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    Default Finished changing tank to vertical :)

    Well I worked on my tank pretty much all morning, was glad I decided to do that because from where the soil was too wet without any rock on bottom for drainage I was getting mold on the wood where wood met the soil . so I removed all the soil put new in and replanted my plants and added some taller drift wood here is a pic...oh and i know he is overfed but I gave him 2 crickets for being inconvenienced in the little container while I worked on him home...
    I noticed the light was a little bright so I put a rubber mat under the light to make it less bright as in the second pic


    not so bright

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    Default Re: Finished changing tank to vertical :)

    Are you happy with the terrarium? That's the main thing.

    Regarding the light - I would be careful putting the mat under it - that could trap a lot of heat, melting the mat and being a possible fire risk.
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    Default Re: Finished changing tank to vertical :)

    yea I am happy with is as far as the 10 gal goes, want a bigger one...lol
    I thought it looked a little bare so I added in my bamboo plant, I think it looks better...the light has a plastic cover and I have checked it for heat and it doesn't get too hot but will keep my eye on it and see how warm the mat is tonight when I shut it off
    here is a pic with my bamboo plants look better?
    you can see Little Gray at top right

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    Nice job! That must have been hard to build. So nice job.

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    Default Re: Finished changing tank to vertical :)

    Thank you! It wasn't too hard, just flipped my 10 gal up and cleaned it out, had to hot glue strips of my rubber matting to the liner of the open top so my screen lid would have a tighter fit then made a wall using a piece of drift wood so my soil wouldn't seep out on me when I opened the side door to change water n such.

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    It looks very vertical and full of nice hiding spots, good work!

    These frogs do sit out in full sunlight (on days that aren't too hot), so your light may not be too bright for them. What kind of bulb do you have? You could also move the light farther away instead of blocking it with a mat.

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