I just couldn't wait any longer to spruce up my frog tank, so I drove around for about an hour to pick up the things I would need to get this done! Once I got home and got to work, it took me about an hour to an hour and a half to complete this project.

Supplies
  • 24x18x18 Exo-Terra Terrarium
  • Potting Soil
  • Zilla Fir & Sphagnum substrate
  • Flukers 8qt. moss
  • Window Screen material
  • Zilla/Mag-Naturals Mushroom Ledges
  • Large aquarium gravel
  • Live plants
  • Aquarium background
  • Velcro
  • Water Dish
  • Vines and branches
  • Tape
Prep Work
  • Remove the frogs from the tank
  • Remove substrate and other decorations
  • Wipe down bottom/sides of tank to remove any debris
Getting down to Business!!


This is my pathetic little set up BEFORE I did any real work on it. I had been planning on rearranging everything when the bug for completely re-doing the tank hit me. I left it like this and headed into town to get everything that I would need.


All of my supplies! 10lb. bag of potting soil (I didn't use all of it), moss, window screen material, Velcro, gravel (all 50lbs of it), plants and mushroom ledges!


Artemis and Apollo were removed as well as all other decorations. All that is left to do is remove substrate and wipe down the tank!


While I had the tank moved away from the wall, I got to work taping on the background. I used electrical tape as it blended in with the black trim of the tank nicely.


After blocking off about an inch of the front of the tank, I poured in both bags of gravel and smoothed it out until it was pretty even.


After several attempts to cut the screen down, I finally got it the size that I wanted it.


Screen is laid on top of the rocks. I won't lie, I had a hard time getting it behind the boxes and eventually had to pull them out and shove the rocks back. I managed to get the screen tucked under the rocks and get everything just right for the moss/dirt mixture in the front.


I removed the boxes and put the moss & dirt mixture in the front. It keeps it looking a little nicer now that you won't see the rock layer from the front. Then, on top of the screen material, I put some potting soil down. I think I put about an inch down. It's from a local nursery where they make up their own mix. There's no chemical fertilizers in it. On top of the potting soil, I put down the fir & sphagnum mix. It was the stuff I originally had in the tank. I only put it in a week ago and didn't want to waste it.


Live plant time! I ended up not using the purple one because it didn't look like it was doing too well. When I pulled it out of the pot, it only had one root attached to it. I wasn't sure if it would survive in the tank.


Everything's planted! I ended up moving the moss in the back left corner to the front and moved the Spider plant to the back. Add in the obscenely large water dish, and it's looking more like home!


Time for the mushroom ledges to go in! I used Velcro to affix them to the back wall!


Close up of ledges!


Added in the fake vine that I was using before to fill up the middle. Apollo and Artemis really seem to love this stinking thing!


Add in the twisted vine and the frogs back in!


Close up of Artemis. She seems like a happy camper in her new home. Or maybe it was the crickets that were just added?


Apollo had just caught a cricket!


Artemis looking quite regal sitting on her vine.


Happy little Apollo checking out his new digs.


The pair hanging out on one of their live plants.


Side view of all the layers. Stupid me, I forgot to add a tube where I can siphon out all the water that builds up. Will have to do that here soon.


Very blurry front view of the tank. You can kind of make out the moss covering the dirt. All of the extra went to covering it. I shall try to get a better image up in a few days.

THE END!

Hope you guys enjoy. Feel free to critique and whatnot. This was my first time doing this and any advice/comments would be greatly appreciated!