this is an update to the viv I was building in This Topic

it's been 2 years since I started building it, and i'm finally satisfied enough with it to get some frogs for in it. i plan to buy some Leucs this weekend at a reptile expo. thinking of getting 5 of them, 3 females and 2 males.

over the past few months I redid a lot of it. i removed a bunch of plants that either were looking ugly or weren't doing well and added a bunch of new ones. also removed the hinged doors and replaced them with a home made sliding door system. theres a rain system in the tank, but its not on any timer yet (pretty sure I posted a topic about it on this forum). the pond/waterfall system is now made out of 2" PVC pipes that are cut lengthwise that I put aquarium silicon on, coated in decorative gravel, and then covered them in sand to get between the gravel. the background is similar to the streams, it is 1.5" PVC pipes cut lengthwise and hanging on right angle hook screws that are screwed into the back of the tank, i then sealed the holes and around the pipes with hot glue. the plants on the background are ivys and some wondering jew. i hopeing that the background will become a nice cascading wall of ivy and wondering jew.

the whole thing now looks like:

i hadn't cut enough pipe so the left end doesn't have anything yet. but by saturday it'll look the same as the right side.

stream detail


left end:


right end:

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i'd be better off opening my own small zoo.

This looks like it could hold the frog PRINCE! Beautiful

Wow. Very nice! That is going to be one happy frog!

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looks great! What do you have in there for heating? I'm curious!

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nothing actually.

the 2 PCs that I have running 24/7 usually keep my room in the high 70s to low 80s all day and night.

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i'd be better off opening my own small zoo.

well they should be happy with that. Looks like you will have a sauna in your room.

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Creative way to do the stream. I'm looking forward to seeing it all grown in.

Good job!

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I always thought wandering jew was toxic.

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not that I know of. i've seen quite a few people use it with dart frogs and have never heard of problems.

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i'd be better off opening my own small zoo.

not toxic.

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Do what's best for the animal, not what's best for you.