I am going to setup soon a 10g FBT tank for my son. He talked me into getting a frog the other day (which wasn't hard to do) so we went to Petco and bought a 10g Zola reptile tropical kit. It came with a lot of random things

-tank w/ screen lid
-5.5" dome light with 25UVB daylight blue bulb
-green carpet thing (gave to kids as a toy)
-thermometer/hygrometer
-under tank heat pad (not sure if need)

I know I need about half water but how deep can I go? I'm planning on buying a tetra fauna reptofilter which seems like it may be overkill (less than 4g of water with a. Filter that does 90gph)

I'm going to use exoteric plantation soil, I'm going to plant the tank eventually but not to begin with. And I want to add a 20" t8 strip. What the best bulb to buy?

I'm going to get flickers orange cube cricket food is that good enough or will I still need to dust them? I plan on making the land section if the tank roughly 3" up but what can I out under the land? I work with plastics so I already made a few False bottoms to play around with but what goes under them? I thought about just a lot of gravel but I'm pretty sure nasty stuff would get trapped under there and never make it to the filter. Then I thought large rocks. Also thought maybe styrofoam. What really is the best and most used option? If I did a dirt tank the water would permanently be black

Also I've heard of people smearing silicone on the back and sides and sticking bunched up miss to it to create a wall to help the frogs feel safer. Will that work?

I have many more questions and concerns but I figure I'll let people respond to these to get me started in some research maybe. Any and all questions or Simmental are welcome. Just keep in mind in a complete newb. I kept a created gecko years ago and didn't really know how to care for him. And I currently and for the last 4 years have been keeping and breeding fish. So the aquatic part of the tank I've got covered lol