Opinions on 120g or 125g?

[deranged chipmunk]

having an 'awesome' planted tank requires CO2, fertilizers, and strong lights. I don't want to blast my frogs with lights and poison them with fertilizers and CO2 gas.. I would obviously have more of a 75% water 25% land paludarium vs the 50/50 or 75/25 land/water ones I've seen. I will add aquatic plants but I'll just keep the kind that suck up nitrates, not for show.

that is absolutely untrue. i have built many "awesome" tanks that used standard shop lights for lighting, no co2 or co2 supplements, and no ferts whatsoever.

while the extra 6" of depth is nice, it's really not as much as you would think when you start building. you can definitely have a nice, 6ft layout and still have a sense of depth. it all depends on how you lay it out. here is my 125 before i needed to take it down.

and here is another of my paludariums which is 18" deep, but has a sense of depth to it. it's a 40b


ultimately, it comes down to what you can fit though. and just a suggestion, have you considered building a riparium, vs a paludarium? the frog would probably love it. here's an example of a riparium that a friend of mine built.
Duff's 2nd Riparium - Page 4

hope that helps

[mpmistr]

Oh you certainly can do nice low tech tanks, though mine has been struggling for some reason (my water sprite just doesn't want to live anymore..). I've considered a riparium as well, and all these tanks do look fantastic. My only fear with a riparium is having an open tank to me is scary, my frogs have already shown great skill at escaping so I would need a glass lid.. Do you have any more pictures of your 40B tank? I really like it, how did you do the backgrounds.

[Bombina Bob]

wow! those are good paludariums!

[deranged chipmunk]

wow! those are good paludariums!

thanks Ryan. i am very proud of that 40

[mpmistr]

What type of wood are you using in that set up good sir?

[deranged chipmunk]

the 40 has a combination of manzanita and oak in it. the 125 had manzanita and mopani

[mpmistr]

Looks like I may be getting a 120 gallon that's 48x24x24 for 300 with stand lid and other accessories. It will be quite the home for my three frogs. =P

[deranged chipmunk]

Oh you certainly can do nice low tech tanks, though mine has been struggling for some reason (my water sprite just doesn't want to live anymore..). I've considered a riparium as well, and all these tanks do look fantastic. My only fear with a riparium is having an open tank to me is scary, my frogs have already shown great skill at escaping so I would need a glass lid.. Do you have any more pictures of your 40B tank? I really like it, how did you do the backgrounds.

this should cover any questions you may have.
http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...aludarium.html
the tank and frogs are currently being take care of by a friend of mine until my my wife and i can find a new house. i'm planning on getting over to his place at the end of the month and i plan on taking updated pics then.