First frog tank ever. Probably need help

[deranged chipmunk]

the reptofilter is not bad. gives a nice waterfall action some frogs seem to like. it all depends on your design really. i prefer using pumps to move water, but i have used the reptofilter (well a whisper 10i, about $5 cheaper, same filter) in a 20L fbt tank i built for my kid. i got my fluval nano with an ebi kit my wife bought me for christmas one year when i was breeding shrimp, and have loved it from day one. the down side being is that it would be under the false bottom, so routine maintenance needs to be taken into account when designing the tank.

under no circumstances should you ever put a hot heating element under a tank with water in it. cool water, hot element could equal cracked tank and a mess on your floor.

landscaping fabric is what they use to keep sunlight from reaching the ground under mulch, rocks, ect. it is sometimes called weed blocker.

if you want to do something different and have multiple viewing angles, you could always build an island tank. built the tank so that it is perpendicular to the wall instead of running lengthwise, like a normal tank. then you will have 3 viewing angles to choose from. i have seen many dart frog tanks built that way.

[deranged chipmunk]

oh, and i gotta warn you, in case no one has yet, frogs, are addictive!! worse than aquatics! i kept all kinds of aquaria for over 30 years. fresh, marine, did planted tanks for a decade, and then i got into paludariums, then frogs, and i haven't kept a fish tank since!!LOL i don't know how it happens, we just become assimilated..lol