Hi there,

You should be able to do a Do It Yourself vertical conversion on your tank. Since it is rimless, what will be the new bottom will be resting directly on your stand so you need to make certain this is absolutely clean and flat or provide some padding (the bottom glass should be very evenly supported or suspended like in a framed tank). I don't know anything about keeping Anoles but make sure that your conversion will give enough ventilation and let you maintain the humidity an Anole needs.

Here's a good article on vivarium substrates, Caudata Culture Articles - Vivarium Substrates. I use coco fibre mixed with leaf litter/loam and add some fine sand for drainage. Drainage is important if you are misting frequently, many plants don't like their roots to be soggy even if they like high humidity.

Pothos (devils ivy) is the standard invincible vivarium plant. Peperomia's and philodendrons like humidity. There will be tons of other options. It's usually easiest to go scouting first and see what house plants you have available that you like the look of and take notes, especially since you probably won't be able to get anything shipped to PG in the winter. WalMart, Home Depot, and grocery stores can be good, or garden centres that stock house plants.

I don't know if Anoles have any lighting requirements, but I stick with daylight temperature CFL bulbs on my frog vivariums. The plants do well under them. If I need more heat (wintertime), I'll move to incandescent.