Phyllomedusa tomoptera viv build.

[Leefrogs]

plants--I love this part of frogging!!! U had the best build thread for your milks. Can't wait to see what u do on this one!! Here's my fave plants for climbers! Corn plant or tea leaf(Hawaiian food plant ) yucca resembles these but toxic. Fiddle leaf fig if u can find a short enough one. Snake plant/ mother in laws ( in kisa's viv) hibiscus, ponytail or an older /bigger jade tree. For decoration or cover-- palm, prayer plant, peace lily, ferns and bromiliad. From the cover perspective the list is almost endless, most of them used in dart tanks and always a staple in every viv. Ive tossed around growing ginger, buy a root and it grows grass like 6" tall. Walmart got shipment of broms-- smaller ones were 3$ giants were 11. I just don't think longevity on broms are that good, as they sell them in flower stage and their life is half over, u have to hope for babies and then plant them.

[Kisa]

Thanks for recommending me Eric, but my viv isn't super fantastic. I just tried to make them comfortable. ^ ^

As for the Tomops, great choice! These are wonderful frogs, beautiful and fun to watch. They were my first monkey's too, I was just astounded by how beautiful the coloration and striping on their legs was, and seeing it in person...oh gosh there's no comparison! XD

I've only had my two for a week, but I've had their viv set up for three. If you want you can check out pictures of my P. Tomopterna's viv in my album "Viv Set Up/s" on my profile (also pictures of the frogs in the "Phyllomedusa Tomopterna" album >>), though I'm sure your viv will be much better than mine. XD

I also did a thread on my viv "build" that lines out everything I did with pictures and a step-by-step process. The plants and substrate I used, building materials etc, but in the end my viv was quite simple. I just modified a background (came with the rainforest kit) and planted it. Took me two days, and I probably could have done it in one if it wasn't for school.

My Tomops are fairly new and still settling of course, but the female I bought from Mike Novy (great guy with great frogs) is doing really well, though she's still a bit scared of course. The male I have is much shier and I'm having some minor problems with him eating and sleeping all the time, but I think he's a bit younger and has a more energetic personality. He'll come around, I'm sure. XD

If you have any questions feel free to ask away! Though these frogs aren't as hard to take care of as I thought, they're a little similar to Red Eyes in care and size, so I'd go off of a care sheet for them and just ask Mike. He's so nice and ready to help you with any questions you have, it's really worth it to give him a call and do your research there.

Congrats on your new project and frog decision, I can't WAIT to see what you do! ><

[Kisa]

Here's a link to my amateur viv build, I don't know how helpful it'll be but I'll put it down anyway just for you to see what I've done. XD

http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...viv-build.html

I'm so excited for you! I can't wait to see pictures of your viv AND your frogs, they're gonna be great! ><