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Not to worry, as I posted up a head a little bit, there will be 3 Boreal Chorus Frogs rather than 2 Wood Frogs and a Chorus Frog, so there isn't any mixing in the new plan :thumbs: Thanks for the help everyone Taylor

How do you know this stuff Christian???

Haha, cute pic. My dogs gettin pretty old, I love it when she starts acting like a puppy, makes me smile to see her like that. Looks like those fish bring out the kitten in your cat there Sam!! :thumbs:

That is soo INTENSE!!! I wish I could have a fish room, theres just so many fish species to chose from, and they can't all fit in 3 tanks!!! Thanks for showing it and good luck with the rest of it!! :thumbs:

Can Pirahnas and Silver Arowanas be housed together (assuming you have a collossal tank)? Thanks Taylor

I'm pretty sure most places that sell reptile supplies would have cork bark. However, the kind that they sell, will not be flattenned, so you will have to do this yourself which may take some times. It is normally used just as a hideout for reptile and spider terrariums.

Oh yes, its quite clear now. Although, sometimes the pleco gets spooked and sends the sand EVERYWHERE, the crazy goof does that when he's just brushed by the Loach. The tank is soooo naked without my Goldfish, I need to get some female Bettas to keep my male away from the loach. The Loach is right squirrelly because the Betta is always flaring up at him :cry: poor guy. Thanks for the compliment, I would like to see soem more photos coming in!! :thumbs:

Wow, sounds like I need to get my hands on some of that stuff, good for shipping??? :thumbs: I think that once the Cork becomes staurated with water, it will stay put, at least so I hope. Thats cork board, cork bark looks like this: Sadly, all forms of cork come from the destruction of the Spanish Cork Forests, wich is the home and hunting grounds of the endangered Iberian (or Spanish) Lynx. This fact makes it tough for me, but I just have to trust my source for the cork, that they got it clean, from harvesting it from a cork farm. Thanks for all the advice guys Taylor

My best Weather Loach pic yet (it will be used in my Profile on them, if I am allowed to write one)

I was looking at using Cork Bark for a background in my Chorous Frog Paludarium, only problem is that it's half water and half earth (like all paludariums). So the big question is: Can the Cork Bark be used as a submerged background? Another fairly important question: how the F*** do you get rid of CLR residue in an aquarium? Like an idot, I tried to get rid of the calcium build-up with CLR and it didn't even work!!! I ended up having to use a glass scraper to get it all off! Thanks Taylor

That'll be easier for me!!! I hear Boreal Chorus Frogs every night in the summer. Our house backs on to a golf course (we have a fence to keep our 3 dogs off the green) and between our yard and the golf course there is a small ditch which, every summer, is filled with water and becomes a haven for noisy frogs. And according to the SRD Alberta website, Chorus Frogs attain a maximum length of 2-4 cm!!! Does anyone know if wood frogs make any noise? If they do, the chorus frogs may be harder to find. Thanks Taylor

Thanks, I did figure that 3 frogs and a fish would be a bit much thats why I put a "maybe" beside the Striped Chorus Frog, I wanted to see what some others' reactions were before crossing it off (it would be a bit noisy too for my bedroom). With regards to heightening the divider, what do you think would be a good height? I won't do 10" just because there will be no room for my Spider Plant, I'm willing to go for 8", would that do? 2 " makes a lot of difference. I was also thinking that the ratio between land and water would need to be more equal, so that will be a change made. If anyone wants to know why I threw a Mosquitofish into the plan, it's basically for eating up the skins of the frogs, assuming the frogs dont eat it

They are tough to read when you don't maximize the new window (the one that shows the pictures enlarged)

My 25 Gal tank has been sitting on its brand new stand for about a month now, nothing in it, I have sad hour after hour pondering what will fill its glass walls... pfft, ya right!! Seriously though, I was having some trouble settling my mind on what I was going to stock the tank with. Well, the tank is not all that nice to look at, needs to be re-siliconed and it has scratches galore. Since the tank will be getting some new silicone, I figured I might as well put a nice divider in there wile I'm at it. Because my love for animals goes far beyond the reaches of Ichthyology, I decided to do a Vivarium of some kind. At first I wanted to do a double terrarium with half Desert Gecko Biotope, and Half Tropical Salamander or Frog Biotope. That turned out to be a complicated idea, so I went for something with a single side, or water-land style. My stepmom is afraid of Snakes, I don't "do" spiders, so it looked like it was going to be a lizard or some kind of Amphibian. I didn't like the idea of doing another Aquarium, although Axolotls look extremely freakish, which is what really interests me in all animals, but it requires a full water tank, so it was ruled out. I then decied it was going to be either a House Gecko or a Giant Day Gecko, my sister thought they were cute, and I agreed. I couldn't help but like the idea of having have water and half land, however, my damn salwater tank has left my wallet a little deprived of juice. Low budget, family restrictions, ugh!! This is what led me to create a very detailed plan on what I could and couldn't do. Tiger Salamanders are gorgeous animals, but they seemed a bit sensitive and needed a certain humidity and temperature (as most Vivarium animals do), so that ruled out most species, except for the native species. None of these need heating or humitity controls (well, other than not getting TOO hot or cold and not TOO humid, wich is quite simple to control). I looked at Northern Leopard frogs, but later found out that they are threatened in Alberta. I always thought that they were common, but I mistook Wood Frogs for the Northern Leopards, which is what led me to my current plan. Wood Frogs!!! They are quite common in Alberta, so I won't be putting a dent in the population and won't have any remorse for whisking them away. Enough explaining how I got to the planning already!!! Let's just cut to the actual plans. Ready? here they are (this is my first vivarium, maybe that will explain my excitement): Leopard Frog Paludarium (25 Gal): Stocking: 3 Striped Chorus Frogs 1 Mosquito Fish Plants: Native Plants (From across the creek) Substrate (Terrestrial): Peat Mixed with Soil (Without Fertilizer) Substrate (Aquatic): Sand Mixed with Natural Aquarium Gravel Dietary Needs: Crickets (Staple) Waxworms Earthworms Reptile Vitamin Mix (Sprinkle Once a Week) Prey Feed (For Gutloading): Fruits, Vegetables Fish and Dog Foods Theres the plan in words, why don't I elaborate a bit with... an Illustration!!!!

Best of luck to ya, its looks like it will turn out fantastic :thumbs: Keep us posted here!!

Phenomenal photographs, the corals look as if they could have been taken in the open reefs :thumbs:

But not sand right, will it attach itself to sand? All I will have in the tank is the sand, filter intake, thermometer, driftwood (this is the desired resting place of the Java Moss), and the actual fish Thanks Taylor

Can it attach itself and grow on a sand substrate, or is it limited to the driftwood that I tie it to? Thanks Very Much Taylor

Didn't you already post those Popeye?

We know Adam...

Nice Tridacna :thumbs:

Here are some more pleco pics, the oher fish are just too hard to get pics of when the water is all cloudy Lets get some more pics showing :thumbs:

That looks like an Ocean green on the right, and it's my favorite variety of Discus, great choice!!!

Thanks very much guys!

Like all puppies- it's adorable, I wish you the best of luck in training it!! Adam, you can have the white dog if you want one so bad :thumbs: