New to the hobby

[isu712]

I picked up a 10 gallon aquarium and a screen top today. I'm gonna get some spray foam to make a divider between the water and land area. This seems to be the best stuff that won't be so obvious like glass, plus I'll be able to give the divider some shape and build a little ramp. I've never worked with the stuff though so this should be interesting. If anyone has any other ideas about what to make this divider out of I'd be glad to hear them. I'll post a pic once it's done later tonight.

[ArizonaFrogGuy]

Check out the new Tetrafauna Viquarium. Google it there is a good you tube video showing it. That's going to be my next setup for them.

I havent seen this Viquarium before. Man that thing is awsome. I am personally blaming you Cheri for showing me this because after iIpurchase it I know I'll be in the dog house w/the wife for a while for dropping more cash on my toads. Oh well at least the toads will love me in the end.

[bshmerlie]

I havent seen this Viquarium before. Man that thing is awsome. I am personally blaming you Cheri for showing me this because after iIpurchase it I know I'll be in the dog house w/the wife for a while for dropping more cash on my toads. Oh well at least the toads will love me in the end.

I know isn't the coolest thing? Its perfect for the FB toads. Its got the built in filter it looks easy to clean. If I hadnt dropped a small fortune on my darts and their new vivarium at the last show I would have gotten it then. But soon because the toads deserve it.

[ArizonaFrogGuy]

Its absolutly perfect. Im continually looking for ways to make my toads tank cooler and I think this is it. I was saving to get a couple Red Eye Tree Frogs but I might just put that on hold and get a bigger tank and a new set up for my toads.

Isu712, I'll give you some advice. Be carefull about promising to post picts in a certain time frame on this forum. We can tend to be a very inpatient bunch.

[isu712]

Isu712, I'll give you some advice. Be carefull about promising to post picts in a certain time frame on this forum. We can tend to be a very inpatient bunch.

Fair enough. I couldn't pick up the great stuff this evening, but I plan on getting it tomorrow morning and putting it in then. I'm heading out for the weekend, so it will be the perfect time to let it cure. I definitely get the whole "impatient bunch" thing. I partake in a couple aquarium forums and it seems like every third post is "PICS!!!" I'm going to start a new thread for the build, so hopefully everything goes according to plan.

[bshmerlie]

I would love to see some pics of you aquariums. I haven't been in the reef hobby for awhile now, but I definately miss it. Anyone who can pull off a successful advanced reef setup will have no problem with frogs in a vivarium. I have extremely high expectations of you so don't get nervous. The pressures on.. Im just kidding...have fun with it. The best part is you can change it up as often as you like. I think the toads like a change every now and then.

[isu712]

I'll post some pics of the aquariums sometime next week. My reef tank isn't the nicest one out there, but I think it's pretty good for a first attempt. I'm still waiting for everything to fill in.

I tried to put the spray foam in this morning, but it ended up sagging on me too much so I'll have to add a few more layers slowly over the next week or so.

[isu712]

I'm going to start a new thread with the build under the heading "First Habitat."

[pepper]

I know isn't the coolest thing? Its perfect for the FB toads. Its got the built in filter it looks easy to clean. If I hadnt dropped a small fortune on my darts and their new vivarium at the last show I would have gotten it then. But soon because the toads deserve it.

i was eyeing that viquarium as well. this is our first frog project and the tetrafauna setup seems to make things easy to start.

Thoughts on substrate with that setup? all the established ones i have seen seem to use the gravel. I would think that Hydroton clay pellets would be better than gravel, but i have ZERO experience with these environments....

[bshmerlie]

I am going to get one as soon as I have time to order one. On the land side I will fill it with the leca (clay balls) up to the water level and then a screen mesh and then the soil for my plants. Right now I have all water for my firebellies and then a turtle dock on each side for land. See pictures in my album. And although it is easy to clean the crickets do drown quite easily. I think the Viquarium will be just as easy to clean but keep the crickets on one side so they don't drown so easily. I will also probably make a wall (GS background) around the three sides to make it look more tropical. I will probably decorate the water fall part itself with moss or plants to make it look more natural.

[pepper]

what soil would you use for this? i am assuming there is a special soil. Also are people using Coir fiber?

Do you think there is any truth to the Viquarium being a fully sustaining environment? They seem to promote the fact that the substrate acts as a healthy filter of sorts as the whole unit cycles through land and water and back.
Are all of these vivariums full sustaining environs?

[ArizonaFrogGuy]

I sooo want this. I've almost got the wife talked into it too. I look forward to having life plants and moss in a new set up cuz right now everything I have is fake. Its functional just not the greatest setup and I want the greatest.