NO PINE. its poisonus to critters when it decomposes. you need hard wood.

I have organic dirt mixed with coco-husk for the plants. I finally gave up on the dirt bottom. It was sticking to them too much and they didn't like that pre-packaged moss either. I ended up finding a bunch of large rocks and arranging them at the bottom and they LOVE the rocks.

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The problem with pine is not in the decomposition but in the aromatic resins in in the wood itself. Open a bag of pine shavings or pine bark mulch, stick your nose in there and take a deep sniff.
Now imagine having to breathe that constantly!
Let alone absorbing it through the thin skin of an amphibian.

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well, at least I knew it was a no-no

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An older thread, but good points were brought up at least. Yeah, pine contains all kinds of toxins. They use the stuff to make air fresheners and floor cleaners after all. Pine's also used for making turpentine. Small animals are greatly affected by pine. Larger animals, such as humans, only suffer when exposed to a lot of it. In us it will cause lung problems, irritation, and in larger amounts it can effect the nervous system.

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"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." - John Benfield

Pine bark--as in Zoomed's "Reptibark"--is fine.

I think you guys are referring to the cedar chips or cedar shavings used for rodents. These, of course, are unsuitable for any herp.

I can't stand the reptibark. My frogs have a really hard time catching crickets and not getting a mouthful of it at the same time.

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Reptibark is not pine bark,...it's fir bark.
Pine in any form (except as a building material) is to be avoided. It has the same drawbacks as cedar.
And cedar really isn't good for rodents either, or anything else that will live in it and be in constant contact with it.

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I personally would go with more than one plant, but I also use fake plants, if your going with real you can only use so many. If your going as far as building an enclosure you might as well add some visual appeal, with tree frogs they will want to be able to hide so do provide for that, however white's do tend to go to the groung a bit more than a green, or a monkey tree frog so make sure they have some floor space. I also agree that the shredded coconut works best, although i've heard of regular potting soil working great too, you may also want to place a layer of river rock, or large pebbes on the bottom (you shouldnt need more than an inch) it will give excess water a place to drain down too, not near as big of a deal with white's as with dart frogs, or red eyed tree's but it will help a bit.
This is a pretty bad picture of my tree frog tank, hope it helps