Natural Vivarium

[immortalspuddy]

Okay so a few weeks ago I upgraded my White's Tree Frog's terrarium, because the other one was a little bit too small for my tubby babies, and here is a photo of it

_{with one of my babies asleep on a leaf}

^{the water needs changing sssh i know}

but the left side of the vivarium as you look at it still annoys me because it's just one piece of glass with nothing on it that I know I could be utilising somehow to give my White's some more places to climb and hide and whatnot.

But I have no idea what to put there. I've thought of another vine, but that's not going to give them the cover that I really want for them.

So do any of you have any suggestions as to what I can put there instead, because I feel like the whole mass of glass is going to stress them out because there's nothing really covering it.

[LisaGarcia]

Magnaturals ledges and hides with some hanging plants would add a lot more hiding and climbing places.

[Lija]

Why do I think this tank is tiny.... Or may be because it looks overcrowded...
what are the size of that thing?

Whites are a tree frogs, so they need to live in forest looking tank, yours is too open with no climbing options. Sides are easy to fix by just covering it up from outside, even plant black paper will do or you can use cling fish tank background.
and add something to use vertical space, branch or two, hanging something, magniturals as Lisa suggested.

[jarteta97]

Methinks a 24x18x24. I would go with magnaturals. They can take the weight of the frog well, and you can get some for hanging plants. I agree with Lija on the vertical space. A horizontal branch or two up high would greatly improve the tank for the frog.

[immortalspuddy]

it's 60x60x45, and it looks small because I took the picture close up.
and thanks for the suggestions

[Mentat]

Interesting how you made one of the sides become the new front; guess it's good idea to get rid of door glass break as long as can easily reach from access side. Yes, enclosure needs a couple of branches that reach the top and will support adult frogs; lots of ideas in the member's builds. Once you are happy with location; then can add a climbing type vine plant to fill it up. You can also cover that side with same material in the back. Good luck !

[jarteta97]

What do you mean one of the sides as the new front??

[immortalspuddy]

Okay so I added a branch for them and rearranged a few of the plants a little bit

the front needs sorting out and the things rearranging a little bit more but that can be done at a later date when it's not almost 11pm here.

Also I'm planning on getting a Magnaturals next month to go in that space on the left hand side of the viv, which is when I'll probably shift as many things as possible to make it a bit neater. But the photo makes it look a whole lot messier than it actually is, which is annoying.

[LisaGarcia]

It looks good! Once you get your magnaturals, if you are moving stuff again, I read somewhere about a rule of thirds.. Divide the tank into thirds or something like that. I am sure one of the experts on here can point you in the right direction. There is some amazing info on the terrarium build forum.

[DigitalPunk]

Looking good. The main rule I follow when laying a tank out is to have something (a piece of wood, a plant, a rock... something) that will be the main feature in the tank. Position that piece so it is off center. When someone looks at the tank their eyes are drawn to that one thing right away and it causes the tank as a whole to feel more natural and flow better

[immortalspuddy]

Thank you all for the advice, it's my first proper live plant set up so it's all a learning curve for me, but I like it a lot better than the fake plants now. I can't ever go back :P
It's a shame that the pictures don't do it justice, they make it look smaller and more crowded than it is.