Hello!
My name is John. I'm 13. I set up a viv awhile ago.. about in September, it was simple and ugly and I had two green tree frogs and one got out and the other died. It was an awful tank, feel bad for the frogs.
Since then I've been researching and researching on better ways to keep frogs. I've now got a (sort of) drainage layer made of gravel. The ground is very hilly. I feel like I'm getting off to a good start.
Here's a picture of the first attempt:
And now:
I'm planning on getting either a one or two bumble bee toads.
Params: Temp: 70F (kinda low) Humidity: 88% (high)
{Bumble bee toads prefer temps 65-75 [I'm going for 70 at night and 75 during day] and humidity 60%-80% [I'm going for 75%]
Lid:The lid is screen, but I have used saran wrap to seal off most, but I left a 4"x6" section just screen, otherwise the humidity gets up to Soon I'll be getting the under tank heater, and also fruit flies to start a good culture. Right now the viv is about 70F and 88%. If need be I'll cut off more to get it below 80% (but above 60%) I really like my digital hygrometer/thermometer. It shows both temp and humdity and also records the highest and lowest reading for both for every 24 hours, so in the morning I can see how cold it got and how dry it got. Its pretty cool.
Lighting: Three fixtures, the original fish tank light, its 15w, and really ugly, cause the light is purple! The desk lamp is 27 watts and is really white, and the basking fixture is just a 13 CFL daylight. They all kinda even out into a nice shade. Is that too much light? It doesn't look it.
Substrate: The very poor drainage layer I threw together is just fish gravel. Seachem Flourite, to be exact. It works okay. The "hill" gets actually dry and I have to spray it down every other day or so. The substrate is milled peat's moss and clay balls mixed in (heh, I didn't want they were for when I first got them, so I just mixed them in. Derr
) I also threw in some moss from outside. I have no idea what it is. I think its Spaghnum, I'm sure. It looks like it, only tiny. Its growing in some areas, while in others it grew great but got squished when I was messing stuff around
Near the shore of the pond is java moss which came from my planted shrimp breeder tank, and its doing pretty good terrestrial.
Plants: Trimmings from my fig bonsai, which actually grew roots! The white plant I have no idea, its from my mom's garden, and is also growing roots. There's lucky bamboo in there also, not just the big poles in the back, but the really light green plants too. They growing really good actually. There's two baby venus fly traps in there, seedlings from my first fly trap bloom a couple years back. Also doing great. Those are really close to the water so they get lots of water.
Pond: The pond I like. I dug it out lower then the rim, and lower the the top of the gravel layer. The edge where the substrate and pond is steep, they never touch. I tried to cover up as much as possible of exposed gravel with moss, cause I don't want the toads to choke on them. There's even a pier made from rocks jutting out.
Um ya that's about it. I can't wait for the toads, but I know not to rush, what I did last time that was the cause the failure. I'm getting the vitamins, fruit flies, and heater pad pretty soon.
OH by the way, the toads I shall be getting are going to be WC. Any precausions? Will they be poisonous? Can I deworm them? Would I be able to deworm them with fish dewormers? (GelTek or PraziPro?) [GelTek is pretty gentle, I'd say. The fish like the taste actually! My lorteti pufferfish doesn't mind it, but wouldn't even look at the other stuff. (I soak their bloodworms in the medication during deworming.
So ya my other things I'm raising are:
Venus Fly Traps
Sarracenia purperea (sp, something close to that) [Burke's purple pitcher]
Breeding lots and LOTS of cherry and crystal shrimp. (FW-planted tank)
Lorteti Pufferfish (FW)
Here's the shrimp tank:
The puffer fish: {PEACHES!}
10 Gallon Viv
Linear Mode
