Ideas for a beginner viv?

[BadKat]

Omar,
Just my luck, it's discontinued. I may try the whites, I've got some time to decide since we haven't even received the waterfall kit and other equipment we ordered.

Cam,
It is supposed to be "tropical rainforeset" but I doubt that her teacher would know the difference in species. If nothing else, I'll just set up the terrarium and stick in some plastic PDF's and then I can pick whichever frog my avaricious little heart desires.

I really like your setup, is the water at the bottom filtered? Your frogs look really happy.

I'm sure I'll be bugging this forum quite a bit in the weeks to come, but hopefully I'll be able to contribute something too.

Thanks guys.

[KingCam]

Omar,
Just my luck, it's discontinued. I may try the whites, I've got some time to decide since we haven't even received the waterfall kit and other equipment we ordered.

Cam,
It is supposed to be "tropical rainforeset" but I doubt that her teacher would know the difference in species. If nothing else, I'll just set up the terrarium and stick in some plastic PDF's and then I can pick whichever frog my avaricious little heart desires.

I really like your setup, is the water at the bottom filtered? Your frogs look really happy.

I'm sure I'll be bugging this forum quite a bit in the weeks to come, but hopefully I'll be able to contribute something too.

Thanks guys.

Thanks for the kind words Yeah, grey tree frogs aren't exactly tropical, lol.

The water in the bottom has been filtered at times with small submersible filters, but currently I just have an air stone in it. I siphon and refill it every week. I recently added a bunch of english ivy and java moss to the reservoir, I'll upload pics soonish.

[helm96]

Check a Petsmart storefront, I picked up that water dish last week at a Petsmart near my house and they had 3 left when I bought mine!

[BadKat]

Check a Petsmart storefront, I picked up that water dish last week at a Petsmart near my house and they had 3 left when I bought mine!

Exactly where do you live? Soleley for curiosity. I would never come and jack you up for your wicked cool leaf dish. *looks shifty*

. Thanks for the heads up, I'll try that tomorrow.

[BadKat]

Will,

I called and found the dish at a local Petsmart. Headed out to pick it up now.

Thanks again.

Katy

[helm96]

Phew, now I can cancel the order for the bars for my windows! :-) Glad you found it! Its a cool little piece that lights up the tank!

[BadKat]

Here is the structure of our viv, plants and branches will follow.

Our species dilemma was solved by Craigslist. I will be picking up our free Red-Eyed Leaf Frog when this is done. The catch is that we're now making a habitat for two FBTs that the guy is re-homing too. He's kept the frog and toads in the same tank for a year so I'm a little apprehensive, but he says they're all healthy. I'll keep my fingers crossed that the frog hasn't sustained any long term injuries from the toad toxins.



The waterfall took a lot more space than anticipated so if anyone has ideas on how to suspend planters from the sides I would LOVE it.

Really any advice or comment besides "boo you suck" (I have a fragile ego ) would be great.

[Kristen]

Good luck!
red eyed leaf frogs are gorgeous frogs, so are fire bellied toads, but keeping them together is not a wise choice, I hope the red eyes haven't (as you said) gotten any injuries from the toxins. Good on you for taking the frogs though, and providing them with the correct care needed
I'm sure your tank will turn out lovely, don't stress. It's looking good so far, Can't wait to see it finished

[deranged chipmunk]

The waterfall took a lot more space than anticipated so if anyone has ideas on how to suspend planters from the sides I would LOVE it.

first off, let me say, the viv looks great so far as far as hanging planters from the sides. Devin at ripariumsupply.com has them for ripariums, however, he is very well versed in terrariums, paludariums, ripariums as well as vivs. look him up, i think he'll have what you need :-)

-Bill