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Amphibian Or Terrestrial For Open Top Paludarium?

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Hello everyone,

I'm setting up a paludarium with an open top. Just to give you an idea of the climatic conditions it offers: it has misting and fogging on a relay that allows me to raise the humidity very frequently (currently every 4 minutes, experimenting with different timings). For now I can grow aquarium plants in their submerged form as well as various plants I collected outside.

I was wondering what animals I could house that would take advantage (at least partly) of the land portion of this tank. However I am NOT prepared to close it so it will remain an open-top setup.

For now all I've seen are Geosesarma crabs (which I love).

Thanks for the suggestions :)
 
Discussion starter · #3 · (Edited)
Thanks, this is exactly the kind of answer I was looking for. A millipede sounds cool! I have never seen any in the pet stores around me though...

What if the terrestrial part is an "island" in the middle of the tank. Are there animals that could live on there and not escape?

What about newts or salamanders or green anoles? I'd assume they're in the same category as frogs but I'm not sure.

And isn't there something you can put on the edges to prevent critters from escaping? For example, I saw on youtube that for ant farms, there's some sort of paste that you can apply to edges that the ants don't like and won't try crossing.
 
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