75 Gallon Vivarium build

[Larry Wardog]

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More nice pictures of the guys


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[jasonm96]

Photography skills with shot of the toad, haha!

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

Stunning! By the way, what kind of camera/phone do you use to take photos?

[monster]

The viv looks really good, very natural. And I was thinking the same thing as Jasonm96 that those are nice shots of the toad. The name fits him because you can tell by the way hes always postured up with such confidence he thinks hes the king. L.O.L Did you have 2 leopared frogs or did you get another? I just ask because I have followed your threads from the start and remember the leopard frog vs the pleco incident.

[Larry Wardog]

The viv looks really good, very natural. And I was thinking the same thing as Jasonm96 that those are nice shots of the toad. The name fits him because you can tell by the way hes always postured up with such confidence he thinks hes the king. L.O.L Did you have 2 leopared frogs or did you get another? I just ask because I have followed your threads from the start and remember the leopard frog vs the pleco incident.

That's awesome! Thank you guys for following this, it's been an interesting journey to say the least. The other Female Leopard Frog I got had a disease and died weeks after I got it in a separate tank. It really sucked because it was beautiful and it didn't even make it to see its home. The next frog "Dot" happened to be a male. He and Spot are both territorial so I felt Spot would stress him. Then I saw he was what I thought injured so I took him to the doctors and he was found to have brain damage from being mishandled by the postal service. A perfect health, beautiful, peaceful frog has to lean on its side because of the carelessness of the post service. The vet and I both agreed that Dot would not survive in this Viv. He was robbed of a chance to even see this tank. So I made another post called the other guys and I decided to make him a nice Viv just for him, I'm letting the toad with him go. The vet said he can exceed a healthy life and outlive the age for Leopards, but he won't recover from the brain trauma. It's sad but I love him the way I love these guys. I'm gonna get him an 18x18x18 because he likes tall plants and he wouldn't do well with a long Viv. My mom really likes him so I put him downstairs so she actually does his maintenance but I feed, change the tank and examine him. He can still eat like a regular frog and croak time from time, but he won't live like a normal leopard would. I am currently looking for Female American Toad and Northern Leopard Frog. After I have them I will decide on a Wood Frog or a Spadefoot Toad because when I researched those two species could live in an enclosure like this. I am leaning toward the Spadefoot because of its heat tolerance, no one makes videos of it, and it hides a lot so it wouldn't over crowd this tank. Only if I see potential to bring them in I will, but I'm getting desperate looking for females. This tank btw was dedicated to my first real Toad "Little Toad" and the lovely Toto. Toto was the first Amphibs I got 2 years ago almost and I lost her in the winter. She was such a personality. Spot is a dominant Frog and she was a dominant Toad. King II is actually peaceful and the most chill toad. He doesn't jump away from you and he is not sick. He's always been like that. So I am hoping for a dominant Female Toad to balance it out. It honestly was Toto's tank and she knew that. Now the torch is handed to Spot who is actually the King of this tank. I use an IPhone 5S nothing flashy I just have some experience with videos because I speak at churches and around the area which are video taped and I make videos of so I use similar formula. Sorry for the rant. It's just taken a lot to get to this point with this tank. It's so worth it to see how happy both species are and I won't declare victory until the plants and animals make it through a whole year together. (And the Woodlice and Earthworms. )


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[monster]

We all need to rant and let off some steam every once in awhile, and if we aren't cursing or offending anyone then I say let it out. And I was following a couple builds besides yours when you first started this one and it was someone else that had frog vs pleco incident so I'm sorry for that. The other person put a pleco in his water area to help keep it clean and his frog tried to eat it, obviously it didn't end well. Got a little confused between his build Bills builds and yours. and out of all honesty I have always liked this one and followed because it was different from the common rainforest setup, its like a piece of forest from your back yard. I cant tell from the new pictures but did you end up takeing out the garden lights? I thought it was such a neat idea you put those in there. And again it looks really good man.

[Larry Wardog]

We all need to rant and let off some steam every once in awhile, and if we aren't cursing or offending anyone then I say let it out. And I was following a couple builds besides yours when you first started this one and it was someone else that had frog vs pleco incident so I'm sorry for that. The other person put a pleco in his water area to help keep it clean and his frog tried to eat it, obviously it didn't end well. Got a little confused between his build Bills builds and yours. and out of all honesty I have always liked this one and followed because it was different from the common rainforest setup, its like a piece of forest from your back yard. I cant tell from the new pictures but did you end up takeing out the garden lights? I thought it was such a neat idea you put those in there. And again it looks really good man.

I can easily bring them back lol, it was a great idea and it would attract the Wax Moths along with other nocturnal insects. Yeah, I never had big fish in here. Spot has eaten goldfish before. As I am moving the last pieces in and out of the enclosure I will get a light or 2. That's the best part of this build, it's something I haven't seen someone go all in on, usually they try for the warm months, but I'm attempting perennials all year with native insects, plants, and Amphibs so it's a scientific discovery along with great results in the end. So the final plants I have settled on and I do mean final species going into this fall and winter are:
Periwinkle
Pachysandra
Autumn Brilliance Fern
Japanese Fern (Small)
Dragon's Tail Ferns
One Iris in the water
And one that possibly will show up:
Glow in the dark Mushrooms
I know they are not local but it could push this tank over the top. Only concern is I have a big species of herps, so they may smash them. This is my line up of contenders for an all year run with perennials. The lights will come back thanks to Monster!


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