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[VicSkimmr]

No, unfortunately this is the only one I'll have (we tore down the smaller tank). When I built this one, it was under the condition that it would be the only frog tank I would have to avoid them popping up all over the house haha. My wife knows me too well.

We're going to do a freshwater aquarium / riparium though, so that will be fun

[VivariumFan]

[QUOTE=VicSkimmr;69794]So... my bromeliads came in, but I had no idea they'd be this large. So my red and yellow "accent colors" have now taken dominance over everything green. I'm going to have to work hard to balance all this color back out.


Neo. Strawberry Blush (this mofo is HUGE, easily 12" in diameter)


Neo. Walking Tall


Neo. Gold Fever (needs to unfold quite a bit)


Neo. Cocktail


Neo. Kawika x Hawaiin Rainforest


Neo. Pauciflora x Kautskyi


Neo. Shamrock

[VivariumFan]

Wow those Bromelaids look brilliant!! I wish I could could find some like them in Canada and great tank!

[VicSkimmr]

Yeah they looked amazing when I first got them. Sadly I couldn't get them to keep their colors except for the Neo. walking tall, but I'm not really surprised.

[Adam R]

dani

Yeah they looked amazing when I first got them. Sadly I couldn't get them to keep their colors except for the Neo. walking tall, but I'm not really surprised.

i have noticed some of mine have lost alot of color, why is this? can you only get there colors to manifest in natural light

[VicSkimmr]

Probably. I haven't seen anybody that could retain the colors on some of the nicer bromeliads.

[VicSkimmr]

testing out the fogger with the new lights

March 29th, 2013 by jasonwithers, on Flickr

[natureXpert]

Wow, you got a very beautiful tank.

I have a question for you. You put a fogger but you didn't seem to have water on the bottom of your tank. How did you put your fogger and how does it work?

[VicSkimmr]

Wow, you got a very beautiful tank.

I have a question for you. You put a fogger but you didn't seem to have water on the bottom of your tank. How did you put your fogger and how does it work?

Sorry, I'm way late on responding to this.

The fogger is an ultrasonic humidifer that I have plumbed through the rear of the tank. I don't have a picture of it but I keep meaning to take one showing everything under the tank (there's not much). I like this setup a lot better than the kind that need a water feature to work.

In the mean time, I added a whole boatload of resurrection ferns to the tank to use as a background. They were still acclimating in this picture but you get the idea

April 12th, 2013 by jasonwithers, on Flickr


April 11th, 2013 by jasonwithers, on Flickr

[Staffaz]

​Jason, so far that looks amazing ! I can't wait to see it finished. :-)

[natureXpert]

The fogger is an ultrasonic humidifer that I have plumbed through the rear of the tank. I don't have a picture of it but I keep meaning to take one showing everything under the tank (there's not much). I like this setup a lot better than the kind that need a water feature to work.

Ah I didn't know that there was also a fogger that didn't need water. Mine needed water and after a year stopped working. What is the name of your fogger's company?

[VicSkimmr]

"wal-greens" special haha. It's just a general personal humidifier used for adding a bit of humidity to an extra dry room. They look similar to this:


I just removed the directional thing and rigged together some PVC pipe and some tubing and voila, instant fogger for about $30.

I've been using the same one since my first vivarium in 2006. Whenever it stops working I just scrub the parts with some distilled water and the brush it comes with to clean it. I also make sure to only used distilled water through it to avoid mineral deposits.

[natureXpert]

Very interesting Jason but I don't understand exactly how you fixed this fogger to your tank. Is it possible to show us a picture of your installation?

[VicSkimmr]

Sure! I can't promise I'll remember right away but I'll definitely take one.

[Meefloaf]

this is seriously beautiful

[VicSkimmr]

Thanks!

Ok so I didn't get a chance to take a picture of how I have it plumbed on this tank, but here it was on my very first vivarium back in 2006


It's pretty straightforward. The hose I found in the pool section of Lowes and the rest of the PVC was in the plumbing section. I had to buy the bulkhead online, as always. For this tank I used a heavier duty rubber hose (also found in Lowes), but otherwise it's pretty much identical except that I put the bulkhead at the back of the tank to avoid potential leaks since this was originally a paludarium.

[natureXpert]

Thanks Jason for the picture. Now I understand how you did it.

[VicSkimmr]

Couldn't really get a decent shot of this because he was hiding behind my background where it has separated from the glass at the top, but yay for transporting pic!

Transporting a tadpole! by jasonwithers, on Flickr

Found a fresh batch of eggs back there too!

Eggs! by jasonwithers, on Flickr

and then I found out why I haven't been finding many froglets

IMG_6315 by jasonwithers, on Flickr

So now I'm purging the tank of all snails

[DartEd]

Those damned slimies. Ugh. Tank looks magnificent though and congrats on the transporting.

[Scottyhorse]

Wow, I this is amazing!!!!!!