70gal Paludarium/Vivarium Build

[calivivarium1]

I just scored a pair of bamboo shrimp; they are currently tearing it up in my QT. No one wanted my enormous portion of moss/pelila so I just threw that in there as well. Shrimp have started filter feeding and seem happy. I guess I will QT them for about two weeks and then add them to the main tank. After that, I think I am really leaning towards the Red Tail Black Shark.

 

[calivivarium1]

Looks Mazing.. any land critters? I Would keep the Asian and put some Mossy Tree frogs in there.

Thanks! No land critters, I don't have a full lid and don't think I plan on putting one in after all. Mossy Tree Frogs would be pretty sick though! If I ever do a tree frog tank again, will probably do Mossy Tree Frogs, African reed frogs, or Pacific Tree Frogs

 

[calivivarium1]

Well, the bamboo shrimp are in the tank now. I am unsure how they will do though; as they were acclimating in a bag (I re-bagged them from QT) my barbs started eyeballing them and circling like sharks. The largest barbs kinda poked at the shrimp and then just circled around for a bit. I haven't seen the shrimp out filter feeding at the places I would imagine they would like; I have only seen them a few times hanging out real tight to cover (though they are coming out a bit more each day I think).

One of them filter-fed all the time and in the open in QT while the other was much more shy; I have seen the same thing in this tank. Hopefully they can filter feed and thrive in the main tank; if they don't I'm not sure I will be able to catch them without ripping the whole tank apart.

Side note; four Odessa Barbs and a Red Tail Black Shark are now in QT. Maybe I will actually finish the plants above the waterline after the holidays..

 

[jpappy789]

Looking good!

 

[Rafini]

I think I speak for everyone when I ask for an update on the paludarium!

 

[calivivarium1]

No new pics right now... tank is overgrown with moss and pelila... Need to trim and sell some. Apparently no one in the classifieds here wants any.

Anywho, only news is: Two of my barbs have since committed suicide by ramming into various parts of the tank, my shrimp might have died while I was on vacation (something always seems to go wrong when I'm gone), and the shark/rest of the tank inhabitants appear to get along, well, swimmingly.

 

[Kannan Fodder]

(something always seems to go wrong when I'm gone)

I hear ya! Left last Thurs AM and came back Sunday evening, and ALL the shrimp in my 2 gallon invert tank were dead. The only change was I added a betta right before leaving, and I was sure the large amano would be fine because it was bigger than the betta! My pet sitter is 100% trustworthy, and it was only 3.5 days. All the ghost shrimp in my 29g have vanished too. Everything was fine when I left.....

 

[calivivarium1]

Yup, makes me not want to go on vacation sometimes... Never know what is going to go wrong when I come home! From house to pets, it is almost always something.

That sucks about your invert tank; really puts a damper on your previously happy post-vacation mood