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[shane3fan]

Hi--Im Shane, from Athens Ga. and in my mid 30s. Married for 13 years with a 7 year old son.

Im new to vivariums/terrariums, currently have 4 planted fish tanks going. Im a kart racer and admitted car nut. Im the service manager at a Mercedes Benz dealer and have worked in the car business for 17 years-pretty much all I know--and Im good at it.

Listening to Breaking Benjamin right now, Conway Twitty is next on the shuffle though

Currently have some pretty ambitious plans for an Asian biotope mixture enclosure with fish, plants and tree frogs. Still in the planning and research mode right now. It will be a 40B tank, half filled with water, on the left side will be a vivarium with approx 18x12 footprint-26" tall--18 of that above the top of the fish tank. The back of the 40B will have plants in hanging planters on the back glass with emersed plants growing ( riparium for those of you familiar with the term-its fairly new )

Anyway, I will post a thread in another section with more detailed plans and some questions/concerns.

[Epiphile]

Hi Shane- welcome to the forum.

Sounds like a good project- what tree frogs were you thinking of working with, and from what area?

[froggsong]

Welcome! We're glad to have you.

[shane3fan]

Originally Posted by Epiphile

Hi Shane- welcome to the forum.

Sounds like a good project- what tree frogs were you thinking of working with, and from what area?

I think Im going to attempt RETFs, even though they arent from Asia. They just seem to fit better with what Im going to have. Although, I have considered Vietnamese Mossy frogs. 2-3 frogs is what I was planning. I need to do some more research on the Mossy frogs, Ive read that they like to stay in water, so that may be better than the RETFs after all.


I will start a thread about it soon.

Thanks.

[beckdg]

welcome to the forum shane. sounds like an interesting project.

[Epiphile]

I think a Central American biotope would be great for RETF- you could use a lot of emergent Echinodorus in the water area, and there are tons of other plants that are readily available that come from that area as well.