Keep the media simple and relatively coarse with no artificial fertilizers, and avoid those with added vermiculite or Perlite. An organic compost, coconut fiber, long light brown sphagnum, New Zealand or Canadian) leaf litter (oak or hardwood forest litter, not conifer duff,) are all good in various combinations. Sometimes you can find something called organic Jungle Mix. I find the fine dark brown garden peat gets tight and soggy. The vermiculite, Perlite, etc. cling to frogs and can be a real pain in the butt if you have a waterway. The artificial fertilizers may harm your frogs on contact, and are totally unnecessary in a biologically recycling tank. You will have plenty of nutrients as your tank matures and soil organisms become active. So keep everything as "organic" as possible.

I have always had difficulty keeping the pillow and sheet mosses alive for any long period, so mostly use Java moss, which isn't as nice because it is longer, but it does grow better for me.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

D. auratus blue, auratus Ancon Hill, galactonotus orange, galactonotus yellow, fantasticus, reticulatus, imitator, castaneoticus, azureus, pumilio Bastimentos. P. lugubris, vittatus, terribilis mint green, terribilis orange.

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