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Looky what I got!
- Thread starter waldo
- Start date
dogsNdragons
and Corns, OH MY!
They are so cool. Love the viv.
Jessicat
All Pied Everything
(if you'd like to ignore everything I've written scroll down, I've provided a link to a progression of a natural viv at the bottom of this post)
Well viv construction is pretty expensive if you want everything to look totally natural.
To construct a natural viv you need..
The tank
Silocon
great stuff (expandable foam)
egg crate
water absorbent substrait (forgot what it's called atm)
Eco earth or coco fiber (something to lay over the great stuff and silicone)
If you want a water feature you need a pump and vaccume tubing or something to make a stream/somewhere to hold water.
Most people also install mist systems from mistking. I think their cheapest model is around $100. The misting system is for the plants mostly, but also to keep the humidity high in the tank for the frogs.
Then there's planting the tank. Most people prefer a live tank. The live tank is good for the frogs, it creates its own little mini eco system. The frog's excrement fertilizes the plants, and you can actaully grow spring tail colonies in the tank, making feeding a little less cumbersome. The plants are all exotic, in an attempt to emulate the frog's natural environment as well as possible. This is for our benefit as well as the frogs, in an attempt to get them to breed. Most frogs will breed readily when there is a water supply around, which is why most people build in a water feature to their tanks.
Feeding is not that bad really, you just have to keep up with your fruit fly colonies.
Probably my biggest expense so far is the wood. I go crazy over nice pieces of wood but they're so expensive. I know I know, buying wood is stupid, but I do anyway.
Here's where my tank is stuck at right now:
You can see the beginins of a false bottom, and that's where the pieces of wood will go, but I've got a LONG way to go. Perhaps I'll have some time to work on my project over spring break. This last term I haven't even had time to visit with friends let alone work on my PDF viv.
Things I will need as well that I didn't mention earlier are a nice lid that is for the most part air tight, and a good stand to place my 29 gal on. It's going to get HEAVY!
Nanci, here's a link to a viv progression like the one I have just described. Sorry I went off on huge tangents.
http://www.blackjungle.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2108
Here's a link to the rest of their photo gallery as well. Shows step by step guides of how to make water features and what not.
http://www.blackjungle.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3360
pst: even with these guides I'm still intimidated by the work and feel I will fail at it. =0 So I'm kind of scared to give it a go. You can see how far I've gotten... :uhoh:
Well viv construction is pretty expensive if you want everything to look totally natural.
To construct a natural viv you need..
The tank
Silocon
great stuff (expandable foam)
egg crate
water absorbent substrait (forgot what it's called atm)
Eco earth or coco fiber (something to lay over the great stuff and silicone)
If you want a water feature you need a pump and vaccume tubing or something to make a stream/somewhere to hold water.
Most people also install mist systems from mistking. I think their cheapest model is around $100. The misting system is for the plants mostly, but also to keep the humidity high in the tank for the frogs.
Then there's planting the tank. Most people prefer a live tank. The live tank is good for the frogs, it creates its own little mini eco system. The frog's excrement fertilizes the plants, and you can actaully grow spring tail colonies in the tank, making feeding a little less cumbersome. The plants are all exotic, in an attempt to emulate the frog's natural environment as well as possible. This is for our benefit as well as the frogs, in an attempt to get them to breed. Most frogs will breed readily when there is a water supply around, which is why most people build in a water feature to their tanks.
Feeding is not that bad really, you just have to keep up with your fruit fly colonies.
Probably my biggest expense so far is the wood. I go crazy over nice pieces of wood but they're so expensive. I know I know, buying wood is stupid, but I do anyway.
Here's where my tank is stuck at right now:
You can see the beginins of a false bottom, and that's where the pieces of wood will go, but I've got a LONG way to go. Perhaps I'll have some time to work on my project over spring break. This last term I haven't even had time to visit with friends let alone work on my PDF viv.
Things I will need as well that I didn't mention earlier are a nice lid that is for the most part air tight, and a good stand to place my 29 gal on. It's going to get HEAVY!
Nanci, here's a link to a viv progression like the one I have just described. Sorry I went off on huge tangents.
http://www.blackjungle.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2108
Here's a link to the rest of their photo gallery as well. Shows step by step guides of how to make water features and what not.
http://www.blackjungle.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3360
pst: even with these guides I'm still intimidated by the work and feel I will fail at it. =0 So I'm kind of scared to give it a go. You can see how far I've gotten... :uhoh: