08-18-2005, 02:33 AM
Hey all! Ok, here's the deal. I only have room for one tank. So obviously I want it to be a nice one; top-notch. I already have an old 90 gallon, and I was thinking about doing it vertical. That would make it approx. 18"x24"x48". Like I said I want it to be nice, so it will be heavily planted, and perhaps a water feature. Not too sure about the water feature yet, though there will be drip lines for sure. Thats the basic setup. Next.
As far as the darts go, since I will only be having 1 tank, I'd like some nice darts. And yes, I would like to breed them. I am quite partial to the more aboreal thumbs, especially since the tank is 4ft tall. I understand I could have a pair of whatever in there; but do I have any options for maybe 2 pairs of any species of thumbs? I just read that interesting post about imitators and how they were interacting; not too keen on the female egg eating. It just seems like a waste to have one pair of small frogs in a vert. 90. I read a short article ( http://www.herpetologic.net/frogs/cares ... tfrogs.htm ) about setting up an endemic tank(only species of plants and animals from a certain area) and I kind of like the idea. Perhaps then I could use a pair of more terrestrial darts, and a pair of arboreal ones. That way they stay out of each others way, and the vivarium isn't exactly small. Just a thought. Some species I'm partial too are: Retics, Amazonicus, and Pumilio.
Ok, with that out of the way, use your imaginations.. say you can only have one tank, and it's a 90 vert. What would you do? Any specific "view" (I'm at a lose for words) that you would go for? Tree buttress? River bank? Mountain slope? Let the ideas and opinions flow!
Take care. I will be starting the preconstruction soon, and will post pictures.
Tanks to All!
~Donald
As far as the darts go, since I will only be having 1 tank, I'd like some nice darts. And yes, I would like to breed them. I am quite partial to the more aboreal thumbs, especially since the tank is 4ft tall. I understand I could have a pair of whatever in there; but do I have any options for maybe 2 pairs of any species of thumbs? I just read that interesting post about imitators and how they were interacting; not too keen on the female egg eating. It just seems like a waste to have one pair of small frogs in a vert. 90. I read a short article ( http://www.herpetologic.net/frogs/cares ... tfrogs.htm ) about setting up an endemic tank(only species of plants and animals from a certain area) and I kind of like the idea. Perhaps then I could use a pair of more terrestrial darts, and a pair of arboreal ones. That way they stay out of each others way, and the vivarium isn't exactly small. Just a thought. Some species I'm partial too are: Retics, Amazonicus, and Pumilio.
Ok, with that out of the way, use your imaginations.. say you can only have one tank, and it's a 90 vert. What would you do? Any specific "view" (I'm at a lose for words) that you would go for? Tree buttress? River bank? Mountain slope? Let the ideas and opinions flow!
Take care. I will be starting the preconstruction soon, and will post pictures.
Tanks to All!
~Donald