40 Gallon Woodland - What do i put in it?

simplechamp · #1 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 03:29 AM

this is my second vivarium. i've been buying the materials for the past 3 months, put it together tonight, not quite complete but you get the idea, i apologize in advance about the poor cell phone pics, i should be able to use a better camera soon, the pics do it no justice

tank: 40g

substrate: 1in pea gravel, landscape cloth, sphagnum, fir mulch, coco fiber, repti-bark top layer, scattered leaves

plants: 1 ficus, 1 mystery fern, 1 mystery grass, 1 succulent baby plant, 2 bamboo shoots, organic all-natural 10-2-8 fertilizer granules, i don't remember what they all are but i just like how they look

water: XL size zoo-med corner rock dish (1g), 40gph mini-pump, micro carbon filter cartridges, i think the filter is really neat

decor: medium size mopani burl wood

plan on adding: various rocks, 1-2 small aquatic plants, live moss and stump, background, fluoro light fixture

fauna: nothing yet, any ideas? i was thinking chubby frog or dumpy frog? maybe a triplet of guppies in the water or some other hardy small fish? newt? my budget for the critters is no more than $60-70 so i know that might limit me somewhat

and now the pics (click thumbnails for full size), thanks for looking!

beefcakemighty · #2 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 03:58 PM

Croc skink, tiger salamandar, pacman frog,fire skinks, ball python, milk snake, king snake,green anoles, anything that likes water and high humidity something like that would be best i think....

simplechamp · #3 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 09:09 PM

i decided for the lights i'm going with two 24" 18w T8 fluoros

beefcakemighty · #4 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 09:45 PM

awesome... did you ever thing of making some type of background or use one of those background pictures some people use????

simplechamp · #5 (**permalink**) 05-18-2008, 12:22 AM

yeah i will probably just use a premade background

simplechamp · #6 (**permalink**) 05-18-2008, 02:18 PM

well i went and got my critters today at a huge reptile show called "repticon", there was anything you could ever want there, i was like a kid in a candy store

so i decided to go with a small colony of pygmy leaf chameleons, i got 5 and they sure are neat, i love the shooting tongues, i'll put some pics up as soon as i get a better camera!

defiantNX · #7 (**permalink**) 05-20-2008, 12:01 AM

I hope you have lots of luck with them. Ive bought them on two separate occasions and they are HARD to keep alive. Ive only got one left. If they are wild caught, make sure they are treated for parasites!

beefcakemighty · #8 (**permalink**) 05-20-2008, 09:15 PM

awesome! just have to be careful and not handle them much... they stress easy and its a difficult reptile to care for all around heh... but if you really take care of them and give them everythign they need you should ahve no problems... also may want to find out the sex of them cause if you ahve more then one male they may fight heh.... i was goign to get a cham but decide to wait...