03-13-2008, 10:16 PM
So far I have purchased the following:
Tank 20"wide, 18" deep, and 24" tall....37 gallon
substrate - LECA, Eco Earth blocks, coconut bark
Heating unit - Exo Terra Heat Wave 16 watt (my house is 62 at night and 68 during the day in the winter..I would remove it in the summer)
Thermo/Humidity tester - R-Zilla Terrarium Thermometer-Hygrometer
Water supply - 4 chamber RO unit (for SW fishtank too), Exo -Terra medium waterfall
Decor - 2 coconut huts, "frog moss" that is suppose to come to life when wet, river rocks, and having leaves baked in the sun as we speak, watering bowl (very small bowl that looks like a tree stump), river rocks. Still need to get a feeding dish so they can find the food easy.
Frog supplies:
Rep-Cal Herptivite Multivitamin
Rep-Cal Calcium with Vitamin D3
Duster cup
Reference book - Poison Dart Frogs by Amanda & Greg Sihler
First of all, I am definately open to suggestions on doing something different. My plan is to set the tank up when my order comes in, add plants (which I would love suggestions on the idiot proof beginner plants), figure out what kind of background I am going to do because I would like to do whatever is best for the frogs to utilize all of the tank, have that running for a while to see if that is good enough to maintain the temp/humidity, and to see if the plants will grow. All the while trying my hand at culturing fruit flies.
Now comes the frog questions:
I have an idea on which frogs I would like to have but have read conflicting statements on what is do-able so...I would like to have 1 Leucomelas (the yellow/black one), 1 azureus (the blue/black one), 1 blue phaze auratus, 1 green phaze auratus (the green/black one). Is this possible in one 37g tank? Also, once they are quarantined, is there an aclimation process? Is it best to get all frogs at one time or 1 or 2 at a time?
Are automatic misters or foggers worth it?
Any help, suggestions, words of advice are very much appreciated.
Best regards,
Candy
Tank 20"wide, 18" deep, and 24" tall....37 gallon
substrate - LECA, Eco Earth blocks, coconut bark
Heating unit - Exo Terra Heat Wave 16 watt (my house is 62 at night and 68 during the day in the winter..I would remove it in the summer)
Thermo/Humidity tester - R-Zilla Terrarium Thermometer-Hygrometer
Water supply - 4 chamber RO unit (for SW fishtank too), Exo -Terra medium waterfall
Decor - 2 coconut huts, "frog moss" that is suppose to come to life when wet, river rocks, and having leaves baked in the sun as we speak, watering bowl (very small bowl that looks like a tree stump), river rocks. Still need to get a feeding dish so they can find the food easy.
Frog supplies:
Rep-Cal Herptivite Multivitamin
Rep-Cal Calcium with Vitamin D3
Duster cup
Reference book - Poison Dart Frogs by Amanda & Greg Sihler
First of all, I am definately open to suggestions on doing something different. My plan is to set the tank up when my order comes in, add plants (which I would love suggestions on the idiot proof beginner plants), figure out what kind of background I am going to do because I would like to do whatever is best for the frogs to utilize all of the tank, have that running for a while to see if that is good enough to maintain the temp/humidity, and to see if the plants will grow. All the while trying my hand at culturing fruit flies.
Now comes the frog questions:
I have an idea on which frogs I would like to have but have read conflicting statements on what is do-able so...I would like to have 1 Leucomelas (the yellow/black one), 1 azureus (the blue/black one), 1 blue phaze auratus, 1 green phaze auratus (the green/black one). Is this possible in one 37g tank? Also, once they are quarantined, is there an aclimation process? Is it best to get all frogs at one time or 1 or 2 at a time?
Are automatic misters or foggers worth it?
Any help, suggestions, words of advice are very much appreciated.
Best regards,
Candy