Building 40 vert

[Delmarr]

Thanks for your responses. I have looked at AAA kits and though they would be great for a dart frog tank I have 2 problems. 1. the vent at the top is very small and from what I am reading most tree frogs need less humidity and more ventilation then I think this kit is designed for. 2. the brand of tank I bought has a slightly smaller opening due to a thicker frame and the AAA kits just wont fit.

I am also a bit hung up (excuse the pun) on how to hang the door. I want a side hings but with the thickness of the frame on the tank the josh frog piano hinges would barely reach the door.

I have been looking at some of the gliding frogs as an option but do not know if they are a good choice. ie. can I provide optimum conditions? Are they endangered (refuse to be part of the problem) are they available? etc. Also like the Glass frogs and Peacock's but same questions apply.

I am willing to spend a couple hundred per frog if needed but so far most everything I see is $50 and under. Don't get me wrong, I am not equating cost with how great one frog is or isn't. I am just surprised not to see costlier choices> Maybe I just have not found the vendors that deal in less common frogs.

Again, thanks all for your very helpful responses. This is looking to be a great community of like minded people.

Delmarr

[MikeM670]

I only have darts right now and actually just got them in the past month. The kits for the 10 gallon I believe are really setup for this type. The larger 40 gallon breeder door kit has a much bigger vent. I have seen some videos on youtube from AAAFrogs that show the 40 gallons. Maybe that would give you more information. I might try my hand at building my own door kits as I enjoy building the complete setups just as much as keeping the darts. I'm looking forward to getting some red eyes soon but want to have something ready to go. Just hope I can still get them. They are so popular.

[Leefrogs]

I would make sure everything you buy comes with the tag CB-- that means it's captive breed. Stay away from even "farm" raised. You'll find you pay more fir CB animals. But these are more freindly and healthy animals.
second your conversion. I did a 10 gal conversion today that cost 4$ for the glass the screen and frame was 8, but you gotta figure I paid for laybor. I found the screen to be too big leingth and width. I just pryed it in there. But that made the door over lap a little. So if you do your own conversion. It's better to tell them 1/8 less than you need, as silicone will fill the gaps. Pictures of build will be added to my list of being green and saving $ by Saturday if you wana check it out

[Eric Walker]

Delmarr- in reguards to your venting question. A bit bigger is better. you can allways
put a small peice of acrilic over part of the vent to close some off if it is to much airflow. Its harder to creat more airflow if needed witho a fan. I have 3 40 breeder verts I built with sliding glass doors not in use yet along with 5 30 breeders. I think the vent is abot 3-4 inches but I would have to check. I would recomend trying the sliding doors, they rock. Also there is no stress on you hinge. only problem with makeing them is your measurements need to be a bit more precise but I didn't have to much of a problem. My local glass guys are awsome and made it very easy for me. I was actually able to center the track with the trim so one peice of door fits snug inside the trim and the other outside the trim. not even fruit flys can get out.