Description
Exo Terra Bioactive Terrarium – 45x45x45cm – The Ultimate Planted Setup for Naturalistic Habitats
Bring the tropics to your home with this meticulously crafted bioactive terrarium build based on the high-quality Exo Terra 45x45x45 cm glass enclosure. Professionally planted and carefully layered to encourage biodiversity, this setup is perfect for hobbyists who want a display-ready ecosystem that supports healthy custodians and future animal inhabitants.
🌿 What’s Included:
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✅ Exo Terra 45×45×45 cm Terrarium – Front-opening, lockable doors with a watertight base and ventilation strip
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✅ Bioactive drainage layer & substrate system – Includes leca drainage, mesh barrier, ABG-style mix, and leaf litter
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✅ Live tropical plants – Hand-selected mosses, vines, air plants, and epiphytes that thrive in humid environments
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✅ Clean-up crew – Tropical springtails (Isotomidae) for long-term waste breakdown
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✅ Decorative natural materials – Cork bark, seed pods, moss mounds, and climbing features
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✅ Integrated lighting – Low-wattage plant-safe LED system that supports photosynthesis and terrarium health
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✅ Optional upgrades available – Add WiFi misting, heat mats, or thermostats (sold separately)
🔍 Product Benefits:
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✔️ Built for dart frogs, mantellas, small geckos, and arboreal invertebrates
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✔️ Helps maintain humidity, airflow, and temperature naturally
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✔️ Planted and matured for biological balance—reduces ammonia and waste buildup
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✔️ Supports naturalistic behaviour and microfauna health
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✔️ Designed and assembled in the UK with sustainability in mind
⚠️ Live Animal Policy:
This listing does not include any live animals. Photos featuring frogs or geckos are for illustrative purposes only. This is a fully planted and matured terrarium with custodians (springtails) included.
If you wish to add compatible animals, please ensure you follow all legal, ethical, and welfare guidance regarding their introduction. We’re happy to advise on species-appropriate stocking after purchase—just get in touch. Enclosure dimensions alone do not determine whether a pair, trio or group is appropriate.
🧪 Ideal For:
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First-time keepers seeking a established planted vivarium
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Advanced herpetologists building display-grade habitats
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Educational, research, or conservation projects
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Anyone wanting a vibrant, low-maintenance living feature
🌎 Eco-Friendly, Ethically Built:
Every terrarium is hand-prepared by Frogfather in the UK using sustainably sourced plants and natural materials. We prioritise low-impact packaging and responsible husbandry methods.
🛒 Order Yours Today:
Enjoy a beautifully balanced habitat straight out of the box. Add your own frog or gecko companion when the time is right—and watch your living landscape thrive.
Experience the Frog Father difference—naturalistic enclosures, done right.
Enclosure Suitability & Evidence Review
Last reviewed: 5 September 2026
There is no single scientifically established enclosure dimension that is appropriate for every dart frog, tree frog or other tropical species. Enclosure suitability depends on adult body size, activity, climbing or terrestrial use, territorial and social behaviour, group size, ventilation, usable planted space, refuge availability and the keeper’s ability to maintain stable environmental conditions.
Dimensions quoted on this page describe the enclosure being sold; they should not be read as a universal minimum stocking rule. Frogfather recommends choosing the inhabitants first and confirming that the finished enclosure provides appropriate usable space, environmental gradients and social-management options for those animals.
Evidence & further reading
- St Claire et al. – The husbandry and care of dendrobatid frogs
- Pough – Amphibian Biology and Husbandry
