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how I built a frog paradise called a Palladium!
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items This list breaks down all the supplies I used to create my frog Dumpy’s habitat. She shares her habitat with many different animals, you can learn more about that in my video tab, and in our other list tab you’ll find a list of animals. I love with t...
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Build kit.
Videos that will help.
Other lists that will help!
Build kit.
Here are all the items I have found work best for designing your own unique ecosystem. This design is to create a Palladium, that means it’s half land and half water. This design is fantastic for amphibians as well as fish, plants, a diverse range of...
First thing you’re gonna need is a 40 gallon or larger aquarium. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy and you could probably find one for cheap secondhand on Facebook marketplace or craigslist.
40 Gallon & Up
This stuff works great to build the skeleton of your tank. You can cut it with a scissor down to size and just zip tie it together. It’s a nice and cheap alternative to buying tank specific supplies, the only downfall is it’s white so if you have any...
Plaskolite 2 x 4 Egg Crate Louver Light Panel
Before you add the spray foam, you cover your skeleton in screen by cutting it to size and zip tying it down, this gives a nice base for the spray foam to hold onto as well as keeps any creatures from getting into areas you don’t want them to be.
Charcoal Fiberglass Screen
This stuff is perfect for building up layers over your base structure. It’s nontoxic to your animals and fish. when it dries, it’s easy to carve and sculpt to make it look natural. I do recommend getting a couple cans for your tank project to make su...
Pond And Stone Foam Great Stuff
You can use 100% silicone caulking. Make sure the stuff you pick up is clear and has no mold inhibitors or additives. You use this to adhere the skeleton base to the tank as well as adding coconut bedding on top of your spray foam. Be careful though ...
100% Silicone
After you carve your spray foam to the shape you want you cover it in 100% Oney silicone and pushing a layer of this coconut bedding. That will give it a more organic finished look. After 24 hours or so letting the silicone dry you can use a shop vac...
Coconut fiber Brick
This stuff works great as a natural way to bring water to areas in dryer sections of the tank. The spray foam is great for building up shape, but it’s not great for holding moisture. That’s where this comes in. You can feed this through the foam all ...
100% Natural Hemp Twine
These are perfect for creating waterfalls. They stay contained inside the tank, the filters are easy to change and they’re inexpensive. Even if you don’t wanna put a waterfall in your tank, this will keep the water moving improving water quality and ...
Turtle Tank Filter
Get a good quality plantable substrate, it’s a little spender than coconut bedding, but if you have a good cleanup crew it lasts quite a while.
Terrarium Substrate Mix
Springtails and isopods make a great cleanup crew, they’re also an indicator of a healthy ecosystem. Before you add any of your pets into the tank make sure you springtails and isopods are thriving for a couple weeks, that will let you know that the ...
Springtails For Terrarium
These are a must, they do a great job keeping the tank clean! Before you add any isopods or springtails to your tank, let your water cycle for a few days and do a couple water changes. This will get rid of any toxins that may be in the tank from the ...
Isopods
Driftwood is an essential part of keeping a balanced ecosystem. Not only to the isopods love it, but it’s fantastic for keeping your water parameters steady. It also makes for a great basking area for frogs, turtles, salamanders, or whatever animal y...
Aquarium Driftwood
Videos that will help.
In the section you I have a few of my videos as well as a few few creators that I really like that are doing incredible things in the tank world.
This is a story on how I got my first animals that made me fall in love with a tank keeping hobby!
How it all started for me.
In this video, I showcase using these items to create a Palladium that we gave away on our YouTube channel.
Dumpy the frog and I made a new Terrarium.
This is one of the creators that inspired me to start making Palladium.
The ULTIMATE Fire-Bellied Toad Paludarium
I’ve been watching ants Canada for many years now and it’s incredible to see how crazy is set ups have gotten. In my opinion this is someone that is someone that is pushing the boundaries of what a tank can be.
Creating The Ultimate Ecosystem Vivarium
This is when I built the current tank they live in now. I can’t believe this tank has been up and running now for five years.
Dumpy‘s current tank 
Other lists that will help!
Here’s a list of all the tank friends that I have, this list includes care guides to help you get started!
Meet the animals that share my world.