First post & introduction

[killerecho]

Hello everyone. My name is Brian; I'm from New York, US. I'm glad I stumbled across this forum. It has provided invaluable information for my first serious vivarium build.

I've kept a number of tree frogs over the years. Most notably, I had a White's tree frog for 11 years until it died in 2005 (she was already an adult when I purchased her in 1994). It was a simple setup - newspaper floor, found branches, water dish, slate. Now I'm resurrecting that tank for a proper vivarium build. For the time being, it's being used to house my friend's green anole. Once he takes it back I want to introduce tree frogs again. So while I've been designing it for a reptile (heat, basking areas), I've set aside certain features (e.g. water area), which might be extraneous now, but could be necessary for a possible future frog cage.

Anyways, I got some great ideas and insight from the users on this site. You have my thanks. More details on the vivarium (a work in progress) will be posted in the appropriate section.