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Yup! That's great advice. Springtails and isopods are also super easy to keep a colony of and grow on your own too. Just a slice of raw potato for the isopods and some grains of rice/brewers yeast/fish food for the springtails and they take care of the rest. I keep separate colonies of the isopods and springtails in separate plastic containers (1 to 2 cups in size) and will add them to my terrariums when ever I see the population in the container has a lot in it.

Josh's frogs is a darn good website too in my opinion. Not the cheapest but what I've gotten has been good quality and his informational videos are good too.

You may want a small circulation fan in there too. Depending on the type of frogs it helps with the airflow and if you aim the air stream at the front of the glass it helps get rid of the condensation on the viewing glass side.

I'm not an expert by any means but you want to make sure the roots on the bromeliads aren't buried in the substrate. I've killed all the ones I've "planted". Mine just like to be set on the top of the ground or tied to the back wall with the roots exposed.

Good luck and take lots of pictures and thank you for sharing!

Heres a link for some in expensive fans you can use in the terrarium. Just maybe glue some mesh over the uncovered side of the fan (just so no froggy accidentally gets nicked). I used hot glue or magnets to hold it to the top of my terrariums. Also you should have a way to measure the % humidity and temperature in there. (I'd avoid the cheapest ones since they are usually not very accurate from what I've found).

I use a small Jungle Dawn LED inside the stock ExoTerra hood on my setup. it provides a crazy amount of light while remaining cool to the touch and not cheaping out on the color spectrum. My plants arent particularly picky (just some bromeliads, Philodendron, Pilea, moss etc) but theyre growing really nicely. If the form factor isnt what your after, the same site has some other options from Current USA, who make a lot of very well-regarded lights for aquarium hobby.

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More generally, any LED/flourescent light intended to grow plants will be fine, since dart frogs are ambivalent to UVB, and heating is often easier to accomplish with an under-tank heater and a thermostat. Amazon has tons of great aquarium lights ranging from the $20 Chinese ones (a buddy of mine runs this on his big ExoTerra with tincts) up to much pricier options from more well-established brands and plenty of stuff intended for herps. Just scope out a good mix of price and form factor.

I just went through this with by 12”x12”x18” gecko tank. There is so little real estate on the screen top that I had to get kinda creative. Forgive the pink foam insulation on the sides and ignore the gauge outside the tank (just monitoring my room temp), it’s an ugly winter setup but it helps keep the heat in! So, in my the hood, which can only hold one bulb, I have a Jungle Dawn LED, same with the free floating one hanging from the left side of the tank. The one in the clamp lamp (attached to a square dowel rod sticking up at the back) is a 50W ceramic heat emitter. I use an Inkbird thermostat that allows me to set two temperature windows for different times of day and a degree differential. So in the day time, it keeps the temps between 74-76 (2 degree differential meaning it hits 76 then turns off the lamp and when it hits 74 it turns it back on) and night between 68-70. This achieves a good temp gradient for me, the bottom of the tank is typically 72-73, middle (where I have the probe) is 74-76, top usually has a nice little hotspot on his branch around 78 during the day. Ceramic heat emitters (or really any heat bulb I would imagine) can majorly dry out your tank though so keep an eye on your humidity levels. An auto misting system would probably help a lot.

I would recommend a 20 gal tank. A ten gallon would probably be fine while they are baby’s, but you’ll have to upgrade eventually so I would recommend just starting with the 20. If money really is no object then you may want to look into one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Exo-Terra-Glass-Terrarium-18-Inch/dp/B000I1QYLK or https://www.amazon.com/Exo-Terra-Glass-Terrarium-18-Inch/dp/B000OAYXTK?th=1&psc=1
This will give you more options for decorations, easier access to your frogs, an area designed for the water absorbing part of your substrate, and a tank that’ll be big enough for them as adults. If done right, all you’ll have to do is drain the water occasionally. I highly recommend watching https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUlxEsBwkrS02wkRMVheyyQ this guys channel. He’s a bit dry, but will give you all the info you need for setting up a tank for the first time. Hope it helps and enjoy your darts = D

Okay I'm waaay late to the party, but here is what you can do. Buy some heat cord. Here is one by exo-terra

You just use electrical tape and make a zig-zag pattern on half of the bottom of the tank. Only go one side or the other, so if it gets too warm on one side, your frogs can move to the other side. I also would get this so you can set a desired temp and it will run the tape until it hits your target temp, and doesn't end up superheating your viv. You can also hook a small AC powered computer fan to the cooling side, so it will automatically maintain your desired temp, up or down. Just plug the fan to the cooling side, the heat cable to the heating side and presto.

I would recommend http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005G55ZGI?cache=b14cd81eae262cd970511258a4cff8c3&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&qid=1411533018&sr=8-2#ref=mp_s_a_1_2

The author lives in AZ and I have been to their house a couple times. Great beginner book. For more complicated viv builds use dendroboard. All the basics are covered and how to get started. Best of luck.

I don't personally use any, I monitor my tanks individually, 40-90% humidity, I range on the 50-60 ish on average, I used these off amazon for a few years, each one gives about a years worth of usage before it seems to give some off readings compared to a brand new one.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07VPHKCRS/ref=sspa_mw_detail_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I used both the corded and the cordless, they stopped selling the ones with cords so I covered mine with a delicup when I misted.