Shipment came in today from NEHERP. We got the Cork Round, 2 pieces of Drift wood, Isopod, Springtails, moss, Handles for the glass top, and Hinges for the glass top.

I didn't get a picture of the cork round before I cut on it sorry, but it was roughly 24inchs long and between 5 and 7 inches in diameter. It was a real beauty. Was a shame to cut it down for my use.

We spent a long time figuring out how we wanted the wood to lay in the tank and how we wanted the cork round to look in the corner. Here are some pics of one of the wood layouts we almost stayed with.



and the same layout from the top.




What we were going for with the wood was to create some natural hides for the frogs between the wood and the rocks/substrate.

We ended up moving them to make the wood look like branches that had fallen from a tree.... We hope the cork round in the corner will make it look like this environment is at the base of a tree.

Here is the final wood locations from the front and then the top.







We ended up moving the little rock down onto the lower piece of slate. Here is a picture of the filter behind the cork round.




Hard to see but the filter is hidden behind it. We then added a mix of ABG mix and a bit of top soil to the top of the rocks. Then added moss on top of that. We left some of the soil open and covered it with Sphagnum moss.





Here are some pictures of the hides.





Still need to do a plant order. Some of the plants from Josh's frogs will make it into here, but not sure how many.

The springtails and Isopods are setup to breed. In about a month or so we will seed the tank with both and let them populate the tank and reproduce in there for a month or so before we consider adding frogs. We are hoping the tank will have 2 or more months of growth before frogs get added.