My Top 10 Beginner Mistakes - Page 3

JoshKaptur · #21 (**permalink**) 02-01-2007, 11:30 PM

it hasn't been long enough for you yet, but make sure every 6 months you replace your supplements (you'll have tons left and it will feel wrong) or you'll be lamenting a costly mistake, not just an annoying one.

titan501x · #22 (**permalink**) 02-01-2007, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JoshKaptur

it hasn't been long enough for you yet, but make sure every 6 months you replace your supplements (you'll have tons left and it will feel wrong) or you'll be lamenting a costly mistake, not just an annoying one.

yea, it sucks that supplements go bad so fast. I think i've had mine for about 3-4 months, so, i should be good for a while.

frogman824 · #23 (**permalink**) 02-01-2007, 11:37 PM

Worst one yet....

Four Auratus (2 different morphs) and a tinc can't be mixed in a 20 L on a gravel and fake plant substrate with a 65 W light bulb. (This was over 3 years ago before I found the board)

titan501x · #24 (**permalink**) 02-01-2007, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by frogman824

Worst one yet....

Four Auratus (2 different morphs) and a tinc can't be mixed in a 20 L on a gravel and fake plant substrate with a 65 W light bulb. (This was over 3 years ago before I found the board)

what exactly happened?

frogman824 · #25 (**permalink**) 02-01-2007, 11:45 PM

Forgot to mention I had bricks in there to separate the land and water. Anyways, I took them to my girlfriends for her parents to take care of when we went to Florida. I then put them in her freezing basement, and her dad thought it would be a good idea to take the light (which gave them very little heat) to the attic for about 3 hours so he could see what he was doing up there. I came back to all 5 of them frozen.

titan501x · #26 (**permalink**) 02-01-2007, 11:51 PM

wow, did they replace them?

corbsclinton · #27 (**permalink**) 02-02-2007, 12:17 AM

I cant believe no one "forgot" to use a substrate divider on their water fall viv! I thought I could use thick plastic and aquarium glue to seperate the land (coco/dirt all the way to the bottom) from the river. A few holes in the seal surely wouldnt hurt,right? That was fun to clean up.

I guess that one also falls under research and less under DIY

pigface · #28 (**permalink**) 02-02-2007, 12:33 AM

Yep . I didn't even realise it untill it was too late . I didn't see it way down in the brom ( big brom little frog ? ) I found it two hours later , he made it half way across the bedroom floor before dyeing . I still pissed off at myself for being so stupid . :x

titan501x · #29 (**permalink**) 02-02-2007, 12:44 AM

was he a froglet?

Thinair · #30 (**permalink**) 02-02-2007, 12:59 AM

Random thoughts...
Make sure your false bottom actually separates the soil/whatever from the water. Otherwise its not doings its job...

If you're using a cocohut, think about where you're putting it before the tank is planted and you have to crush plants/destroy aesthetic...

Designate a feeding or viewing area in an open area (of course this applies more for tinc-like frogs).

--Carlos