37 Gallon Journal

[Glabe]

holy moly, i had a whole wall of text typed out, but my internet crapped out on me!!!

anywho, my point was, if your lowest possible tank temp is lower than the recommended temp, don't do it. a quick google search says 68 is too low for bettas. think of the rule of the jungle provided to us by the Jungle Book. If you kill it, you have to eat it. Sher Khan the tiger taught us this when we were like 10! :thm: it's a good rule to live by imo. i just like to think that each fish i have costed me at least $1,000, so i treat them right by anyone's standards, and no one can yell at me.

 

[spencerguy1]

holy moly, i had a whole wall of text typed out, but my internet crapped out on me!!!

anywho, my point was, if your lowest possible tank temp is lower than the recommended temp, don't do it. a quick google search says 68 is too low for bettas. think of the rule of the jungle provided to us by the Jungle Book. If you kill it, you have to eat it. Sher Khan the tiger taught us this when we were like 10! :thm: it's a good rule to live by imo. i just like to think that each fish i have costed me at least $1,000, so i treat them right by anyone's standards, and no one can yell at me.

lol i hate when that happens


well, i think ill go for it. when i get a stronger lgiht that wil warm the tank up


you are hilarios glabe

 

[spencerguy1]

ok, about the 5 gallon bow, ive decided to do a riparium!!!

 

[allaboutfish]

wouldnt a crab tank be a riparium? what is a riparium anyway? i heard it had something to do with waterfalls.

 

[spencerguy1]

wouldnt a crab tank be a riparium? what is a riparium anyway? i heard it had something to do with waterfalls.

it has nothing to do with waterfalls.


a vivarium is where there is a terrrestrial environment and an aquatic environment, and both have inhabitants.

a paludarium is where the envrionment is terrestrial, and there is an aquatic area, but not suited for aquatic creatures. (water dragons, frogs, turtles, uses a waterfall)

a vivarium is where there is an emmersed plants area, but no land.


you cang probly get a better expanation.

 

[spencerguy1]

check out hydrophytes stuff. thats ripariums.

 

[allaboutfish]

someone said it had to have a waterfall though

 

[spencerguy1]

someone said it had to have a waterfall though

someone was way wrong. :rofl:

 

[Slappy*McFish]

A vivarium is any such enclosed 'habitat' or container for observing flora and/or fauna. Aquariums, terrariums, paludariums and ripariums are all vivariums.
A riparium is a type of paludarium with a circulating flow of water (waterfalls?). Ripariums simulate the area around river banks/streams. Ripariums don't usually include an actual terrestrial section (like a true paludarium) but does try to simulate that it's there (or nearby). I see them as kind of a marshy, flood zone habitat with both immersed and emersed growth.

 

[user_name]

A vivarium is any such enclosed 'habitat' or container for observing flora and/or fauna. Aquariums, terrariums, paludariums and ripariums are all vivariums.
A riparium is a type of paludarium with a circulating flow of water (waterfalls?). Ripariums simulate the area around river banks/streams. Ripariums don't usually include an actual terrestrial section (like a true paludarium) but does try to simulate that it's there (or nearby). I see them as kind of a marshy, flood zone habitat with both immersed and emersed growth.

this. Personally, I think that ripariums look almost like indoor ponds IMO. (They have no land, but plants growing out of the water)