poison dart frogs

[viciousconvict]

hi folks, I'm currently building my first dart frog terrarium out of a 55 (thought it was a 70. doh!) In any case I am using the foam + driftwood construction method, and I plan to have a waterfall and stream, with the water fall in the back right corner, and a pond in the front left, with a stream connecting them. I will bury the pump in the terra-lite layer and have the pond be just a fiberglass-lined dip int he corner. My plan for the waterfall is to use the same foam as the background, but for the stream i'm conflicted- I've considered cork curls(too straight/wide), foam (I worry about spraying it in with the substrate in place), siliconed slate (too easy to leak out of/might come loose) etc.

So...anybody have any advice for the plumbing/ construction or other plumbing methods. Also, any advice on the flow rates advisable frogs (probably leucomelas) I am using a rio 1700 for the waterfall and a rio 400 for the background plant waterer. I am open to suggestions. (sorry for the long post)

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[Elasmofreak]

hi folks, I'm currently building my first dart frog terrarium out of a 55 (thought it was a 70. doh!) In any case I am using the foam + driftwood construction method, and I plan to have a waterfall and stream, with the water fall in the back right corner, and a pond in the front left, with a stream connecting them. I will bury the pump in the terra-lite layer and have the pond be just a fiberglass-lined dip int he corner. My plan for the waterfall is to use the same foam as the background, but for the stream i'm conflicted- I've considered cork curls(too straight/wide), foam (I worry about spraying it in with the substrate in place), siliconed slate (too easy to leak out of/might come loose) etc.

So...anybody have any advice for the plumbing/ construction or other plumbing methods. Also, any advice on the flow rates advisable frogs (probably leucomelas) I am using a rio 1700 for the waterfall and a rio 400 for the background plant waterer. I am open to suggestions. (sorry for the long post)

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I would use a piece of driftwood, with a channel in it. Ever thought of using a false bottom? Im not big onto them, but might come in hand in your situation. Look on dendroboard.com. There are hundreds of peeps like u and i on there with awesome ideas! You should be able to come up with something, if you look around on there for a couple hours!

 

[viciousconvict]

I did think of the false bottom, but
a) I don't know if it would work witht he foam construction
b) I'm not sure if it couls support all the stuff I want to have on the surface and
c) they look like crap

i will the forum, though

 

[Elasmofreak]

I did think of the false bottom, but
a) I don't know if it would work witht he foam construction
b) I'm not sure if it couls support all the stuff I want to have on the surface and
c) they look like crap

i will the forum, though

Yeah im not big onto the whole false bottom thing either. I like the idea in a SW aquarium (plenum). But yeah i always use the standard pea gravel, sphagnum, coco fiber substrate. Post some pics, it would give me a better idea of what you are talking about.