Nice tank. I think you can try to add some plants which clings on the background. Try having more ferns, they do good in vivarium. Btw, i'm curious but how do you actually create moonlight?
Well a few weeks back i decided to build a paludarium, the bottom section of the tank has about 12 cm of water in it (about 40L), theres then a land section i build using under gravel filter parts which has a layer of rocks (for drainage) then soil ontop. The driftwood on the left side has a large groove all the way through it so i attached the output of the pump to the top and it now acts as a very nice waterfall.
Current inhabitants are 10 Red eye green tree frogs and 1 swordtail. I think i will eventually buy a few Spotted Blue Eyes for the water section.
Heres 2 of the little fellas hanging out.
Full tank shot.
Heres a bunch of them sitting on a leaf, there really very social and love to climb all over each other.
Heres a picture of the tank with the moonlight on, this is great for watching them hunt for crickets as they are nocturnal eaters.
Nice tank. I think you can try to add some plants which clings on the background. Try having more ferns, they do good in vivarium. Btw, i'm curious but how do you actually create moonlight?
Yea i will be adding some plants to the background soon, probally a few air plants that dont have real roots and maybe another bromiliad. The moonlight on this tank was actually bought on ebay, its made of blue LED globes in a plastic casing. Iv made one myself before out of neon lights designed to go in computers.
oic. Got something to share with you. here is a link on how to make a vivarium, though it is in chinese words, the pictures explains almost everything. It looks great. Might give u some ideas on improvements u can make.
I always wonder why blue LED = moonlight. Lol. initially i thought that is UV light.
hmm.. you mentioned spotted blue eyes... Are those aquatic frogs?
Anyway, nice tank! Post more pics when you have those backdrop plants ready.
Wow, kronic, this native fish of yours is stunning.
Like some sort of killifish/guppy. May I know what's the name?
welcome =) the fish has nice finage and shine..wonder if sg have them. Their actual name is spotted blue eyes?
They're also known as Gertrude's rainbowfish, if i'm not mistaken. Midori brought in a batch of these recently
There scientific name is Pseudomugil gertrudae
There a very amazing fish and can survive in extremes of water conditions, from 15 C to 40C and they can also live in fresh or salt water with very high salinity levels. And as illumnae said they are also known as Gertrudes rainbowfish, although here in Australia we mainly know them as spotted blue eyes.
15 C to 40C.. oh my...rather hardy fish huh.
Nice tank setup there, and the fish is stunning. Is it a community fish?
Yes very much a community fish, growing to just over a inch they probally wont do that well with large fish but regular community fish would be fine with them.
Keep it up man, thumb up!
Hi, this is very nice! Thanks for sharing
By the way, will the frog jump into the water and eat the fish when they are hunger ?
I hope not! The frogs do like going for a swim sometimes but dont bother the fish yet.
Very nice tank! Very natural look... Your frogs look like it is enjoying it.
I like the paludarium!!
Also like your taste in fish!!
Have you posted the tank on any aussie forums?
Graeme
Last edited by Graeme; 1st Jan 2008 at 20:38. Reason: spelling
Yep its been put on www.aquariumlife.com.au & Overclockers australia (not a aquatic forum i know)
Nice to see another aussie here
Nice set up....
Are those red eye green tree frogs or white's tree frog? Can you tell me where i can get some at that size please?
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