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Hey again all, I figured I’d make another post in here after the final changes and tweaking I got some ideas from y’all for, as well as a couple YouTube creators. Forgive me in advance for copying a lot of info from my previous post but in the spirit of saving myself time I’ll not be typing it all over again 😂

Also, these pics were right after a spray down/cleaning, so the humidity is a tad higher than normal, but you can see it decreasing as you swipe through the pics.

This is my new 130 gallon 4’x18”x3’ enclosure for my whites tree frogs! They’ve moved in here from their 45gallon tall I bought them with as babes.

They have a 50w halogen basking bulb set to 85 degrees, an exoterra 14” uvb hood with a 7% Ferguson level 2 bulb, and a 4ft 87w led grow light from barrina for the plants (though I want to replace with an Arcadia soon). There’s a hefty amount of springtails and isopods of all sorts, though I avoided any heavy protein feeders. Plants I’ve added so far are cthante, an umbrella tree, satin pothos, marbled pothos, syngonium arrowhead, Florida ghost, sanseveria, a few money trees and some gold tips moss.
For substrate I did 4-6” of a mixture of about 4:4:3:2:1:1 reptibark,reptisoil,cocofiber,sphagnum,charcoal and playsand. The drainage layer consists of 2-3” of sphagnum moss as a soil barrier (not a fan of mesh), and a mixture of leca, charcoal and lava rock for the reservoir. There’s a good inch or more of leaf litter and various botanicals, and large pieces of cork bark for landing zones.

They have a 12”x5” 2.5 inch deep footage container for a water dish though I only fill about halfway, and a single centered mist king nozzle set for 30 seconds, 1x per day in the direction of their mosses on the cool side.

I opted not to do a background though I really wanted to, pond and stone is hard to find for a good price near me and I am skeptical about the bacterial buildup for big frogs. It’s home to my trio of 2 males and one female, Esquie, Francois, and Florrie! I plan to maybe introduce 1-2 more but want to make sure I find healthy frogs and that they’re not a cannibalism risk :)

I tried to utilize as much vertical space as possible by ziptying branches with holes drilled, and using the lid to my advantage. I also got my hands on some more perches for the sides/back, and some birds nest and staghorn ferns. I took those and made moss balls out of them, tied them tight, and tied them into place on a few ugly joint points. Any extra gaps I just stuffed in extra moss, then did one last pass with the twine, ensuring no gaps a frog may get into.

Added in a water bowl to the top area as well and fastened it with zip ties. I did leave the misting nozzle in, though it’s only set for 30 seconds 1x per day now instead of 2x, mainly because it’s such a large space and I have a window ac that dries everything out very quickly.

Hey again all, I figured I’d make another post in here after the final changes and tweaking I got some ideas from y’all for, as well as a couple YouTube creators. Forgive me in advance for copying a lot of info from my previous post but in the spirit of saving myself time I’ll not be typing it all over again 😂

This is my new 130 gallon 4’x18”x3’ enclosure for my whites tree frogs! They’ve moved in here from their 45gallon tall I bought them with as babes.

They have a 50w halogen basking bulb set to 85 degrees, an exoterra 14” uvb hood with a 7% Ferguson level 2 bulb, and a 4ft 87w led grow light from barrina for the plants (though I want to replace with an Arcadia soon). There’s a hefty amount of springtails and isopods of all sorts, though I avoided any heavy protein feeders. Plants I’ve added so far are cthante, an umbrella tree, satin pothos, marbled pothos, syngonium arrowhead, Florida ghost, sanseveria, a few money trees and some gold tips moss.
For substrate I did 4-6” of a mixture of about 4:4:3:2:1:1 reptibark,reptisoil,cocofiber,sphagnum,charcoal and playsand. The drainage layer consists of 2-3” of sphagnum moss as a soil barrier (not a fan of mesh), and a mixture of leca, charcoal and lava rock for the reservoir. There’s a good inch or more of leaf litter and various botanicals, and large pieces of cork bark for landing zones.

They have a 12”x5” 2.5 inch deep footage container for a water dish though I only fill about halfway, and a single centered mist king nozzle set for 30 seconds, 1x per day in the direction of their mosses on the cool side.

I opted not to do a background though I really wanted to, pond and stone is hard to find for a good price near me and I am skeptical about the bacterial buildup for big frogs. It’s home to my trio of 2 males and one female, Esquie, Francois, and Florrie! I plan to maybe introduce 1-2 more but want to make sure I find healthy frogs and that they’re not a cannibalism risk :)

I tried to utilize as much vertical space as possible by ziptying branches with holes drilled, and using the lid to my advantage. I also got my hands on some more perches for the sides/back, and some birds nest and staghorn ferns. I took those and made moss balls out of them, tied them tight, and tied them into place on a few ugly joint points. Any extra gaps I just stuffed in extra moss, then did one last pass with the twine, ensuring no gaps a frog may get into.

Added in a water bowl to the top area as well and fastened it with zip ties. I did leave the misting nozzle in, though it’s only set for 30 seconds 1x per day now instead of 2x, mainly because it’s such a large space and I have a window ac that dries everything out very quickly.

Hey all! This is my new 130 gallon 4’x18”x3’ enclosure for my whites tree frogs! They’re moving in here from their 45gallon tall I bought them with as babes.

They have a 50w halogen basking bulb set to 85 degrees, an exoterra 14” uvb hood with a 7% Ferguson level 2 bulb, and a 4ft 87w led grow light from barrina for the plants (though I want to replace with an Arcadia soon). There’s a hefty amount of springtails and isopods of all sorts, though I avoided any heavy protein feeders. Plants I’ve added so far are cthante, an umbrella tree, satin pothos, marbled pothos, syngonium arrowhead, Florida ghost, sanseveria, a few money trees and some gold tips moss.
For substrate I did 4-6” of a mixture of about 4:4:3:2:1:1 reptibark,reptisoil,cocofiber,sphagnum,charcoal and playsand. The drainage layer consists of 2-3” of sphagnum moss as a soil barrier (not a fan of mesh), and a mixture of leca, charcoal and lava rock for the reservoir. There’s a good inch or more of leaf litter and various botanicals, and large pieces of cork bark for landing zones.

They have a 12”x5” 2.5 inch deep footage container for a water dish though I only fill about halfway, and a single centered mist king nozzle set for 30 seconds, 2x per day.

I opted not to do a background though I really wanted to, pond and stone is hard to find for a good price near me and I am skeptical about the bacterial buildup for big frogs. It’s home to my trio of 2 males and one female, Esquie, Francois, and Florrie! I plan to maybe introduce 1-2 more but want to make sure I find healthy frogs and that they’re not a cannibalism risk :)

Let me know what I could improve! I want to get more ledges and higher perches to put around the sides for sure at minimum, and I’m looking for a way to secure a large water dish on their branches up high to give them options for hydration