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Well, I have been working on this for quite a sometime now. It is almost finished, so I thought I would share the progress. I built this from the ground up it is 1/4" acrylic, 34" wide X 46"tall and 20" deep. It has 96watt T5's and moonlights . The waterfall portion should be finished soon. I had to get the plants in because they have been in my holding area that has very little light. I hope to get about 6 bumble bee darts in there.
Nick

Nick-- I really like that. The Alocasia might get really big, but you have a lot of height for it. I have found in growing them in the house and greenhouse that they need a drier, cooler rest period, where the leaves will all die back and restart in a couple of months, but I'm certainly not an expert on them, and this one might just do fine for you. (Nothing ventured, nothing gained.) The Pellea rotundifolia (fern with the roundish pinnae about half way up the background on the left) couldn't be in a better spot for this specie, since it's one of the ferns that like its roots somewhat dry and very well drained. All in all, I think you've done everything beautifully. It should certainly make a group of leucomelas very happy, and they'll really be able to utilize this background along with the floor. I'm looking forward to the waterfalls feature.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

D. auratus blue, auratus Ancon Hill, galactonotus orange, galactonotus yellow, fantasticus, reticulatus, imitator, castaneoticus, azureus, pumilio Bastimentos. P. lugubris, vittatus, terribilis mint green, terribilis orange.

Thanks Patty,
I agree with the alocasia, but I had it so I thought I would give it a try. I also had a Alocasia cuculata that I wanted to use but it was already 2' so I was hoping to keep the one I planted trimed back to dwarf it a bit. I am also thinking about moving the Rabbit's foot fern also. I don't really like it by the bromeliads and think I will just give more space to the 2 bromeliads there.
I did not use a false botton. Instead I have a drainage valve at the bottom. I also have the small pond and waterfall contained as a separate area/system.
This is my first attempt and I am sure I will find all kinds of things I should have done different
Nick

You will always find things you should have done differently, but that doesn't mean you can't change things later as you go along, or that it has to be perfect before you add your frogs. It will never stay perfect anyway, because plants grow, not always in an orderly fashion, and other things crop up here and there that I personally think makes the entire environment even better. The frogs will adapt to a lot of messing around with trimming and such, without having to remove them to do it. I think you've done your job and it very near time to let some frogs live in it and enjoy it. Don't get too fussy about it--just go for it and see what happens.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

D. auratus blue, auratus Ancon Hill, galactonotus orange, galactonotus yellow, fantasticus, reticulatus, imitator, castaneoticus, azureus, pumilio Bastimentos. P. lugubris, vittatus, terribilis mint green, terribilis orange.