community paludarium advice

[jokefox]

Hello , im new hear,
after alot of research on the forum i wanted to be involved in
and the research in the idea i wanted

i decided to post

i put together this much so far, ill need some advice in a direction to go

project: to build a t.v. stand , to go under my lcd t.v thats wall mounted, (space filler)

i have a 45 gallon tank here, i used it for my bearded dragon
its 38'' long, 16'' high, and 18.5 wide.

i wanted to house, the following

vampire crabs ,
red eye tree frogs ,
some type of feeder fish and crickets ,
fruit flies if i decide to throw in a carn, plant
mabye a shrimp or a algea fish, (open to ideas from you)

i already own 3 tiger salamaders and a fire belly newt, if i could throw those in
there to that would be great , but i know they like cooler temps , so
mabye a smaller one for them ?...

i was thinking on using a canister filter,
i found out i would like a rena filstar xp2

thats where i hit my wall,,,
help?

[sweetriden76]

canister filters work well, I run a small one on my exo-terra tank thats kinda between a viv and a paludarium, as for fish I have 6 platys in mine, they are cheap and prettier than feeders, I do see an issue with vertical height maybe though, doesn't seem like a lot of height to have the plants and stuff the tree frogs would like...I'd also be cautious with crabs, they tend to kill and eat anything they can catch...the shrimp sound good I was thinking of putting some in my tank, they really help clean up extra food and waste...sounds like you have an idea of what you want, but I would narrow down the list of potential animals and build to meet their needs, also drawing will help, just a rough 2D sketch of a top view, maybe a front view also...