Time to start...

[LisaGarcia]

They are african mopani root wood. She had a bunch inside her aquariums that were still set up with live fish. She said they were wonderful fully submerged or in high humidity. Since White's don't need SUPER high humidity and mopani is touted as good wood for vivs I thought they would be perfect. They were also less than 5$ a lb.

[deranged chipmunk]

That's some sweet wood!! I like mopani, it has a lot of character!! I'm really looking forward to see what you come up with for this Lisa!!


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[LisaGarcia]

Ok so I didn't get to use a table saw I DID however manage to get my pipe cut! The lengthwise one is NOT pretty or even but it's cut! This is the idea so far:




I have hallowed out the bamboo and am going to drill a hole (I already have THOSE tools) and attach a piece of bamboo to the end to create a "nozzle"


I want the water to fall into the mopani wood and down into the pvc pipe (or maybe another piece of bamboo?) I worry about the bamboo pieces degrading.. any thoughts on that?



I will have to find a bigger and longer piece of bamboo but you get the idea



This would be where the pump would sit with a false eggcrate area over it and enough room for the tube to come up past the eggcrate and into the bamboo



This the front "pond" corner. The far back area would be left loosely tied down and easily movable to get to the filter







Alight guys and gals, ideas, helps, critiques?

Thank you for looking

Oh and Yes, I still have all my fingers and toes

[LisaGarcia]

Ok so we just did a NOT smart thing... Went to petco to get dog food. Walked to the froggie area... Lo and behold one of the frogs i have been mooning about is BLUE! Ok so turquoise but blue compared to the others... He is sitting in a box on the dashboard of my husbands car right now as im typing this. It's warmer here and humid so he is ok while super husband picks up groceries and i sit in the car with Hopper (not sure of the name but its a start) i also picked up medium crickets and repashy clacium plus. Now to hurry home and get the quarentine aquarium finished quickly! Oh and petcos 1$ a gallon sale starts tomorrow.

[Jessalyn]

Oh man, this is awesome! Your water feature is very similar to what I want to do for my 20 long vivarium but without the waterfall, so I will definitely be following your thread! Looking great so far!

Would love to see Hopper too!



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[LisaGarcia]

She Hopped right out of the box the second the snaps came undone.. She pushed it open!



And here she sat!





Gave here a bowl with 8 crickets dusted. (Pretty sure that might be too many but I don't know when she last ate) I will toss the ones she doesn't eat. The glass bowl has NEVER been used for food. It was hand washed with dawn dish soap when I bought it in December. It's sat for a LONG time.



She started checking out her surroundings (Or she was just turning her back on super hubby)




She is in a 20 or 25 gal that has been disinfected. White paper towels (viva) that have been moistened with "old" water. I gave her a glass water dish for tonight and a brand new never drank out of coffee mug for a hide if she needs it. but will be hitting the closing pet shop tomorrow morning and picking up some fake plants, a new water dish and a hide. I also have an old wooden hide I can use after I sanitize it.

[deranged chipmunk]

What an adorable frog!! Congrats Lisa!!


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[LisaGarcia]

Thank you. I posted a new thread http://www.frogforum.net/tree-frogs/...tml#post240324 for more pics so this one doesn't go off on topic.

I DID bake one piece of mopani wood today. It smelt like a campfire in my house! I am really concerned about baking them and the bamboo to sanitize as we have a gas stove (Great to cook with, little scary to put wood in the oven) I soaked it with HOT HOT HOT water (I have my water heater turned up due to the cast iron bathtub) first I have to get the other mopani in there and the bamboo.

Can I bake Rocks too or just boil them?

[deranged chipmunk]

I just wash rocks in bleach water and rinse thoroughly.


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[LisaGarcia]

The last items to be sanitized for the day!


These got baked in my oven...


AND this was my "helper" while cutting drain holes in the pvc.. They are sanitized now too


Problem.. How do I sanitize the bamboo?? It's too big to fit in the oven. I have gotten rid of the membranes in the middle of them but haven't done anything else yet.. Any ideas? Just a soak in boiling water?

[deranged chipmunk]

Boiling water would work.


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[jarteta97]

It's really coming together, I'm loving it already . The frog is beauuuuutiful too! I can't wait to see how you progress on this build. A little jealous right now, but patience, patience

[LisaGarcia]

Oh, i could have it done next weekend if I stopped eating and driving but i gotta eat and drive to work lol. It will happen . just have to be patient. Oh, let water sit in the tabk overnight and NO leaks!!! Score one for us!!

[Mentat]

I see a cat .

[LisaGarcia]

Yes Carlos you do. It's my 6lb almost 2 year old kitten. (adopted at 6 months old from a rescue. She was malnourished her first 5 months of life and wont grow much) She was very upset that I wouldn't stop what I was doing and love on her! She jumped up in my lap with no warning and sat with me a bit "supervising." She had to sniff each piece that I cut out, Guess she was making sure I was making the drain holes big enough LOL I am just glad she didn't try to eat anything or get on the table. (I hate yelling at her, she's so sensitive!) Compared to my 14lb solid muscled Tom cat, she's a baby!

[deranged chipmunk]

14lb? My 22 pounder would make him look tiny!! Lol

We need pics of the kitties!!


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[LisaGarcia]

OK. But I will add make them an album once I get home and settled in. Give me a few.

[LisaGarcia]

Just two quick ones. I have a TON at home..

[deranged chipmunk]

Awwww, pretty puppies and cute kitties!!


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[LisaGarcia]

Album pics are loaded. about 2-3 each. I can't get a pic of Zeus that doesn't involve him sleeping.. He doesn't hold still!