waterfall Paludarium build & new drip system

[aajk13]

HAHAHA i totally forgot about that! So i was getting harassed by my friends that i have nothing in my palu so one of my buddies gave me some toy dinosaurs to put in it, so when people ask i can say i have dinosaurs. lol Since i originally made this thread i did get some critters to put in it. I have 2 orange galactonotus dart frogs (male and female), 4 cherry shrimp and a nerite snail. So your suggestion of small invertebrates was right on. They just rummage around the bottom eating my excess of alge.

Here is a pic of my male frog:

they usually stay on the back wall, under the canopy of plants


it has grown a lot since i have last posted i will get an updated pic up too


You do raise some good points about humidity. Heat and humidity have been my biggest struggle with this tank. I now have a vent fan on my hood that wicks away the heat from my lights I notice it does pull some air with it so the humidity will drop to about 80% when its on. When i seal the top vents the palu will fog right up, so it must go up through the top. Either way i do water changes once a week so it doesn't get out of hand.

[x5tr41ghtj4ck3t]

I was looking at it for like 30 minutes saying to myself "No... it just CAN'T be a part of the wood......" I'm glad that's resolved, haha.
Interesting; I was going to suggest an aquatic snail, but I didn't know how they do with plant life. In any aquatic tank I've made, I had huge japanese pond snails that would just wreck everything from their sheer size alone... I don't know if they actually ate anything, but they certainly push gravel and sand around quite a bit. Plants embedded in the sand would just get unrooted. Looks like nerites are small enough though.
That's a pretty awesome little community; can't wait for the updated pictures!

[aajk13]

here is a pic of my cherry shrimp:



i tried an HDR shot to get everything... turned out a little flat.

[x5tr41ghtj4ck3t]

AWESOME!
Flat or not, it's a beautiful picture, you gotta admit

[aajk13]

Thanks!

[Andy173]

Hey, im just wondering how you make your picture
Enlarged, im new to this forum and when i attach a picture
You have to click on it to view them

[aajk13]

well i shoot my photos high res and optimize for web, then i embed them in the post with the button that looks like a mountain and sun. When you click on it, it will ask for a url of your photo so you will have to upload it to ur photos or a picture hosting site (i use dropbox). Then it will show [IMG]LINK[/IMG] and display the pic when you publish instead of attaching a file.

hope that helps

[Andy173]

Thanks so much!

[pa.walt]

I always did like the cherry shrimp. maybe some day will make a set up for shrimp.,

[aajk13]

My cherry shrimp are great! they and my snail keep all the algae at bay and clean up other junk. I found my water area was too small for any fish so they are a pretty cool alternative.