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Old 03-21-2010, 04:03 AM
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Recently built my viv and so far my big mistake was not enough support for the false floor I put in because I also created a rock waterfall in one corner and I did not put enough supports in that corner. It's holding but it is bowed a bit.
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I just saw this and thought it hit all the right buttons and it's pretty funny.

Newbie goes to buy frogs.
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- expecting to be able to see very frog anytime I look in the viv for the first 2 weeks, and thinking that just because I cant, one must be dead/injured.
You got that right. I put my (first ever) 4 d auratus in my vivarium this afternoon and they immediately melted into the plantings. I spent the rest of the day trying to do head counts and wondering if one could have possibly cleared the top in the three seconds my back was turned.

Fast + tiny + abundantly planted tank + 46-year old eyes = 'Where ARE they all!?'

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I just saw this and couldnt stop laughing the post was very true and comical because ive been there with almost every mistake I remember my first vivarium I was freaking out because my frogs made it behind a hole in the wall of my tank that lead into the false bottom but they were saved of course my tank was destroyed
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I sure am learning. Learning not to use GS and gorrilla glue with no gloves then when thats all worn/picked off my hands (3 days later) do grout.... with no gloves. Seems I have worn off my skin on my finger tips and am bleeding a bit!

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...do grout.... with no gloves. Seems I have worn off my skin on my finger tips and am bleeding a bit!
In the tile business those are what is known as "strawberries"...ouch.
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In the tile business those are what is known as "strawberries"...ouch.
Thanx! Now I have a name to put to my pain and I do feel better knowing I am not the only person to have this happen.
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When your temp sits at 78 degrees in your 125, don't add a CF spotlight to accent that centerpiece plant, while simultaneously trusting your girlfriend when you told her not to open the blinds. The combo will raise your temps up over 85 degrees while you're at work, and you will lose all six of the yellow galacts that you bought last month. I could almost cry.
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When your temp sits at 78 degrees in your 125, don't add a CF spotlight to accent that centerpiece plant, while simultaneously trusting your girlfriend when you told her not to open the blinds. The combo will raise your temps up over 85 degrees while you're at work, and you will lose all six of the yellow galacts that you bought last month. I could almost cry.
Sounds like a perfectly good reason to cry.
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My top beginner mistake, Not drilling the tanks. I should of just grown a pair and drilled it. I was scared that I would crack the tank. Now everyonce in a while I have to manually shopvac down the water level.
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