Just a few questions, new at vivariums. :)

[DonLisk]

Just make sure its 100 percent silicone such as GE II silicone for windows and doors and not kitchen and bath.
Home Depot and Lowes carry GE II in multiple colors.

Put the silicone on thick and sprrad it with a rubber glove. Areas that your accidentally get silicone on scrape of with a razor blade after drying.
Pack in the dirt/substrate tightly to the silicone and pour it on. You can dump out and air out the excess when its all dry.

You can do touch up once dry with a little more silicone and another application of substrate.


For the new frogs, a large Tupperware with some ventilation and some wet paper towels is good. You can also throw in some fake leaves or a cutting of something like pothos or creeping fig to let them climb on and hide under. Fake vines will work too.

[Mitchgrunge93]

Just make sure its 100 percent silicone such as GE II silicone for windows and doors and not kitchen and bath.
Home Depot and Lowes carry GE II in multiple colors.

Put the silicone on thick and sprrad it with a rubber glove. Areas that your accidentally get silicone on scrape of with a razor blade after drying.
Pack in the dirt/substrate tightly to the silicone and pour it on. You can dump out and air out the excess when its all dry.

You can do touch up once dry with a little more silicone and another application of substrate.


For the new frogs, a large Tupperware with some ventilation and some wet paper towels is good. You can also throw in some fake leaves or a cutting of something like pothos or creeping fig to let them climb on and hide under. Fake vines will work too.

Yay! I got 2 Blue Azureus at the Reptile show this morning I've got them both in a larger tupperware just chilling til the silicone on my background cures all the way I bought an orchid, a fern that the guy I bought it from says isn't technically a fern? Don't know about that. I can post pictures. I also bought some vine, and one plain green bromeliad. I need to know where to put them though. I was thinking about putting the "fern" and the vine in the wall via holes. How would that drain though?

Anyway, I'm very excited and I'm hoping to have my new friends in their new home tomorrow

[Mitchgrunge93]

Hey guys, haven't been on in a minute. I'll be posting pictures of my viv soon I'm having problems with my plants though. My Brom's leaves are curling and spotting, I'm not sure why. My fern almost died out, but has started to recover. I'm not too sure about the orchid, it doesn't look much different than when I bought it.

[DonLisk]

Can't wait to see pics.

What lighting color temps are your bulbs and does it seem to be enough for the plants?

Is your soil draining well?

Not enough lighting and too wet of soil are the usual issues with plants. I'm not good with orchids so I would see if they need air circulation to thrive and I do think they are supposed to do well if misted several times a day.