40B Vertical Conversion Build Journal

[DigitalPunk]

Spent time the last day or so adding color to the back ground. It is hard to tell in these pictures, but here are some shots of the back ground.











And the piece of Ghost wood that will be used in this tank?




Aaaand Now for the stars of the show. I ordered 4 D. Tinctorious Citronella from Josh's frogs. They came in today. I did an unboxing video I will get edited down and put up on youtube in a bit, but for now here are some pics I grabbed of them.





One of the bold little frogs jumped onto my phone while I was snapping a few pics

[DigitalPunk]

It has been encouraging to watch the Cits in the QT Tank. I put a magnetic Ledge int he tank to see how arboreal these little guys/gals are and within an hour one of them was up on top of the ledge exploring. This makes me feel a lot better about putting them in the 40B with that elevated land area.

[DigitalPunk]

Uploaded a short unboxing video of the 4 Cits this morning. You can find it on my youtube channel or click this link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhPriY6dfhI


Some progress was made on the tank today. It is starting to come together. Here is the final layout for the Hardscape. The soil and Sphagnum moss has been added as well.



Part 4 video will cover the work done to get the tank to this point. Still need to get some plants together, Aquatic soil, Lights, and add the leaf liter and then we should be done!

[DigitalPunk]

Part 4 is now up on youtube. It covers adding some color to a spray foam background, installing the false bottom, substrate, and the endless joys of laying out the hardscape

40B Vert - Part 4

Part 5 will be coming soon!

Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to watch these videos. I hope you enjoy watching them as much as I am making them!

[flybyferns]

I love the pic of the frog sitting on your olloclip !

[DigitalPunk]

lol yeah I loved that. Was a good reminder how bold these guys and gals will be. My other frogs (Mantella and Vents) are super shy and are rarely glimpsed. I am excited to have a species that I can sit and watch move around more lol. The Mantellas hide and the vents run. I do get to watch my wife's Reds or my sons Azureus lol.


I think I am going to really like the elevated land section. I started having concerns with it when the spray foam was curing, but with it all painted and soil in it.... I love it now. Can't wait to move the Cits in and see how much they use the top and bottom of the tank. I am going to put a Coco hut up top (as well as one down low) to try and incentivize a couple to take up residence higher in the tank

[DigitalPunk]

Few more pics of the Cits. They are very fun to observe!