It is getting to be that time where I am looking to beautify my frog tank.

The last time I did something with it, I ended up with a lot of gravel in the bottom of the tank for a drainage layer. By the time I was done, it was nearly impossible to move the tank around when I wanted it somewhere else in my room. Eventually I dug all of the gravel out of the bottom of my tank and now I am back to square one. It's pretty bare in there. By bare, I mean all the branches are in the middle of the tank and along the back wall. I would like to have something on the sides of the tank as well...

So, browsing through some of the topics in this lovely section...A light bulb clicked on and now I have an idea. I am just wondering how lame/cheesy/stupid this is going to sound and look. I figured that I would run it by the lovely members of FF to see what everyone's opinions were, so here it goes...

I love the look of the GreatStuff foam, but I am not sure if I want to mess with it. I currently have a can of it sitting on my TV stand in my bedroom that I ended up getting from a co-worker. I am kind of intimidated to use it. Just yeah...

SO, this is my idea. Really, I am getting to the point here, I promise.

I was thinking about going to Michael's and purchasing some of their Styrofoam sheets and carving my own background out of them (the one big back piece and two smaller pieces to go along the sides). I suck with painting and making things too realistic, however, I would love to throw some ledges in there somewhere and siliconing a coconut substrate to the foam (maybe create my own planters?)...

Do you guys think it would look horrible? Tacky? Do you think it would actually work? If you think it will work, do you have any suggestions on how to make it look better overall?

This is just in the brainstorming stage..Any help at this point would help me greatly.















(Or does someone just want to come take care of my tank and make it look pretty for me? )