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Hi all, I am starting up my second dart tank for my first thumbnail frog. I will be getting a probable pair from a local once this tank is done and grown in a bit.

Here is the basic setup, I will start the carving this weekend hopefully. I plan on using a few broms and some kind of vining plant to fill in the background.

Any plant suggestions for this species would be greatly appreciated!

Mark
P.s.- if the photos don't show up I'm doing this from my phone.


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At the beginning of the build you applied silicone to the glass where the great stuff was going to be applied, right? I like how you did that to hide the great stuff, it is much cleaner than black contact paper on the outside.
Yes I really despise the look of the yellow gs showing through, so applying the silicone first hides it nicely. don't be afraid to apply it thick and make sure you give it time to setup or else the gs can pull it off and show through.

Plus it allows the gs to grab hold of the silicone (i heard of others gs coming off the glass sometimes).

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I know this is probably a stupid question but what is agb?

And I think it looks great!
http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/parts-construction/63915-truth-about-abg-mix.html
Well the plant order is on hold until they get more heat packs in to ship it out.

I just seeded the tank with tropical springtails and the small white isos.

Also my LED 11 watt bulb has shipped out and will be here shortly!

Mark
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The LED light came in from lrp. Since vendor feedback isn't allowed I will let the pictures do the talking!

26watt cfl


11watt jungle dawn led


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*LYR not LRP... whoops.

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the tank looks awesome cant wait to see it with plants in it
First set of plants made it into the tank tonight.

Many more broms on their way : D



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The led really seems to make a difference. Is that 2 11w leds or just 1?
Just a single 11 watt led in an exo hood.

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I've been noticing a lot more led's around. looks like they get the job done.
Looking good.

As for those Dischidia Ruscifolia cuttings, do they need to be planted in the soil and 'encouraged' to grow upward or can you simply start something like that pinned to the background??

Cheers
I'm not totally sure. I put the tip of the cutting in the soil and then pinned it to the background.

Maybe someone else will come in though...

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Pre grow-in pics!

The plants arrived today and I was expecting the worst when I saw the box...


The box happened to be crushed right on top of the heat pack! No plants were harmed luckily.

Here are some pictures before I mounted the neo broms. I added some D. Ruscifolia cuttings and a Microgramma Reptans cutting.









And here are the broms! These should make my pair happy huh?









And the final setup before grow in. This is going to be a dense jungle for them once it is all grown in!











Thanks for following along, and please comment or question!

Mark

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Thank you! I'm going to go home today and stare at it for a while ; )

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Looks great, Cant wait to see it grown in. The broms are awesome!
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