I'm buying a male pixie frog, not for a few months. Currently building a setup, could use some advice on it.


I recently bought a 75 gallon aquarium (48 1/2 inches L, 21 1/8 in H, 18 1/2 in W). I do not feel comfortable housing a pixie frog in anything smaller. I've been looking at different setups and I have a few questions. I plan on doing half and half (land/water). I'm dividing the tank with a piece of acrylic (6 inches depthwise) and I'll take some aquarium sealant, and put some airline tubing on the top part of the acrylic (so the frog won't hurt itself.). I plan on having an all organic habitat-all live plants, so I'll need a UV light. I won't have too many plants, it'd be mainly for decoration, so maybe around 7 plants total, including aquatic. I do plan on having a day/night heat lamp as well for the actual frog. What would be the recommended UV strength for the plants? I'm not too worried about the UV light affecting the frog, as he'd only gain more vitamin D3, but I'm not a botanist, so I don't know the proper usage.
I'll be filtering the water with some kind of system- I was looking at the tetra fauna viquarium-around $70 on amazon. It's pretty, but it looks like it'd take up a lot of room, not really too worried about that since I have a bigger tank, but I am worried about the filtration. Yes, I am using distilled, or "stale" water, but has anyone had any experience with this filter? I've heard pretty bad things and pretty good things about it. Is there anything out there that is absolutely outstanding? I am not worried about price, I'm planning on dropping at least 1k on this setup, easy.
Misting system- I was looking at the Monsoon- you can find it at PetSmart, etc for around $100 or more. Is there a better system? Reviews say as long as you use distilled you should be fine. I really don't know much about misting systems, but I need something that will work and is fairly easy to operate. Also needs to have a timer, so it goes off automatically.

Has anyone tried live plants with their pixie frogs before? A lot of people are against it because the frogs "will get stuck", but honestly, they're frogs and burrowing comes natural to them. I don't see how it could be harmful to them as long as you have the right type of plant. Speaking of that, are there any particular plants I should stay away from? I've heard a lot of bad things about frog moss and how if they swallow it, it'll hurt them-should I stay away from that?



Thanks