Coral Keepers 10 gallon dart frog diary.

[Coral Keeper]

Here is an update of the tank.

Tell me what you think!

[bgoodwins]

Looks bueno!

[Coral Keeper]

Here is another update! I made a nice wooden house for the frogs. Tell me what you think!

[bgoodwins]

When do the frogs come?

[Coral Keeper]

Originally Posted by bgoodwins

When do the frogs come?

I wana get the frogs by christmas time. But im not 100% sure when.

[Coral Keeper]

Which pic looks better? Pic 1 or Pic 2?(pic 2 has some wood.)

[Coral Keeper]

Im finished now. Now the only most important thing is to get the culters of fruit flies going and get the frogs.

[Gundy]

SO spill the beans on how you did the removable background. I've got a 55 gallon I wanna do desert style with. Its got a glass divider on the top of it so its impossible to just great stuff the entire backside from inside the glass.. That and I want to be able to remove it if I want to put fish in it at some time.

Did you just measure and then draw the measurements on card board and spray? What did you use to cut the foam?

[Coral Keeper]

Originally Posted by Gundy

SO spill the beans on how you did the removable background. I've got a 55 gallon I wanna do desert style with. Its got a glass divider on the top of it so its impossible to just great stuff the entire backside from inside the glass.. That and I want to be able to remove it if I want to put fish in it at some time.

Did you just measure and then draw the measurements on card board and spray? What did you use to cut the foam?

I got a hard peace of plastic, cut it out to the size i need it to be, then get the great stuff foam and spray it all over the hard peace of plastic i cut out. Then when it gets hard get a saw and cut off all that foam you dont need then your don! Oh yeah, when you spray the foam put what ever you want on it right away.

[BiscuitSlayer]

A couple of things:

I hope you aren't planning on having too many frogs in your enclosure. You haven't left much room for them to move around.

Do you have a way for the frogs to be able to get out of the pool if they fall in? Looks a little deep to me.

Not sure what you are going to need to sustain the plants, but if they require ferts you need to be extremely cautious. Ferts could be lethal to the frogs as they absorb things directly through their skin.

The enclosure is very interesting. The only other problem that I could see is the flow from your stream sweeping both frogs and flies into the pool. As long as the frogs can get out then you shouldn't have too much to worry about. The flies on the other hand could die and cause the water to become toxic.

Have you done any research on the frogs requirements? Might want to check out this site for flies:

http://edsflymeat.com/insects.htm

I have used them in the past. Their site is a little cheesy, but they have secure online ordering and good service. If you get Wingless Drosophila melanogaster, you can keep flies forever if you can keep the cultures going. Those things reproduce like wildfire. You would probably need to get some culture materials, etc. but they sell that too.

[Coral Keeper]

Originally Posted by BiscuitSlayer

A couple of things:

I hope you aren't planning on having too many frogs in your enclosure. You haven't left much room for them to move around.

Do you have a way for the frogs to be able to get out of the pool if they fall in? Looks a little deep to me.

Not sure what you are going to need to sustain the plants, but if they require ferts you need to be extremely cautious. Ferts could be lethal to the frogs as they absorb things directly through their skin.

The enclosure is very interesting. The only other problem that I could see is the flow from your stream sweeping both frogs and flies into the pool. As long as the frogs can get out then you shouldn't have too much to worry about. The flies on the other hand could die and cause the water to become toxic.

Have you done any research on the frogs requirements? Might want to check out this site for flies:

http://edsflymeat.com/insects.htm

I have used them in the past. Their site is a little cheesy, but they have secure online ordering and good service. If you get Wingless Drosophila melanogaster, you can keep flies forever if you can keep the cultures going. Those things reproduce like wildfire. You would probably need to get some culture materials, etc. but they sell that too.

Im going to have one or two frogs. Yes, there is a way out of the pool. IDK why it looks steep to you, but they can get out with no problem. Im probably not going to use any ferts. Too dangerous. The streams flow isent strong enough to sweep any kind of frog away. Its not even strong at all. I am home schooled, so ill keep an eye out in the pool and other things in the tank. So there wont be any flies in the pool. Yes, i did do research on the frogs requirements. Yes, i know what i need to dust the flies with. I am going to get the Wingless Drosophila melanogaster.

[sNApple]

get some fruit flies now, and start practicing, use some to practicing making more cultures and use the rest to feed your fish, they make awesome fish food.

[Coral Keeper]

Originally Posted by sNApple

get some fruit flies now, and start practicing, use some to practicing making more cultures and use the rest to feed your fish, they make awesome fish food.

Yeah, i asked a guy and he said he will send me a culture of ff and a culture of springtails for free. He said he will ship them out on Monday, so ill get them next week.

[Coral Keeper]

Here are some update pics of the terrarium. I added some new plants and took away some plants. I also made some large holes in the back round and filled it up with coco fiber for the plants that are on the back round. I added some rabbit food fern. I also took away some of the carpet plant and added some leaves and some dried moss. I gave the leaves a nice 20 min boil.

[Gundy]

I've used great stuff on tanks before, just not in a removable manner. I've always used silicone after it dries and then before the silicone dries I spread bed-a-beast on it and it forms a better barrier and holds the bed-a-beast or coco better and looks more natural, I hate seeing the yellow great stuff foam. Not to mention Great stuff is toxic if it isn't sealed.