Josh’s Frogs ABG Mix is the perfect blend for growing tropical plants both in the home and in bioactive vivariums. Our mix is the original ABG Mix developed by the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Each bag is a precise mixture of charcoal, milled sphagnum moss, pine bark, tree fern, and peat. The mixture creates the perfect balance between retaining moisture and proper drainage; it can last for several years if used properly!
How to Prep: Pre mix the bag before adding the ABG Mix to the terrarium. Also, wet the substrate with distilled or reverse osmosis water before using it for cleaner moving; the moisture helps cut down on dust.
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Recommended Plants: ABG is a great substrate for most tropical plants, but make sure to match your plants’ needs to your pets’ environment! ABG can also be used outside the vivarium to grow houseplants!
Suitable for Misted Setups: Yes! Josh’s Frogs ABG Mix has good drainage, yet retains the right amount of moisture when used in conjunction with False Bottom and Substrate Barrier in a misted setup.
Care: ABG Mix is a naturalistic vivarium substrate and is meant to house a bioactive clean up crew! Use ABG with False Bottom, Substrate Barrier, Sphagnum Moss, and Leaf Litter to create a naturalistic vivarium.
For more information on naturalistic vivarium substrates and how to properly use them, please read our how-to guide Vivariums: From the Ground Up.
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This ABG mix is fantastic my plants are going crazy in it growing so fast and its long lasting and trouble and odor free I will never use eco earth again
Provides a sustaining environment for microfauna to thrive.
The BEST substrate I've ever used. Must have for any tropical terrarium or vivarium
Just what i needed, has that great earthy smell too. Will order again
This mix is great excited to setup my cresties tank will live plants and some live organisms. This will be easy to pour in and mix into the terrium.
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