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    Day one,

    Made the roots and structure out of foam, hose, rope, tubes etc we foamed them on 3 different sections of foam boards, after preping the tank with a layer of black silicone we inserted them into the tank in pieces foaming them a second time after they were inserted into the tank. we coated it with brown silicone and covered it in peat moss.

















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    Day 2,

    after letting the tank dry for a few days we went back to it. On this day i set the filter hoses behind the drift wood we foamed in, and ran the tubes under the false bottom, making the filter side go closer to the side with the waterfall, on this day we also made the water fall. we coated it with the brown silicone like in day one but the mixture we put on it was a non shrinking high pressure grout peat moss mix. it was about a 2/1 grout peat mix. after letting it sit for 3/4 hrs we started to mist the grout mixture with a spray bottle several times threw out the rest of the day.


























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    Day 3 we moved the tank out of my shop and set it up in its resting place we rinsed the tank several times before letting the water stay in it. and hooked up the canister filter down below the tank. also added a Megalodon sharks teeth me and my son found, and a peice of drift wood we got some moss started on.










    day 4 pictures are in the first post...

    this was are first time giving it a shot. we had a lot of fun doing this and i think we will do it again shortly so what do you guys think look good?

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    Welcome to FF! That does not look like a first time vivarium , very nice family project! If including carnivorous plants, you might want to read this and ensure your milk frogs are large enough: http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...a-vivaria.html. Good luck !
    Remember to take care of the enclosure and it will take care of your frog !​

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mentat View Post
    Welcome to FF! That does not look like a first time vivarium , very nice family project! If including carnivorous plants, you might want to read this and ensure your milk frogs are large enough: http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...a-vivaria.html. Good luck !
    thanks for the sticky! there's some D.capensis, typical & green in the tank as well as some D. Burmannii green and giant reds in The tank. i'm working on getting some N. bellii or N. gracilis for my pitchers. but i guess i should read the sticky before every thing roots haha. thanks again!


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    awesome man! it looks super cool

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    ty can't wait till she grows in a bit, I hope all the plants and moss take

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    Welcome to the forum. Very nicely done. I second Carlos' suggestion about the carnivorous plants. I am fascinated by carnivorous plants, but I wouldn't in a frog vivarium. That would be a great dart frog vivarium. Add some leaf litter, and let it grow in.

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