10g Vivarium

[silentRI]

I am currently setting up a 10g vivarium,
will be my first and i am unsure of what to put in it
was leaning towards a pair of d. leucomelas
any suggestions????

[silentRI]

this is a picture of the 10 gallon
still unsure of what plants to begin putting in...
hoping to get a pair of frogs in there in the next couple of months or so

[Ajax]

African Voilets are good to use... it brings colors. They are different colors of African Voilets. Also some sort of crawling plant for the background wall. Just tame it to keep on the wall.

Just look around... Black Jungle might have some really nice tropical plants.

If you look around Walmart or other stores, just make sure that they are safe.

[silentRI]

some new pictures of my first vivarium...
wanted to put more plants, so many choices... so little space

[Rainfrog]

Id say look into some broms. There are broms that can be attached to the back wall that would add neat texture to the tank. I can see it shaping up nice though. imagine some more plants and some coco huts, and a pair of d. leucomelas. Keep us up to date!

[angry-monkey]

Hey silentRI, how are you heating you viv? im building at the moment and im worrying about heat pads, with all the layers of substrate on the bottom and the foam background?, where do you mount it??

[brettlt]

Most dart frog tanks are not heated by heating pads. Unless the temps stay below the mid to low 60s constantly their is really no need for heat. Usually the heat from the lights is plenty, and a drop in temps at night is supposed to be beneficial.
Like you mentioned, the substrate and in your case, foam background really helps hold in that heat from the lights.

[angry-monkey]

Nice one! Alright well i'll keep building and when its done i'll just see what the temps are like (keeping in mind im in Ireland, so the weather isnt ideal! )

Thanks for the help brettlt!

[silentRI]

03-06-2008 12:20 PM
angry-monkey Hey silentRI, how are you heating you viv? im building at the moment and im worrying about heat pads, with all the layers of substrate on the bottom and the foam background?, where do you mount it??

well as brettlt mentioned, i am not using any heating pads. the temp stays at around 78f. I am using a lifeglo2 lightbulb. humidity is currently 85-88%.

earlier today i saw a tiny orange centipede and a couple of little white critterz. i removed the centipede, not the white things. confused what should i do??

[Rainfrog]

The white things sound like springtails. They are ok. the frogs will eat them and they will help decomp in the tank and soil