Display Paludarium Build

[Benedicta]

I know this is kinda late
But what kinda light do you use ?
It spreads out very nicely

I was tryin to get something else besides T5 and tot of using LEDs...

[Adam R]

i also had a question jason. how do you keep your thumbnails fed in such a large tank? im worried over mine feeding(still in quarantine) in only a 55gallon..

[purpleturtle89]

That would be like saying how do they survive in the wild ? Just add food and if the tank starts to get over run with fruit flies back off just trail and error but as soon as you over feed you will be over run

[Adam R]

That would be like saying how do they survive in the wild ? Just add food and if the tank starts to get over run with fruit flies back off just trail and error but as soon as you over feed you will be over run

ok i can understand that. my real concern is dusting. the dusting compound breaks down shortly after the flies are dusted. if the frogs arnt consuming the flies soon after, they may not be getting the proper nutrients

[purpleturtle89]

ok i can understand that. my real concern is dusting. the dusting compound breaks down shortly after the flies are dusted. if the frogs arnt consuming the flies soon after, they may not be getting the proper nutrients

If you get the feeding right, and use a good quality supplement they will generally eat the bulk of the food straight away then anything else left are just scraps that they are just picking off between feeds! so hopefully if done right they will have got all the nutrients etc from the bulk of the flies they've eaten hope this helps

[Adam R]

If you get the feeding right, and use a good quality supplement they will generally eat the bulk of the food straight away then anything else left are just scraps that they are just picking off between feeds! so hopefully if done right they will have got all the nutrients etc from the bulk of the flies they've eaten hope this helps

yes it does, thank you very much. sry jason for the threadjack

[VicSkimmr]

No problem at all! Sorry I didn't get back sooner, I've been super busy at work.

But yeah that's exactly right. They typically eat the flies up pretty quickly so hopefully they're getting enough nutrients.

Tank update:
Most of my resurrection ferns rotted away, which wasn't totally unexpected but still sucks. I need to get a better timer so I can cut back to less than 1 minute (my mistking one died out a while ago). Still, things are growing in pretty well



September 30, 2013 by jasonwithers, on Flickr


New fern growth after the resurrection ferns melted. Not sure what kind of fern this is

New Fern Growth by jasonwithers, on Flickr


My Korean Rock Ferns and ET Ferns are still going strong though. You can see a Staghorn Fern I just put in as a test to see how it does in the background. I think it's a Staghorn at least, Home Depot is terrible with tags.

Fern by jasonwithers, on Flickr