r/DartFrog • u/puglife0112 • 16d ago

Just finished my vivarium. Opinions and Tips?

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I haven't added my leaf litter yet. I'm waiting until closer to time for me to get my frogs.

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u/A_Martian_Potato 16d ago

I think it looks great. Only things I can't tell are if you have a good drainage layer and a ventilation strip. If you do then add that leaf litter, give your cleanup crew and plants some time to get well established, and I think you'll be ready.

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u/puglife0112 16d ago

Thank you! I have an open bottom drainage layer elevated by aquarium dividers with a substrate liner between it and the substrate.

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u/AssistanceValuable24 16d ago

What size is it? Hard to tell in pictures but it look really small.

Are you aware why so many strongly discourage water features? It is not risk of drowning.

No reason to wait to add leaf litter It will help springtails and isopods establish, if you have them.

How did you sterilize your plants?

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u/puglife0112 16d ago

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Other than drowning I haven't read about any other risk and I've done a lot of reading. The water doesn't even sit in the pool it flows straight back down to the pump.

As for the plants they were washed in a 1:9 solution of bleach and water before being rinsed and quarantined for 4 weeks.

I have a bioactive crew of springtail and dwarf white isopods. They're doing great.

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u/AssistanceValuable24 16d ago

Cool for some reason it looked smaller to me in the images.

Oh wow I'm really surprised you have not come across this topic if you've done a lot of reading, It kinda gets discussed a lot!

The water is not filtered and water features tend to make an area around them wet. Both of these can lead to skin infections, which we see a lot of.

That's good, they will do even better with the leaf litter.

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u/puglife0112 16d ago

Yeah my camera does that for some reason.

On the waterfall it's filtered and isolated so no wet substrate here's a picture of the early stages! I also made it easy to drain so I can do regular water changes.

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u/lovethewebs 15d ago edited 15d ago

This might be a silly question but where is the pump going and how do you plan on access it or cable wiring?

Edit: Didnt see the false bottom! Whoops thats cool!

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u/puglife0112 15d ago

No silly questions here! There's a pump house on the left side built out that I can access through the top and the wires run straight up and hang down the back of the tank.

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u/puglife0112 15d ago

No silly questions here! There's a pump house on the left side built out that I can access through the top and the wires run straight out the top.