Vivarium Project

[JoeRags3]

great looking set=up!! Mine is a little more boring, no waterfall. I have a 20G long that I just built up one side with river rock, a pagoda rock on each side, and live plants throughout the middle. Someday when my camera is working I truly will post a pic, right now I have too much on my plate to deal with the camera (selling house, going back to grad school, moving across the country. . .).

Just for your information, the first time I put white clouds in with my CFN's two mysteriously disappeared . . . The second time it was fine but I thought the white clouds were a little cramped (10G with 4G or so of water) so I moved them. On the other hand, I had a hitchhiker molly fry in the tank for weeks and they ignored it. So you never know. I would like to eventually redo the tank with more water and try white clouds again and maybe shrimp or clams. I also keep a FBT in there which is not recommended but I have had zero problems, my toad is extremely meek and lazy! There are also a few snails and they are ignored as well.

Just a heads up for you to watch the interaction between the two species. Sounds great and I wish I was setting up another tank!

jackie

Thanx For the compliments Jackie, I'll be honest I was disappointed when I first filled the tank. I thought I set it up for 5.5G and once it was all set up with sustrate and everything I was only able to put 4G as well. maybe oneday I'll upgrade to a 20L and convert this one to a FBT tank. Thanks for the advise about the White Clouds, I'll keep a close eye on them.

 

[JoeRags3]

Update

Here are some pics of the my white clouds 5 in total:dive2:

 

[JoeRags3]

Here are some pictures of my land portion with Eco-Complete (sorry the picture quality is low took these with my cell phone). I'll be hopfully getting my FBNs tomorrow and a few terrestrial plants.

 

[tricksterpup]

Any updated photos? Would love to see more pics of your tank.

 

[fiske]

Don't know if you've gotten your plants yet but peace lilly works the best for me. Alot of plants, even tropicals, can't take the high humidity and rot.

 

[JoeRags3]

Sorry Trickster the set-up is the same. I opted not to put any terrestrial plants, I like the look of how it is now. I agree with Fiske, I dont know if the terestrail plants will with stand the humidity. I'm hopefully getting my FBN tomorrow, everytime I go they sell out. I put some ghost shrimp in; I am really enjoying the white clouds as well. I think my next step is going to upgrade to a MUCH larger tank. I have an old 55 Gal sittin in my basment the would make an awesome vivarium project :devil: (just need to find space and money).

As soon as I get my newts and get them settled in I'll be sure to update!

 

[mtiller]

my local petsmart used to have FBN's but now they haven't had them in since a little after september i guess. i'm not really experienced in asking them to order stuff, as i don't know who to talk to or what. someday i'll get some more as i never really understood their full potential. maybe i'll even do a FBT, as i found those quite interesting too from experience.

 

[tricksterpup]

Sorry Trickster the set-up is the same. I opted not to put any terrestrial plants, I like the look of how it is now. I agree with Fiske, I dont know if the terestrail plants will with stand the humidity. I'm hopefully getting my FBN tomorrow, everytime I go they sell out. I put some ghost shrimp in; I am really enjoying the white clouds as well. I think my next step is going to upgrade to a MUCH larger tank. I have an old 55 Gal sittin in my basment the would make an awesome vivarium project :devil: (just need to find space and money).

As soon as I get my newts and get them settled in I'll be sure to update!

actually there are some plants that would work. I would go to your local nursery and try some Bog plants. There are tons of smaller plants that are usually sold around the water lilies. I would take a look in the up coming weeks. There are many I think would work for you. Just go and ask around. People at Nursies tend to be knowledgable people.

 

[JoeRags3]

actually there are some plants that would work. I would go to your local nursery and try some Bog plants. There are tons of smaller plants that are usually sold around the water lilies. I would take a look in the up coming weeks. There are many I think would work for you. Just go and ask around. People at Nursies tend to be knowledgable people.

I will look into those, thanks trickster! I'll be sure to keep the photos coming with any updates.

 

[JoeRags3]

Here are some updated pictures that I said I would take of my vivarium (I would like more coverage for Java Moss: