Pacific Chorus Frog Build (Pic Heavy)

[Bombina Bob]

Hello FF, over the past few weeks ive been working for my first time on a 3D vivarium backround specially
designed for my chorus frogs, Ive always wanted to put them into a living vivarium but i wanted to take it one step
further This is my first build and this by no means is a tutorial, i have made some mistakes within the building of
my vivarium and wish i could have recondidered other options for my Viv. But when i achieved the final product, i
was very proud of my work no matter what


This is what i started out building my Vivarium
with, Clear 100% silicon, Great stuff foam etc.


Great stuff & the brand of Silicon i used ( i made sure it was mold free)


This was after i had sprayed my Great stuff onto the background, i tried
to create a divider with the foam (Hence the excess foam marks)


After spraying the foam i let it harden for a few hours outside (It was a
windy day) and after i waited 24 hrs to carve out ledges and cliffs


This is after i had taken a razor blade and scraped the excess foam out



After waiting a few days thinking out the process of how i would cover the background i prepared
myself with dry eco earth and the silicon (Clear) I do not recommend the clear silicon but i would have
used black or brown if there were one at the home depot. The titebondIII glue method is what i will plan
to use nextime.


After covering the background over several days (not knowing what surface was covered due
to the clear silicon) i finally bought some cork, hydroton,plants and some specialty terrarium
plants from my pet store i am ready to build!





I do not know the two plants on the top photo except the one on the left i think may be ficus pimula.
The four plants on the bottom from left to right order are, English ivy, Jasmine,Golden Pothos, Arabian coffee plant.


In this photo ive already positioned the cork bark and hot glued it into place because
my slilicon was thrown away by accident. I put a one inch layer of hydroton with a weed
block mesh and covered that with cocoa fiber in a thin layer so i can see where i wanted
to position my plants.


TaDa! the final product is in hand! Ive piled the eco earth to the back of the terrarium to cover the clear spaces at the bottom and after planting my plants used pillow moss and magnolia leaves for substrate litter. The water section is under one inch of water with a gravel substrate and a few rocks for the frogs to rest on after calling or swimming. I do have intentions of the Ficus pimula looking plant to possibly crawl up the background but it may have a mind of its own :/


One of the inhabitants (Shotzy)

Any comments and words of advice are welcome

[aono]

Is this a japanese frog???

[Bombina Bob]

This is a frog from North america along the pacific coast. It looks very similar to the Japanese tree frog.

[aono]

Thank you for replying.He is as very cute as japanese.

[Bombina Bob]

Add on: the two plants i was unsure of were (Ficus pimula) and (Aluminum plant)