First attempt at spray-foam background

[daveRazzi]

Here are a few pictures of my first attempt lets see how this goes tomorrow when the foam is cured...
It doesn't really look like much now but I have faith!!

[Bombina Bob]

If you dont like the way it looks after it has cured, a serrated knife can be used to cut ledges
and areas where there is an undesirable amount of foam. Keep it up, Your doing Great

[Brian317]

Looking good! Just take your time with carving and it will turn out great.

[daveRazzi]

I started the carving process. I got it to where I was very happy with it and thought it was finished. After two full tubes of black silicone this is where it stands can't wait to get home from work tonight to see the finished product!!!!

[flybyferns]

Looks super,!
Keep us posted.

Have you decided what species will be housed here

[daveRazzi]

I'm thinking about a few azureus pic from frogs n things

[daveRazzi]

Well I think it's done anyway u see how I can improve it please let me know!!! Leaf litter is on it's wayhttps://vimeo.com/105608082

[DigitalPunk]

For Azureus It is great (only thing I see it lacking is Leaf liter, but that as you said is on it's way). Don't skimp on it... Do at least 1" of it. Azureus love to get down in the leaf liter and hunt.

Have you added Springtails to the tank soil? If not I would recommend getting a culture and mixing into into the soil about 30 days before the frogs are put in. This will give them time to breed and get their population up before the frogs start their mission of eating them all lol.

You will also want to have a culture of springtails setup on the side that you just let breed. You will want to add more to the tank over time. All Dart Frogs will snack on them their entire life.

To setup a spring tail breeding colony you can either order a breeding kit from NeHerp or Josh's Frogs. I actualy recommend Josh's frogs Springs for breeding because the cultures are shipped in charcoal.

You take a plastic shoe box size bin and fill it with Horticulture grade charcoal. Then add roughly 1" of water. Add your spring culture. Feed them brewers yeast every 1 - 2 days. Just a pinch of the yeast will last that long. It will take the breeding culture about 30 days to take off. Just be careful when you pull Spring tails from it that you leave a lot in the culture to continue to produce. Springs are super easy to breed and a necessity.

Also if since you are looking at Dart frogs you will want to get a fruit fly culture in advance. Azureus will eat D. Melonagaster fruit flies their entire lives. Get a culture before you order the frogs and some supplies to setup new cultures. Setting up and breeding fruit flies is fairly easy, but does take a bit of practice to get the hang of it. D. Melo are the fastest producing fruitfly, new cultures will yield new flies after about 2 weeks. You can buy fruit fly breeding kits from either Josh's Frogs or Neherp.

[daveRazzi]

For Azureus It is great (only thing I see it lacking is Leaf liter, but that as you said is on it's way). Don't skimp on it... Do at least 1" of it. Azureus love to get down in the leaf liter and hunt.

Have you added Springtails to the tank soil? If not I would recommend getting a culture and mixing into into the soil about 30 days before the frogs are put in. This will give them time to breed and get their population up before the frogs start their mission of eating them all lol.

You will also want to have a culture of springtails setup on the side that you just let breed. You will want to add more to the tank over time. All Dart Frogs will snack on them their entire life.

To setup a spring tail breeding colony you can either order a breeding kit from NeHerp or Josh's Frogs. I actualy recommend Josh's frogs Springs for breeding because the cultures are shipped in charcoal.

You take a plastic shoe box size bin and fill it with Horticulture grade charcoal. Then add roughly 1" of water. Add your spring culture. Feed them brewers yeast every 1 - 2 days. Just a pinch of the yeast will last that long. It will take the breeding culture about 30 days to take off. Just be careful when you pull Spring tails from it that you leave a lot in the culture to continue to produce. Springs are super easy to breed and a necessity.

Also if since you are looking at Dart frogs you will want to get a fruit fly culture in advance. Azureus will eat D. Melonagaster fruit flies their entire lives. Get a culture before you order the frogs and some supplies to setup new cultures. Setting up and breeding fruit flies is fairly easy, but does take a bit of practice to get the hang of it. D. Melo are the fastest producing fruitfly, new cultures will yield new flies after about 2 weeks. You can buy fruit fly breeding kits from either Josh's Frogs or Neherp.

Thank you for the great information is truly appreciated I look forward to getting my new darts but not until I think everything is 100%. On to my next build lol thinking about a 24x18x36 for my red eyes