Description
45 × 45 × 45 cm Established Bioactive Dart Frog Vivarium with Frogs
A planted, established 45 × 45 × 45 cm vivarium supplied with the animals and equipment specified in this listing.
Included
- 45 × 45 × 45 cm glass vivarium.
- Hand-built background and planting pockets.
- Drainage provision and bioactive substrate.
- Leaf litter and established microfauna.
- Live planting and moss.
- Jungle Dawn LED light.
- Wi-Fi-controlled misting system.
- Two Highland Bronze dart frogs as listed.
Established does not mean maintenance-free
Earlier wording described the enclosure as “fully cycled and functioning” and suggested everything had been designed to work together automatically. We now use established to mean that the enclosure has been running before sale.
After transport, monitor temperature, moisture, drainage, lighting, misting and animal behaviour. Microfauna can contribute to decomposition, but normal feeding, cleaning and plant care remain necessary.
Stocking
The fact that these particular animals are being sold with this enclosure should not be treated as a universal stocking rule for all 45 × 45 × 45 cm vivariums or all dart frog species.
Bioactive System & Evidence Review
Last reviewed: 5 September 2026
A bioactive vivarium can use plants, leaf litter, microorganisms and detritivorous invertebrates to process some organic material, but it is not a closed or self-sustaining ecosystem. Microarthropods can contribute to decomposition, although the magnitude of that effect varies with the organisms, substrate, organic material and environmental conditions.
Frogfather therefore uses terms such as aged, established or matured to describe systems that have been running before sale. Those terms do not guarantee biological stability, eliminate routine maintenance or prove that a vivarium is immediately suitable for any species.
Evidence & further reading
- Kampichler & Bruckner – microarthropods and terrestrial decomposition
- St Claire et al. – husbandry and care of dendrobatid frogs
