Another 10g Vertical..... [Picture Heavy}

[J Teezy]

you could even do flies over the sink, just fill it with a little water so the flies that escape during the transfer land in it. Flies really aint that bad, i'd rather deal with flies than crickets really, and flies are super cheap to culture

my leucs are becomming bolder each day. One of them is always out hunting during the day. Sometimes they hunt together but i mostly see one at a time. I like watching them hunt, they give a stare down to the fly for a bit then SMACK, fly gone

[BadKat]

Shib,
I'm going to agree with J on the red eye. We ended up with one that was being given away on CL and it has been named Rock. As in "Hey babe your rock actually moved" We also ended up with two fire bellies and an American toad. They are more interesting, now to find a non cricket feeding solution.

[Shibumi]

Ok, you guys talked me into it. I've been reading up on thumbnail frogs, possibly the vanzolini? Not sure when, but that's where I'm leaning. What I want to know is can they live off springtails or do they require fruit flies?

Just a few updated pics. Now I have to get some leaf litter and the bowl is temporary for now.

[Jon]

Hey FF
After reading through multiple forums over the last month or two, every chance I got, I decided to take the plunge and build. I love doing this kind of stuff. At first I was going to buy a Zoo Med 18x18x24 (I like how the whole front door swings out) for a red eyed leaf frog viv, but a co-worker of mine told me about a free 10g in her building laundry room. She actually said it was a terrarium so I didn't think plain old 10g. At that point I decided to save the zoo med idea for now and practice my first build on a free 10g. I carried it home on 3 subways from Manhattan to Queens and then walked 1/4 mile to my tiny studio apartment. Ok, so here it is....... BTW I rarely order anything online so I had to hunt everything down.

My first was finding egg crate. Not so common, even in Manhattan. Right next door to my work is a business that closed down. Their front awning had egg crate (Light Diffuser) so I asked the landlord for some and he told me to take what I wanted. It was getting ripped down eventually. I love FREE.

Showing the false bottom with my siphon porthole.






This is my tool bench


I tried to cut my own glass from scraps I had, but it was too thin to use.......


So I had it cut for $20, 1/8" thick. I also had trouble finding the "Living Hinge" for the door, so I ordered it from a local pet store. He couldn't get it though. a few days later i left my apartment to walk the dog and I saw a huge 40-55 gallon tank out in the trash. Way to big for my studio, but it had a nice glass lid with the hinge I needed. Score! I should call this the "lucky build". BTW, I also made a glass lid for Burt, my pacman's 10g, with the left over hinge and it's original glass that I cut to size and sanded.


Less talk more build.....




My free planter pots. Urine specimen cups from work with drainage tube attached






Second run with the GS foam.




I left some other build pics on my camera and phone, so I'll cut to the chase Gravel around the false bottom, coco fiber substrate, fake vine from petland.....




ReptiFogger $42 Amazon....



Why the last 3 are sideways, I don't know. I can't seem to fix it.

Thanks for watching.

Let me know what you guys think? Good or bad.

This looks amazing, well worth the effort .

I am in the process of making my own viv. What type of moss did you use? How did you ad the moss to your branches? Does it stay on there naturally or do you have to add a little silicon?

Thanks
Jon.

[Shibumi]

This looks amazing, well worth the effort .

I am in the process of making my own viv. What type of moss did you use? How did you ad the moss to your branches? Does it stay on there naturally or do you have to add a little silicon?

Thanks
Jon.

Thanks for the compliment, I used the dried out frog moss you find at petsmart. I think the company is T-Rex that packages it. So far mine has stayed green for about a month, but I soak it down 2x a day. It's just pushed in a crevice between the wood and background. No adhesive. I hope it will grow there. The mass on the floor will most likely get covered with leaf litter at some point. They say that it's hit or miss. So far so good!

[Shibumi]

I have a major design issue. Hopefully you all can help me decide. The pot in the front, on left wall? Seems a little "in your face" to me. It hides the whole left side of the viv. It almost blocks out 2 of the other pots in the back, which I also have trouble accessing. Should I scrape it off the wall?? Will the thumbnail dart even use it? It would probably take me 2 second. lol
So what do you think, rip it or leave it?? I just don't want to make it look worse or mis-utilize space.

Thanks
Jeff