My GTF 60Gal terrarium

[Griffin]

hey guys,iam new to the forums and wanted to show my terrarium

this is my 5 week old 60Gal terrarium,hope you enjoy

full tank shot

potho on log,grwoing nicely

ficus-fig bellus

parlor palm

side shot of the tank

water droplet off of pothos leaf(if you look really close you can see the reflection of the other leaves)

tank with fog on


Frog pics



one of my fav,and its my avatar


inhabitants:4 american green tree frogs
tank specs:
repti fogger on a timer(goes on 5 times a day for 30min each time)
lighting:shoplight 2x t12 6500k 40w each on 10 hours a day
temp:72F-75F
humidity:70%-%80
plants:
pothos
ficus-fig bellus
parlor palms
lipstick krakau
ivy ingrid liz
2 ferns
pitcher plant(but dont know how good its going to do)
and a few other plants i dont know there names
and i have tropical moss coming in the mail but its been over a week and haven't gotten it yet

this is my very first terrarium
comments are welcome

thanks for looking guys

[Griffin]

woops,messed up on the ficus pic

[throttlejunkie1]

That set up rocks! Great looking GTF's as well...

[DonLisk]

Very nice and wait until all those plants grow in. Your frogs will love the greenery.

[Kisa]

That is an absolutely wonderful tank for your first try, for real. It's amazing. And lovely frogs!

Welcome to the forum!

[daziladi]

Very impressive, handsome frogs as well. Love seeing photos of everyone's vivariums... nice job on it.

[bshmerlie]

Very nice ....good job

[Griffin]

thank you guys so much for all the comments.i built a moonlight for night viewing and looks really neat,i will try to get a picture of it tonight and post it

[UncleChester]

That looks terrific! The only thing I'd say is to put something like leaf litter or sheet moss over the substrate to help keep it from sticking to the frogs, though they look to be pretty clean as it is.

Please give us updated pics after another few weeks so we can watch the jungle grow

[Griffin]

That looks terrific! The only thing I'd say is to put something like leaf litter or sheet moss over the substrate to help keep it from sticking to the frogs, though they look to be pretty clean as it is.

Please give us updated pics after another few weeks so we can watch the jungle grow

im trying to find some clean leaf litter here in las vegas but cant seem to find any this time of year(go figure cant find dead leaves).and i will keep you guys updated with new pics in a few weeks to a month

[Griffin]

i tried to get a picture of the moon-light last night but the camera wouldnt capture it,i guess too low level of light

[UncleChester]

i tried to get a picture of the moon-light last night but the camera wouldnt capture it,i guess too low level of light

It can be hard to capture the mood of low lighting. If your camera has a manual exposure mode, you can muck around with that, otherwise it hopefully has "Exposure Compensation" or "Exposure Bias" that you can fiddle with. A tripod or something stable to set the camera on and use of the self timer will be a good idea as a long exposure will probably be needed.


There are places you can order leaf litter, but it's not an urgent thing if you'll have a place to collect it yourself later in the season

[LilyPad]

Amazing!!! That is one beautiful tank!! Your frogs look sooo happy!

[Griffin]

It can be hard to capture the mood of low lighting. If your camera has a manual exposure mode, you can muck around with that, otherwise it hopefully has "Exposure Compensation" or "Exposure Bias" that you can fiddle with. A tripod or something stable to set the camera on and use of the self timer will be a good idea as a long exposure will probably be needed.


There are places you can order leaf litter, but it's not an urgent thing if you'll have a place to collect it yourself later in the season

thanks for the photography tips,and can you give me a link where you can buy leaf-litter just incase.thanks

[Griffin]

Amazing!!! That is one beautiful tank!! Your frogs look sooo happy!

thank you LilyPad

[UncleChester]

I'm sure there are many others (I'm lucky to be able to collect it myself so I've never had to buy any), but here's two I know of off hand:

Forum member JimO, his latest "for sale" listing of litter is from last fall:

http://www.frogforum.net/sale-trade/...ia-leaves.html

Josh's Frogs always seems to get good reviews:

Leaf Litter Collection | Josh's Frogs

[Griffin]

I'm sure there are many others (I'm lucky to be able to collect it myself so I've never had to buy any), but here's two I know of off hand:

Forum member JimO, his latest "for sale" listing of litter is from last fall:

http://www.frogforum.net/sale-trade/...ia-leaves.html

Josh's Frogs always seems to get good reviews:

Leaf Litter Collection | Josh's Frogs

thanks Brian

[IrishRonin]

really nice job, i agree with everyone- it'll look *****en when everything grows in