Wanting to build my first palu. Input?

little98dime · #1 08-29-2010, 05:48 PM

Hey everyone. I have built a few vivs and am currently working on what is now my 4th viv. I am now wanting to get into building a palu and want to know how much difference there is from building a regular viv. All of my vivs have no water feature (with my current project being the exception). When i do get to doing this I may get some DF's to house in it. I've looked around and seen a few builds, but I just want to know the major differences and potential added difficulty of a palu.

beckdg · #2 08-30-2010, 02:23 PM

it's all about the water.

get the water features ironed out, leave yourself a way to get to everything for maintenance and build around it and you should be fine. any issues... you know what to do.

little98dime · #3 08-30-2010, 02:39 PM

Thanks beck.

Grimm · #4 08-30-2010, 02:44 PM

By DF's do you mean dart frogs? Palus with a major water feature are not suitable for darts. A relatively small feature, with multiple points of exit would be fine. However, if you are planning the typical palu with 6-8" of water and a smaller land area, then you will need to reconsider the inhabitant chosen.

Added difficulty is definitely keeping the water clear, and having the correct levels to have healthy plants and fish (Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, pH, Hardness, Chlorine) A palu is just like an aquarium, with the additional maintenance of a viv

little98dime · #5 08-30-2010, 02:58 PM

Hmmm. Ok. I will definately read up more one them as well as aquariums. I may try a small aquarium first so I can get use to that first.

beckdg · #6 08-30-2010, 03:12 PM

i totally missed that. yeah, darts would not do so well in a palu unless it's huge and the land slope is very gradual.