Gray Tree Frog Vivarium Suggestions?

[Heatheranne]

Here is the rest of his web site. I love his ideas! I found this site last year. You can pretty much make any design you want with his technique .

http://www.lizard-landscapes.com/

You could create a waterfall down your wall and paint it like he does. Instead of having a water reservoir as part of the waterfall, allow the water to run down into the bottom of the tank into larger rocks. Lay fiberglass screening across a layer between the rocks to keep any substrate out. Make a corner eggcrate area to house the filter/waterfall pump. (this is my next plan for mine . You can also create a false bottom instead of rocks. Here are a couple pictures I found to show you.

[kmichael55]

Thanks! I've got this build bookmarked on dendroboard (not sure if both are from the same thread, I recognize the second pic)
Which is also where I found this link:
New England Herpetoculture LLC - Custom Backgrounds

I think I'm scrapping the idea of a waterfall in either viv, and will probably just settle on an airstone in the tomato frog's water dish.

Do you think I should scrap the water feature altogether in the gray viv? Perhaps I'll foam in the piece of tubing and just manually trickle water down it when I want to lol. Pumps are expensive and I want to get foaming!

I've got another realllly cool idea but it's also kind of complicated. Perhaps I'll unveil it if I decide to actually go through with it.



OK, can't resist...LED "stars" somehow for twilight lighting!!

[nos187]

Thanks! I've got this build bookmarked on dendroboard (not sure if both are from the same thread, I recognize the second pic)
Which is also where I found this link:
New England Herpetoculture LLC - Custom Backgrounds

I think I'm scrapping the idea of a waterfall in either viv, and will probably just settle on an airstone in the tomato frog's water dish.

Do you think I should scrap the water feature altogether in the gray viv? Perhaps I'll foam in the piece of tubing and just manually trickle water down it when I want to lol. Pumps are expensive and I want to get foaming!

I've got another realllly cool idea but it's also kind of complicated. Perhaps I'll unveil it if I decide to actually go through with it.



OK, can't resist...LED "stars" somehow for twilight lighting!!

I wouldnt bother with a waterfall unless you really know what your doing.
They never seem to work right in my experience.

Oh and it seems you have been bitten by the bug =)
Welcome to the addiction.
-Kevin

[kmichael55]

Oh and it seems you have been bitten by the bug =)
Welcome to the addiction.
-Kevin

Ha. there's a frog joke in there somewhere...but yes you are absolutely correct.
Last night I completely missed the movie we were watching because although I appeared to be watching, my mind was 100% on vivarium possibilites, lol.

I have a waterfall in my tiny (less than 50G) outdoor pond for my Red Eared Slider, but it's a lot easier when you have the whole backyard and aren't working inside a glass box.

[deranged chipmunk]

great stuff, silicone, cocoa fiber and a wee bit of planning and voila, you have a waterfall. as far as cost, i spent $8 more than i would have without doing it.

if you decide on keeping the idea of a water feature, might as well go for the pond as well. i mean, we build the upper part of the tank for them, and they rarely use the bottom, i just look at it as the bottom of the tank is for me to look at.

[kmichael55]

So how'd you do it without spending a * ton of money? Did you find a pump for $8? Looks good!!

[deranged chipmunk]

thanks a local fish shop sells reptiflo 250 pumps for $7. i grabbed a few, and $1 for the tubing. i just zip tied the tubing tk my eggcrate wall and the gradually built up the great stuff around the tubing. some brown silicone and cocoa fiber and then i just let nature take it's course and let the water erods the fiber to reveal a nifty little water feature. like i said, easy