New vertical vivarium build log with pics

[beckdg]

Originally Posted by Adventure King

Pedro, my GTF, passed away the other night.

my condolences.

[Adventure King]

So I decided I'm going to order some coco panels from Josh's frogs because they would look better with my GS waterfall than flattened cork bark, plus cork bark is so stinkin' expensive, plus plants could root in it easy too.

I will be ordering some Ghost wood from Save On Crafts.com because, unlike Manzanita, Mopani, or Malaysian driftwood it spontaniously sprouts moss and is also good for wet habitats.

I'm using the big gap filler GS that expands to more than an inch and I wonder why no one else uses it. It expands more than the regular kind and costs less. Is it toxic or something?

Someday I'd like dart frogs but not for an arboreal tank and I barely have enough money for one. I always imagined having a group of three or four so at least one would be visible and it would be a community, but thats just not possible in the near future.

And, as usual, we end with a question, Are any of you breeding Clown tree frogs right now? That was the kind of frog that I intended this tank for. I found one ad on kingsnake.com but I'm not sure if it is still going on.

[froggsong]

I often use the Big Gap Filler for larger projects on layers I don't need to carve into. It makes bigger bubbles and doesn't carve as well. It's the Windows and Doors (blue can) that should be avoided.

I've never heard of ghost wood spontaneously sprouting moss... Of course, I've not done any research on it either. You can get moss to sprout on pretty much any wood if spores are present (and they always are, pretty much everywhere, as they float around on air currents waiting to be deposited on the perfect spot).

Clown tree frogs are awesome. I sure hope you find some!

[Adventure King]

Also, how about glass frogs? Those are pretty cool, I'd have to do some researching though.

Pics coming soon! When I get some progress done! Hopefully! And when I can find my camera!

[Adventure King]

I googled "clown tree frogs for sale" and a bunch came up, but the lowest price was just over $20 and I originally wanted three. Besides they were gathered from the wild instead of captive bred.

[Adventure King]

Okay here's an idea for a homemade water distiller. It uses the same idea basically as how to make water in the desert.

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Let me know what you think!

[Grimm]

That works to keep someone alive as a last resort, so it may take a long time to get any substantial amount of clean water.

You could also just buy a large bucket of water, then let it sit still for a few days, and syphon off the top half of the bucket. The majority of the particles will have sunk to the bottom and you will be left with fairly clean water.

[Adventure King]

I finally made some progress after the ghost wood that I ordered arrived yesterday. It is awsome stellar uber cool wood simply because it's mine!
Here it is.


Now that I had the wood I experimented with different positions and got started on the removable waterfall. I took some pieces of flagstone slate and broke them up and put them in the GS so water would flow over them like a fountain.


but for some reason the GS during the last hours of curing shrunk and pulled the frame together so it wasn't a 90 degree angle any more.






Any ideas on how to fix this? I'm thinking of siliconing this part down and making the top part removable.

[froggsong]

cut through the GS in the corner all the way to the joint, then pull it back apart to the right size, and either pack it with something or spray a very thin line of GS all the way back in the cut. That should get it back in shape.

[Adventure King]

quick question while I'm working. My mother has a 75 watt output grow light that she wants to get rid of. Would this light be okay for frogs? Would the plants grow at a very high rate so I would be pruning every week or so?