Hi everyone, a few question from me regarding the conversion of my ten gallon long.

Once my White's (Bruce Wayne) is big enough I'm going to be moving him into the 33 gallon tall I have my other adult White's in now. Once the little one is moved out I plan on taking the ten gallon and converting it to a vertical structure for a pair of Dendropsophus leucophyllatus (Clown Tree Frogs).

Now, my question is, what is the best way to convert this tank? I looked up some conversion kits online and those certainly seem to be the easiest way to convert my tank, but I'm not sure if they'll work for the dimensions I have. I can probably get my hands on some glass and silicone for free, so making a lip and door for the tank on my own could probably work out, I guess I'm just confused on how to make the door so it swings open and provide ventilation, since this construction will be for tree frogs and not darts.

Keep in mind it'll still be a while before I start the actual build, but for now I'm looking for suggestions on how to properly build a door and provide good ventilation. My tank dimensions are 20x10x12 horizontal, so when vertical it will be 12x10x20, I believe.

I was planning on building a background that covers three sides of the tank out of either clay or GS (Great Stuff), as I have been wanting to try this for some time and have a can of GS just sitting around, and planting it with pothos for sure, and maybe some colorful flowers like african violet or something for them to hide in. I'm going to do a hydroballs/coco fiber substrate, maybe with a pre-planned water area built in, but I'm not sure because I have some extra water bowls lying around that I could use. Some people have said that their Clowns will not use a water bowl and go for moving water flow only (i.e. a waterfall) but I'm not sure I have the room or the cash to do something that extensive for this tank, though I know I want to try it for the Red Eye tank I'll be building next.

As for the ventilation I was thinking of just providing a small piece of screening material above the door that is 3 or 4 inches wide. So at the bottom there would be a five inch glass lip, then the door, and above the door a small piece of screen? I'm suggesting this because at first I thought I could drill holes in the glass top but now am unsure if that is possible or safe. Any suggestions regarding this would be a blessing, not to mention the door construction, I don't even know where to start with that. XD;

Thanks guys,
Brit