how does everyone go about cleaning their naturalistic setups without disturbing too much?
I've got 2 firebellies and would like to have a more natural looking viv for them.
ATM they have 50/50 land/water (land is a huge rock in the middle), no substrate under the water, and fake plants to hide amongst.

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woodlice do most of the cleaning in mine. Anything else i spot clean as and when i see it. Other then that i dont do much cleaning in mine other then topping up, cleaning and checking the water.

jay

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keeper of:lizards, geckos, snakes, beetles and other insects

do the frogs not try to eat the lice, and what exactly do they clean up? I've not heard of anyone using woodlice bfore

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Woodlice eat all the fecies, dead insects (flies crickets) and anything else that end up in the tank. I know quite a few frog keepers that uses them in live planted set ups, i've also heard of many spider keepers using them.

I would preseume a few of the baies get eaten but never enougth of them to ever notce a loss. Currently i just have some normal woodlice in mine, once i've quarenteened and feed myself for 6 months before putting them in. Thos im thiking of getting some tropical ones soon.

and a pics of the set up:







Jay

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cool, cheers for the tip Yours is a gorgeous setup - do you have a water filter, or just do partial changes?

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I have a false bottome water resiver, in which site a very cheap water pump and filter. I also drain off some of the water occasional and add new stuff. I find i have to keep topping it up anyway as the plants absorm so much and cause the hunidity is soo high.

jay

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