newbie question about great stuff

[Layna]

Originally Posted by kron4me

When you say IN IT do you mean in the water itself,

LOL, yes. That's what I mean. If you have an animal that will be spending most of it's time in the water, feeding, deficating, etc. I am thinking along the lines of turtles, fish, firebellied toads.

As for filter suggestions. I am still new at this (I don't even have a terr./viv. set up), so I'll let others suggest a filter. If you need one at all.

Hope that helps somewhat.

[kron4me]

Thank You rainfrog you have been helpful on all my post so far. One other question for all of you, with the waterfall, should I put the pump at one end of the tank and waterfall at the other to promote circulation or does it matter I am also making a drip wall with tree fern panels. and does any one know if dart frogs will lay eggs/ tadpoles it the little pond if there is water dripping in it. I assume not from all that I have read but It would be nice. FYI I am making this is a 30 gallon long aquarium 36"X12"X18" Still debating whether to have the waterfall / pond on one side or in the middle.

[kron4me]

Originally Posted by Layna

LOL, yes. That's what I mean. If you have an animal that will be spending most of it's time in the water, feeding, deficating, etc. I am thinking along the lines of turtles, fish, firebellied toads.

As for filter suggestions. I am still new at this (I don't even have a terr./viv. set up), so I'll let others suggest a filter. If you need one at all.

Hope that helps somewhat.

Thank You, My finance wants a turtle so Now I know what to do for her vivarium lol Good luck setting up your own, keep us posted

[Layna]

Originally Posted by kron4me

Thank You, My finance wants a turtle so Now I know what to do for her vivarium lol Good luck setting up your own, keep us posted

Well if you plan on getting a turtle, please be sure to do research. You probably will though. With water turtles, red eared sliders, muds, maps, etc., the rule floating around online for tank size is 10 gallons per 1 inch of shell. So if you have a 6 inch shelled turtle (from top of shell at base of neck to bottom of shell at base of tail), that means you need 60 gallons of water.

Aquatic turtles can only eat in/under water, I believe it's a lack of swallowing mechicinaism. So that means it'll eat underwater, deficate underwater, so a very good filter is needed.

If you plan on getting a land turtle, like a boxed turtle, you don't want to have too deep of water and you'll still want that filtered cause he'll drink from it and occasionally deficate in it too. You'll also want a wider land area. Regular aqariums aren't suggested for land turtles.

Any plants, aquatic or land are fair game to a turtle. They may just try and sample it or eat you out of tank and home. Aquatic turtles do need a land area with heat and UV lighting so if you plan with a water/land area, make sure it's big enough for the turtle to sit on.

A plant well loved by aquatic turtles are archanis (sp). They'll eat it all up. It grows underwater. Just an FYI.

Keep us updated. It is possible to make a nice vivarium with a turtle in it, but depending on if you want land or aqatic it will be massive either way.

[kron4me]

I have finished my vivarium about a month and a half ago I have posted pics under kron4me take a look and let me know what you think.

[ubstrong]

Originally Posted by kron4me

also do you have any suggestions on a filter type?

i bought a great little waterfall at petsmart online, it allows about 4.5 " of water and has 2 little charcoal filters. I have a little shallow spot on the edge so the frogs can use it and not have to go into the main water feature. so glad i decided to have filtered water. frogs like to sit in water to urinate (trivia ?) and now i don't have to change water often. beta fish like to watch the frogs, and really like the fruit fly perks.
I have a 65 gal corner bowfront tank with no water feature (only dishes) and a 30 gal with an approximately 2 gal water feature 12 x 8 x 4. i like the water feature a lot. like most folks, i'm already planning my next big viv adventure.