Hello,
I have decided to grow dart frogs. my goal is to make the vivarium for under 150 dollars (not including tank) This will be my little journal of what i use, where i get it, and how much it costs... my budget is 150 dollars.
Supplies:
Rep-Cal -$5.00 Pet-Co
Herptivite -$6.50 Saurian Enterprises
[2]Fruit Fly Cultures -$12.00 Fruitflies.net
Media for fruit fly cultures: Food Store lol
1 cup water -$0.05
1 tablespoon cornmeal -(bag costs $3.00)
1 teaspoon powdered agar -(available at health food stores, i tbs Aprox. $1.00)
1 tablespoon molasses -(Bottle costs $3.00)
1/8 teaspoon calcium proprionate (an optional mold inhibitor used in bread.) -$?.??
1 package bakers yeast -$?.??
SubTotal = $18.55
Supplies for Vivarium::
Gravel (10 lbs) -$10.00* PetsMart
Fiber Screen -$3.00 Orchard Supply Hardware
Peat (bushel) -$4.00* Orchard Supply Hardware
Coconut Bedding (3 bed-a-beast compact packages) -$9.00 Pet-Co
Pressed Cork Bark Panel (3' x 3') -$10.00 PetFlytrap
Water Pump (from fountain bought at Ross) -$9.50 Ross
Ceramic Heater Lamp (Bought 2 years ago, but here's the price anyways) -$25.00* Pet-Co
[2] Compact Florecent Lights -$14.00 (1* came with tank Petsmart) Orchard Supply Hardware
[2] Hoods -$10.00 (1* came with tank)
Thermistat- $4.00* Pets&Ponds
(whats the word for a humidity level tester thingy?) -$4.00* Pets&Ponds
SubTotal: $121.05
My Real subtotal would be about $76.00, because most of the things are from leftover projects from years ago...
NOTE: * = bought several months/years ago for other projects
Now, What else do I need?
Anything else I add or build I will add on to this post.
-Spec
I have decided to grow dart frogs. my goal is to make the vivarium for under 150 dollars (not including tank) This will be my little journal of what i use, where i get it, and how much it costs... my budget is 150 dollars.
Supplies:
Rep-Cal -$5.00 Pet-Co
Herptivite -$6.50 Saurian Enterprises
[2]Fruit Fly Cultures -$12.00 Fruitflies.net
Media for fruit fly cultures: Food Store lol
1 cup water -$0.05
1 tablespoon cornmeal -(bag costs $3.00)
1 teaspoon powdered agar -(available at health food stores, i tbs Aprox. $1.00)
1 tablespoon molasses -(Bottle costs $3.00)
1/8 teaspoon calcium proprionate (an optional mold inhibitor used in bread.) -$?.??
1 package bakers yeast -$?.??
SubTotal = $18.55
Supplies for Vivarium::
Gravel (10 lbs) -$10.00* PetsMart
Fiber Screen -$3.00 Orchard Supply Hardware
Peat (bushel) -$4.00* Orchard Supply Hardware
Coconut Bedding (3 bed-a-beast compact packages) -$9.00 Pet-Co
Pressed Cork Bark Panel (3' x 3') -$10.00 PetFlytrap
Water Pump (from fountain bought at Ross) -$9.50 Ross
Ceramic Heater Lamp (Bought 2 years ago, but here's the price anyways) -$25.00* Pet-Co
[2] Compact Florecent Lights -$14.00 (1* came with tank Petsmart) Orchard Supply Hardware
[2] Hoods -$10.00 (1* came with tank)
Thermistat- $4.00* Pets&Ponds
(whats the word for a humidity level tester thingy?) -$4.00* Pets&Ponds
SubTotal: $121.05
My Real subtotal would be about $76.00, because most of the things are from leftover projects from years ago...
NOTE: * = bought several months/years ago for other projects
Now, What else do I need?
Anything else I add or build I will add on to this post.
-Spec