Hello. I'm new here. I'm in a rush right now but really wanted to get this started. So i'm in the process of building a 20 gallon long dendrobate luecmelas vivarium. This being my first vivarium, i'm really excited. I've been keeping/breeding tree frogs but have never made a nice vivarium with a background or even live plants. After doing research, I will NOT have a water feature, I WILL house 2 luecs, I WILL have a background, I WILL have a false bottom (Hydroton), I WILL have MANY live plants, I AM welcome to feedback, and I WILL work hard on this. I already have many plants in a grow out tank (Many plants, will not name all, but heres a few: 3 bromeliads (1 zoe, 2 midgets), ficus pumila oak leaf, golden pothos, red wandering jew, rabbit foot fern, 1 orchid (not sure on exact name), and about 10 more I don't have the names on the tip of my tounge. The background is great stuff expanding foam/silicone (ACE black silicone, clearly mentions Mold Inhibitor, BUT it has much less than GE silicone II, which many people use)/peat moss. I'm hoping the peat moss will grow green over time (peatmoss is spagnum moss) and I hope all the plants do well. Here is the start of the journal (HINT: always do foam in LAYERS, very thin layers, not all at once)
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I ripped the roots out after they've expanded, I didn't like em.
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Lighting- 1 17w T8 bulb (also will add 1-20w T5 bulb)
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Just after peatmoss/silicone
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After silicone peat touchups, sitting in green house to air out for a few days (fumes!)
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FTS in greenhouse
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Next is planting and I will get my frogs August 13, which is the herp show here. I plan on getting either a 2.0, 1.1, or 2.1 of luecs.