Got the go ahead from my lovely better half to scrap the project and start over and do it right this time :-)

BUT I promised my son frogs this weekend. So in still gonna get 2 FBT's and idk maybe employ some kind of small sponge filter in the tank until I have the other one finished. I will be using the titebond III and the great stuff in this next build I think.

The next build (which won't start right away) will have its own threat. So I suppose we could call this thread closed. Thanks for all the helpful information everyone!

And lastly, deranged chipmunk...

Any chance you can comment in her and give me a list of materials used for your mantella build? I feel like in gonna forget something vital and I don't always have good enough Internet where I. At to take another look at your build. Thank you everyone.