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    Having the screen at the bottom help in airflow but also will help in reducing the humidity since the more closed the more humidity is retained. The ones pictured in my pics keep about 90 percent which would be to much for tree frogs.
    1.0.0 Red Eyed Leaf/ Frog - Agalychnis callidryas
    1.1.1 Bumblebee Dart Frog - Dendrobates leucomelas
    1.1.0 Dendrobates truncatus - Yellow Striped
    1.1.1 Dendrobates tinctorius – Bakhuis Mountain
    1.1.0 - Dendrobates tinctorius - Powder Blue
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    Yeah that's why I figured doing a screen at the bottom and at the top. So your saying I should do roughly 2 inch screen at the bottom and like 4 at the top

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    Quote Originally Posted by thadmy View Post
    Yeah that's why I figured doing a screen at the bottom and at the top. So your saying I should do roughly 2 inch screen at the bottom and like 4 at the top
    Yes. Air flows in and out easier and if ever needed, a fan can be aimed at the top or bottom to cool or create more airflow.

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    After a night of drying its time to cover the walls.

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    Nice. If you have not began putting the silicone to it you can cut in some ledges and overhangs with a sharp knife. I cut in crevasses, ledges and such pretty dramatically since the silicone fills them in fast and they end up covered mostly if not exaggerated. I also like to cut out under some locations I made for plants on occasion.

    Doing this gives more depth and less interior space taken up by all the GS.

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    I did cut out some crevasses that I'm going to put some pond stones in to make it look like a cliff, but I was wondering what the best way and thing to use for a water dish and also should I use a feeding dish for my clowns or will they not use it.

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    I use the reptile water dishes that look like stones for my tree frogs. I have places to set them instead of permanently installed since they should be rinsed with every water change.

    I use the glass bowl method for feeding and my Red Eyes do fine so I don't see why the Clowns wouldn't mind it.
    1.0.0 Red Eyed Leaf/ Frog - Agalychnis callidryas
    1.1.1 Bumblebee Dart Frog - Dendrobates leucomelas
    1.1.0 Dendrobates truncatus - Yellow Striped
    1.1.1 Dendrobates tinctorius – Bakhuis Mountain
    1.1.0 - Dendrobates tinctorius - Powder Blue
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