Hi again,
I am a new member and I have posted just a couple of messages. I do not keep frogs, but I have been keeping busy with a kind of display that is similar in some ways to a vivarium--planted ripariums, which are aquariums filled part of the way with water, with air space above for the emergent growth of plants. Unlike paludariums and vivariums, ripariums don't have any real land area--the above-water part is rendered just with plant foliage--so they are not suitable for keeping darts or other herps. They are instead meant for the enjoyment of fish and the emergent growth of marginal aquatic plants.
I have some pictures from a few of my tanks.
20 Gallon with Cheap & Easy Plants
This tank required just a little effort to plan and set up. I used readily available houseplant and pond plant varieties for the aerial portion, and a few low-tech aquarium plants for the underwater area. I hope that it will be low maintenance.
55 Gallon Riparium Featuring Cryptocoryne
Cryptocoryne plants (also known as "crypts") are among the most popular of aquarium plants. This Riparium has some larger-statured species/varieties growing as emergents, as well as a few fully-immersed crypt plants. Fish include
Botia loaches and
Puntius barbs.
65 Gallon South America Biotope Riparium
This one is a rather loose "biotope". It contains some representative South American plants, such as
Echinodorus swords, as well as others used primarily for their form and appearance, such as the
Acorus sweetflag and creeping jenny (
Lysimacchia).
