a 55 gallon barrel vivarium I made. Similar to the pic I have included.

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Ken
Peace of the Tropics
www.PeaceOfTheTropics.com

Bastimentos pumilios
Blue jean pumilios
BriBri pumilios
Intermedius
Lamasi
Imitators
Ventrimaculatus
Fantasticus
Aurataenias
Vittatus
Tricolors
Auratus
Red trivitattus
Green trivitattus

This is a Fittonia verschaffeltii variety.
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Patty
Lost River, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
3 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
5 D. imitator
4 D. leukomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos

This is either a Cissus sp or Parthenocissus sp. (Boston Ivy or Virginia creeper are some common names for the group.) They are too rambunctious for a terrarium.
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Patty
Lost River, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
3 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
5 D. imitator
4 D. leukomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos

The thread came out funny when I looked at it. The first image is the Cissus and the second the Fittonia, as was previously suggested.
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Patty
Lost River, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
3 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
5 D. imitator
4 D. leukomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos

You are perfectly safe using none. If later you find some plants aren't prospering you can scratch in a little blood meal or bone meal, but avoid the agricultural lime because most tropical plant species prefer somewhat acid soils. You will be more likely experience an over-abundance of growth in a tropical terrarium if you have chosen plants suited to these conditions.
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Patty
Lost River, Idaho

D. auratus blue
D. galactonotus
D. imitator
D. leukomelas
D. pumilio Bastimentos (soon)