dart frog habitat build

[aaronfeeney]

start with a 35 gallon hexagon fish tank
remove 2 side panels, cut the 2 panels to 6" high, and put them back

put the top frame back on the tank

add 2 2" high pieces of glass into the top frame and cut acrylic top

silicone all joints to make bottom water tight
acrylic top stays loose until terrarium is planted and all pumps, heaters and lighting has been laid out

thats it so far,
next comes locating hinges and making 2 glass access doors in front, with some sort of latch

 

[Kingstature]

Thats gonna be Bad a** way to do right the first time... Nice Cuts looks good.. What are you cutting the Glass with? :king:

 

[lars on]

WOW. I cannot wait to see how this turns out!!

 

[aaronfeeney]

cutting glass

I bought a cheap little glass cutter at lowes for $3.95, after cut I took my 4 1/2" grinder, with a flapper disc and smoothed the cut edge,,, then hand sanded to 220 grit---pain in the butt, but I am a metal fabricator and have never messed with glass cutting.

 

[Jacko]

I'm impressed! That's gonna look awesome when it's fully planted!

What're you going for for your first frogs? My vote is for tincs

 

[aaronfeeney]

frogs

still researching which to get, I have never raised darts so not looking for too much of a challenge

 

[sidekicking]

whoa feeney this set up is really looking good
cant wait to see the final product

 

[aaronfeeney]

door hardware

door hardware is proving to be a pain in the ass

 

[sidekicking]

door hardware is proving to be a pain in the ass

I hope that doesn't mean you are giving up on this project

 

[aaronfeeney]

not giving up

just a stumbling block

 

[Mikey]

Lookin good. (check your profile and friends list, then accept me lol its been 3 weeks!! haha)

 

[aaronfeeney]

re visit this project

getting ready to start working on this project again

 

[larry.beck]

Anxious to see how this progresses. :9*:

 

[protocl]

Isn't dart frogs...poisonous?

 

[Jacko]

Isn't dart frogs...poisonous?

Not in captivity, they derive their poison from ants they feed on in the wild... and a smart person does not feed their pet frog these ants :

Can't wait to see this! Probably gonna push me into doing my 20 gallon viv lol

 

[Caton]

I got a 15g tank just waiting to be made into a vertical viv.