New obsession, a little slice of the rain forest

[CKreef]

He is so tiny I cant get one

 

[SRT80]

cool, so it's a dart frog.

Can you post a picture of your setup?

Steve

 

[CKreef]

yeah I will soon

 

[gsusfreak]

how much was that frog chris?

 

[CKreef]

They go for $135 each

 

[Turtle77]

Question.... the 12 Gallon Nano that I want to use for my Dart Frogs still has a little of the calcium build up in it from when I had it as a saltwater tank. Do you think that will hurt anything?

Ohh and in that pic of the 12 gallon at the Critter, what is that climbing vine in the back?

 

[CKreef]

I think it may be Ficus pumilus Creeping fig

 

[SRT80]

Yea, I'd say CK is right. That's a creeping fig in my tank in the center. Just waiting for it to spread on the background...

CK....where's the pictures?

Steve

 

[gsusfreak]

man.....took a stab at making one of these with my broken 55 tank.....and after all that hard work.....it LEAKS!!!!....grr....

oh well...guess i'll have to use one of my other tanks

 

[SRT80]

that sucks. Remember you can get a 20H, 20L, or 29 for a $1 a gal. Sale ends Sun. I'm thinkin' about gettin' a 29 and resetup. I have plenty of substrate. Just have to make a new background and will use the plants from the 10 gal.

Steve

 

[CKreef]

Steve how are you making your background?

 

[gsusfreak]

im sure that questions was directed for steve......but i just used foam and covered it in silicone with coco bedding

 

[SRT80]

I like Johns method. I'm probably gonna pick up a couple pieces of the cork tiles (flat pieces of cork made for the exo terra terrariums). Double sided velcro worked well on attaching the tree fern panel so I might do it that way. The new background, I plan to use brown wire ties and drill holes in the tile to attach smaller pieces of mopani wood to attach air plants too. I then plan to hide the ties (if very noticiable) with moss. I read some people use the moss around air plants anyways...

The tree fern panel I used in the 10 is nice but really messy. It sheds the pine like needles...

Steve

 

[CKreef]

Some pics of the 20g setup.

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[CKreef]

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[NeveSSL]

Nice man!

That little guy is awesome! Looks great!

Brandon

 

[SRT80]

sweet setup. You did a nice job on that.

Steve

 

[CKreef]

Do you think I should add more coco bedding? It stays pretty wet.

 

[CKreef]

More frog Pics.

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[SRT80]

i dont know. They say to do a 1-2" bedding of gravel or hydroton under a 2" bedding (seperated by screen). And the water level should be about a 1/2" under the soil. That's to keep the bedding and plants roots from bein' soaked.

This is just what I read.

Steve