This post will have a few topics:

@Don: Thanks for your comments on the Habba Mist. I'll use it, it seems perfectly capable of doing the job, and we use dechlorinated water which will help to keep it unclogged.

@Brett: I am more and more tempted to try the clay route. We do have lots of places in Montreal where we could buy the supplies. I send your process to one of my friends who's a clay artist, and will wait for her feedback as to the feasibility of it in my case (i'm more worried about me than in the clay - i'm not the most manual. I will end up learning, but after a few mistakes). I have a few questions, Brett:

1. How heavy will the clay get? As we will building for a terrarium that is about 80 cm large (31.5 inches) and close to 40 cm in height (15.75 inches), won't the clay get heavy for the bottom glass of the aquarium?

2. If I understand you, there's no need for a period of "curing" in this case?

3. As you say it needs to be not too dry and not too wet, basically, I need to build the clay backdrop a few days before I actually start the mister?

4. The idea of a drip wall appeals to me a great deal. I am thinking of adding sphagnum moss and pieces of cork in the clay, to your suggestion. But if I go this route, I will create drip paths. How long do we have to wait to start really using water on it?

Q.: Don, Brett, do we need to create a small pond for these frogs? As my vents are so small, they soak in the broms. Azureus are slightly bigger... I was thinking that if we create a drip wall, we could have some of it fall into a pond that could be built at the bottom of the drip wall, somewhere along the wall...

Thanks Brett.

Plants.

When I spoke to Sara my wife about creeping fig, she got really excited about the ideas of using it. So I am certain we will be using that one, and two orchids. The rest is still to be decided with you all.


Q.: If we are going to plant seeds, does anyone knows which plant should be best, and the process/time that it takes?

Q.: There's always the great lighting question. As I read often, it's often said not to bother for the frogs, but important for the plants. In case of darts and the terrarium we are all building, what is your thoughts on this?

Update:

1. We picked up the aquarium yesterday. So I'm thinking we should start building my March 1. I would like to submit you guys a drawing of the vivarium to have your ok, inputs, suggestions corrections, and post back the drawing with your comments and we'll use it as the blueprint.

2. I have finally decided on the frogs: It will be a pair of azureus (sorry John). There's a breeder in Montreal which supplies occasionally Mark Pepper from UE, and we will be taking his route.

3. Once we start building, I will make a recap of this pre-production/crowdsourcing process before going forward, to make the thread more concise for new readers and to make sure we have everyone's buy-in.

4. Once the terrarium will be complete, I will take this thread and condense it in a new How to build a terrarium for darts, with the planning, the process, the needed material, and a FAQ at the end of the article, with the most pertinent questions that were asked here, so that the most information will be gathered and available for future darters.

That's it for now! Thank you everyone for your contribution so far!

Eric