Tank for PDF

[lee79]

I have 2 tanks and would like to get dart frogs some time in the future and was wondering out of my 2 tanks which would be the best?

the first is a fish tank which is WxHxD 60x70x45






The second is the exo Terra which is WxHxD 60x60x45

[ipreferaflan]

My vote is the exo. Front opening doors are always a plus.
and there's more length on it.

[lee79]

Length???

I was thinking maybe the fish tank would hold humidity better?

[jennlovesfrogs]

personally i'd go with the exo, with a few adjustments, they make for good PDF set ups. and the front opening doors make for easy feeding and cleaning

[ipreferaflan]

Originally Posted by lee79

Length???

I was thinking maybe the fish tank would hold humidity better?

Oui. The fishtank isn't as long is it? It's just tall.
Most species of pdfs wouldn't use the height.

EDIT: Just read the dimensions. Sozicles.

[Bearnandos]

OoOoOoO the aquarium looks nice...especially on that table......
But..........the exo terra maybe the better option for your first viv as the front access makes it easier to create your intended viv and also easier to feed and maintain your PDFs.
Btw - if you place your lil bonsai next to your viv once you have it up and running - the light from your viv will be beneficial to your bonsai

[buddah]

i would also say the exo it would be alot easier to build and maintain.

[lee79]

Originally Posted by Bearnandos

OoOoOoO the aquarium looks nice...especially on that table......
But..........the exo terra maybe the better option for your first viv as the front access makes it easier to create your intended viv and also easier to feed and maintain your PDFs.
Btw - if you place your lil bonsai next to your viv once you have it up and running - the light from your viv will be beneficial to your bonsai

I love my aquarium and intended to keep it as a fish tank and use my exo terra as a pdf viv and bulid something along the lines of yours and chondro13 with the cork bark backing and the mushrooms on the sides as i think they both look fantastic and very inspirational, i got a plastic egg crate type grid to make a false bottom and ended up buying a 4ft aquarium off a friend who was selling it cheap to get my hands on another external filter, so the 4ft aquarium is now staying and being made in to a marine tank, and the original aquarium that i love looks like its going to have to go as i agree that the exo terra would be the best for accessibility but what about humidity lol

[Bearnandos]

OoOooOoO with the chrome trim - any viv would look amazing.......so maybe you should keep that tank as there maybe a chance that once you complete your exo terra - you may want another more challenging project??
The humidity for the exo terra can be increased by placing a PVC/plastic covering on around 50-60% of the top mesh...very simple. So only let the mesh directly below the light bulbs be uncovered - the rest would be covered with your PVC......is that understandable??
SoOoOOOoO this begs my question....how is your marine tank doing ?? reef or fish only ??? you know that chrome tank would look great as a nano seahorse tank ?? a centre colume of live rock with soft corals and a couple of seahorses....OOOooOoOOoOO

[lee79]

Originally Posted by Bearnandos

OoOooOoO with the chrome trim - any viv would look amazing.......so maybe you should keep that tank as there maybe a chance that once you complete your exo terra - you may want another more challenging project??
The humidity for the exo terra can be increased by placing a PVC/plastic covering on around 50-60% of the top mesh...very simple. So only let the mesh directly below the light bulbs be uncovered - the rest would be covered with your PVC......is that understandable??
SoOoOOOoO this begs my question....how is your marine tank doing ?? reef or fish only ??? you know that chrome tank would look great as a nano seahorse tank ?? a centre colume of live rock with soft corals and a couple of seahorses....OOOooOoOOoOO

What you said about the humidity is very understandable and as far as the marine tank is concerned my heart is saying reef reef reef and my wallet is saying fish only lol, but im going to have to start by building a new stand that matches the one i made for the aquarium in the pic above because i do not like the beech cabinet it came with, i would love to turn my chrome tank in to a seahorse tank but its just a pipe dream as im running out of room, so if none of my friends want to buy it, it will prob end up in the classifieds