ideas for a tropical 10 gallon setup (im new and need help)

@marko@ · #1 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008, 07:03 PM

id like to build a 10 gallon tropical terrarium. i will have 55 watts over it, 1 40watt bulb (1/2 6700k, 1/2 10000k), and 1 15watt bulb (it is "full spectrum" with no k rating, but it gives 7% UVB output; is this enough light for most plants? i have experience with aquatic plants, but i know little about the lighting requirements of terrestrial ones.

what inhabitant would you suggest i keep? i looked into day geckos and dart frogs. i have some experience with lizards (i have a leo and took care of a friends anoles for a while). i would preffer the day gecko so i dont have to keep bug cultures (i found a commercial food for them, and i trained my leo to take prepared food, so i could probably do the same with a day gecko). i will consider anything my mom will let me keep, though.

any plant suggestion for me?

any other suggestions?

whitesarana · #2 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008, 08:46 PM

Bromeliads are a very great plant choice for trpical vivs. If you get a tree frog it will spend all its time inside it. I would seriousely reccomend a whites tree frog. Dart frogs are so expensive these days...

whitesarana · #3 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008, 08:47 PM

and how old are you

@marko@ · #4 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008, 08:55 PM

yeah i was planning on buying some tillandsia, probably the thin leaf variety since the humidity would be high, or would the humidity not be high enough and a broad leafed one would do better?

hmm ill look into the frog

im 15

@marko@ · #5 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008, 08:59 PM

a bunch of sources all reccomend tanks around 25 gallons, and tall ones; so i dont think it would work, i dont want the animal to be kept in poor conditions.

@marko@ · #6 (**permalink**) 05-05-2008, 07:20 PM

anyone else, help, plz?
i dont mean to nag, but there hasnt been a single post in 2 days.

Waterkeeper · #7 (**permalink**) 05-05-2008, 08:46 PM

That is a ton of lighting over a 10 gallon. I get a lot of growth in my 10 with a 15watt 2.0.

personally I wouldn't subject an animal much larger than a firebelly to a tank that small, but that's just me. My 2 red eyes are getting 44gal all to themselves.

@marko@ · #8 (**permalink**) 05-05-2008, 09:49 PM

ill probably get a larger one in the end, like the third size exo-terra.

whitesarana · #9 (**permalink**) 05-06-2008, 11:30 AM

a white lipped tree frog might work for a 10 gallon