New Project

[John]

Zoo med sell some pumps that would be ideal. You could also skip it and get one of those Exo terra water falls. You're using clear silicone, which tells me you may not have done this before - the clear stuff is hard to mask when you stick the eco earth on it. I use the brown GE II silicone. It contains mold inhibitors but I have no issues with my frogs and neither has anyone else I've talked to who have used it for years for this purpose.

[bshmerlie]

Check out blackjungle.com, they have a couple of really good slide shows on how to build steam beds and backgrounds. They are step by step and don't look that difficult.

[froghobbiest]

Cool thanks. Yea this is my first time doing something like this and I only got clear because I didnt see any other kind but I did get it from wal-mart so that may be why but since I still have to go to Lowe's Ill look to see if they have any

[froghobbiest]

Ok I have all my supplies which are
my 40 gal
GS expanding foam
2 tubes of clear silicone
1 tube of brown silicone
5in PVC pipes
egg crate
florist foam

[froghobbiest]

So far all I've done tonight is apply the GS and cut my egg crate to the size and design I want and created my river (still have to get some rocks to silicone on it..here are pictures

[froghobbiest]

I forgot to take pictures of it but I also have some fiberglass screen and another bag of eco earth along with a repti-filter

[John]

I would leave the Great Stuff for at least 3 days before going any further. If any of it is thicker than 1.5 inches I'd wait another 3 days after that.

Regarding the screen, I find it's helpful to put a layer of coconut husk over the screen to help keep the "real" substrate reaching the screen, since the screen isn't perfect at keeping debris out of the drainage layer.

Btw, you're making me feel lazy - I still haven't started on my Zoo Med conversion :/.