Terrarium builds

[DonLisk]

I have rebuilt my poor Whites Viv over and over, slowly learning from my mistakes. Pretty much all my mistakes have been corrected by info I was given or found here.

I usually blame the wife on these mistakes and she says it was just another reason I'm sleeping in the snow fort this week.
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[Sierra]

I'm really new to keeping frogs too, but I'm loving it! I've learned so much from this website. More than countless care articles combined. I just want to say thank you to all the kind people on this site, you guys are really friendly. It's hard being new to the hobby because the lack of good information available, not to mention all of the false things twisted in too. The people on this site have helped me understand how to take care of my frogs the best I can, and the froggies appreciate that too! Thanks everyone!

[smashtoad]

I have rebuilt my poor Whites Viv over and over, slowly learning from my mistakes. Pretty much all my mistakes have been corrected by info I was given or found here.

I usually blame the wife on these mistakes and she says it was just another reason I'm sleeping in the snow fort this week.
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Ha...no kidding. It took me about four years to get my wife to hold a crested gecko...now she loves them. But the amblypigids?...uh...nah. I have a gravid Damon, and she wouldn't even hardly look at pictures of mom with the babies on her back.

Just wanted to stop here and point out that this method has not been used on animals as big as a Whites. My guess is that this method, used successfully and proportionately ramped up with a pair of adult whites would require a tank in the range of 125 gallons to account for the increased bioload.

Bioload is THE major consideration in a tank such as this. If the tank's nitrifiers cannot keep up...the tank will stink...and hence...it ain't workin. Springtails and isopods will help, as will physically removing any fecal matter than you see.

Also...if I was going to use, say, a 75 gallon tank for a trio of whites or M. nasuta...I would buy a couple boxes of ceramic bio-media (which is sold with a bag to put them in) and bury them in the gravel to aid in the nitrification cycle...and obviously...the more plants you have feeding on the waste the better. Scindapsis has very aggressive roots and is beautiful. It would make a great poo user, and the roots will grow all the way through the gravel.

John...agreed. I am keeping darts, inverts, and a pygmy chameleon this way. If I had to do water changes, I would personally not use this method. This method is all about display of design, display of plants, and small inhabitants relative to the size of the tank. Moving water is the key...but I must admit...the idea of adding salt to an amphibian tank is a new one on me.

Would you expound on that? Do you just use a tiny amount of aquarium salts? I have a terribilis in this tank with what apears to be a goiter, which in humans is from a lack of iodine, right?

[bshmerlie]

Just wanted to give this thread a bump. Don Lisk just posted a build thread that was fantastic. Does anyone else have any thing that they've done in the past that they would like to share with us? Also I would love something similar for breeding (rain chamber setups or dart production lines). Maybe we could have a contest for the most informative thread. The winner gets a ....? AAhhh... maybe I shouldn't say... I don't know if John would allow me to give a prize.

[DonLisk]

Thanks Cheri.

Wow, a rain chamber build would be so cool :-)
I'd love to see a start to finish on one.

[bshmerlie]

I think the whole idea of this is to get people to share their experiences with a concept from start to finish. Sometimes we get little pieces of information from various threads but I would like to see the project from start to finish. I want all the details. If its a rain chamber...what kind of pump should I use...what should be the temp of the water...I want pictures how the tubing should be layed out....how deep should the water be...ect.,ect. It could even be a well done video. Get multiple people showing how they've done the same concept...it gets people thinking. There's more than one way to make a waterfall, a rain chamber, a background. Let's see those ideas.