New to the site wanted to show off some work of mine.

jbro2 · #1 08-07-2013, 01:59 PM

So i have been building paludariums for about 2 yrs with great success. Here are some pics. i also built an entire top wardian case for my 40gal breeder. I will be starting a new palu soon out of a standard 30gal with a newly desgined top.

So here are some past and present pics of my 40gal breeder with a 40 gal top.
Here is a list of the inhabitants.
1 crested gecko
1 Skunk Gecko
1 Crocidile Skink
2 Grass Lizards
1 Big Eyed tree frog
1 Northern Tree Frog
2 African Clawed frogs
all inhabitants have lived in this setup for over a 1yr without incident.
I did have 2 redeyed tree frogs. 1 was eaten by the clawed frog and the other was found dead with no injury. so i have resisted adding any more of them at the moment.

The tank includes a monsoon system as well as zoo med 511 i had an eheim external pump but the zoo med works better with the rain bar for this setup. Also all the plants and background is real. the only foam i used in construction is at the top of the background. There is multiple plants as well as numerous air plants. let me know what you guess think.

jbro2 · #2 08-07-2013, 03:55 PM

Here are the most recent pics of the setup.

nirotorin · #3 08-09-2013, 08:11 AM

Nice looking vivarium. Your skink looks pretty happy for sure. Very cool. I know a lot of people don't approve of mixing animals, but when it's done right it's pretty interesting. What made you decide these animals would work together?

jbro2 · #4 08-09-2013, 11:43 AM

Well i researched all there habitats and decided they would be able to cohabitat as long as there is was enough room together. I was looking for a pic of the Croc Skink and Crested sleeping on top of each other to show the comfort level of them but i cant seem to find it. Its kinda of amazing watching them interact. All the animals with the exception of the ACFs (clawed frogs) all seem to be very content with one another and share space. I am planning on finding a mate for the croc skink so eventually i will have them in there own tank to breed but i have eggs from grass lizards so everyone is comfy.

nirotorin · #5 08-16-2013, 03:21 AM

Did you incubate the eggs?