08-27-2008, 10:40 PM
hi, first off i am new to everything that has to do with live vivariums and dart frogs in generall. So my first question is about leaving my live vivarium/dart frogs alone. I have a job that requires me to not come home for 1 full day and then later the same week 2 full days, i have noone to look after my vivarium for those days. i have no idea how to install any kind of misting system or fogger nor do i have the budget, but i do want some kind of waterfall/pond inside of the vivarium. but will the plants be able to live without misting or watering for a couple of days? will they be able to live off of humidity alone? And then what about the frogs, if i have a waterfall/pond in it + high humidity i think they would be okay but what about food? i have read about some ways of leaving FF cultures inside the tank for a few days and it would be okay but wouldn't that promote overfedding?
my next questions are about the vivarium itself. in order to plant plants in the background of the vivarium i realize that you need to GS foam some pots into the background itself, but what about drainage? should i drill a hole in the bottom of the pot and lead a tube down into the drainage layer? or will the plants be fine without a drainage layer? And about the substrate, if i wanted to make moss as a carpet, what is a good substrate to lay it on? i was thinking cocofiber, but i see alot of people use cocofiber as a kind of under layer of substrate and then put jungle bedding ontop of that. but the jungle bedding that i have seen aroung here looks like pure woood chips.. is that okay to lay moss on?
my next question is about the actuall frogs... i have read alot about having to many dart frogs in the same viv. and the rule of thumb is 1 frog per 10 gallons. but exo terras are measured differently, i was planning on getting an 18x18x24 how many gallons is that or would it be okay to house 2 D. tinctorius in it? i am truly sorry about all of these questions as i am sure you get them alot, but any answers or help at all would be greatly appreciated! thank you all
my next questions are about the vivarium itself. in order to plant plants in the background of the vivarium i realize that you need to GS foam some pots into the background itself, but what about drainage? should i drill a hole in the bottom of the pot and lead a tube down into the drainage layer? or will the plants be fine without a drainage layer? And about the substrate, if i wanted to make moss as a carpet, what is a good substrate to lay it on? i was thinking cocofiber, but i see alot of people use cocofiber as a kind of under layer of substrate and then put jungle bedding ontop of that. but the jungle bedding that i have seen aroung here looks like pure woood chips.. is that okay to lay moss on?
my next question is about the actuall frogs... i have read alot about having to many dart frogs in the same viv. and the rule of thumb is 1 frog per 10 gallons. but exo terras are measured differently, i was planning on getting an 18x18x24 how many gallons is that or would it be okay to house 2 D. tinctorius in it? i am truly sorry about all of these questions as i am sure you get them alot, but any answers or help at all would be greatly appreciated! thank you all