Large Vivarium Construction

[Morgan Freeman]

Sounds like a good mix to me, do the chams not need it slightly cooler than the geckos though?

[nathan]

I would avoid mixing the day geckos and the electric blues, due to size. If you were going to mix I would try the neon yellow headed day geckos with them. Closer to the size of the electric blues . . .

[Energy]

Originally Posted by seamonkey84

that sounds good to me, depending on what the other geckos are. with the pygmies, you could have two males and still have their own territory. what do you have for a cleanup crew, or have i read over that and missed it...
with a setup your size though, you'd have to be very vigilant looking for those babies or eggs, as hatching would probably have a hard time foraging for food in such a wild setting. or keep it stocked with enough spring tails i guess and hope for the best as nature does. daily dusted fruit flies and you could most likely get the chameleons to feed out of a cup/deep bowl for the small crickets.

Clean-up crew- Just plecos and siamese algae eaters, some cherry shrimp, some Grammarus(which I believe all turned into fish food).

Babies: the idea is to set-up cultures inside the system to a point that could help all the livestock"graze" during the day-including babies. Other than that if I spotted them then I could do something more specific.

[Energy]

Originally Posted by Morgan Freeman

Sounds like a good mix to me, do the chams not need it slightly cooler than the geckos though?

According to the care sheets they seem to be able to tolerate even temperatures in the 70's up to the low 80's.

[Energy]

Originally Posted by nathan

I would avoid mixing the day geckos and the electric blues, due to size. If you were going to mix I would try the neon yellow headed day geckos with them. Closer to the size of the electric blues . . .

For sure- I would make sure sizes are somewhat the same. Makes feeding easier as well.

[RL7836]

Originally Posted by EverettC

I love the placement of your sundew plants! Those are some personal favorites of mine and I'm glad to see others using them. Do you have any Nepenthes? If not I highly recommend getting some, they'd thrive in there.

Some other carnivorous plant ideas:
- U. humboldtii or U. nelumbifolia - both have interesting leaves & live in the water-filled bowls of bromeliads. Flowers are large & unique (also no dry period required as with most of the epiphytic utrics)
- Nepenthes species > tenuis (if you can locate some), inermis, argentii, platychila - all have interesting pitchers (google names & lots of images come up) and will not get so large as to overpower your space (or permanently trap your herps).

Keep up the great work,
Ron

[Energy]

Originally Posted by RL7836

Some other carnivorous plant ideas:
- U. humboldtii or U. nelumbifolia - both have interesting leaves & live in the water-filled bowls of bromeliads. Flowers are large & unique (also no dry period required as with most of the epiphytic utrics)
- Nepenthes species > tenuis (if you can locate some), inermis, argentii, platychila - all have interesting pitchers (google names & lots of images come up) and will not get so large as to overpower your space (or permanently trap your herps).

Keep up the great work,
Ron

Thanks for the great plant ideas and recommendations! It will be interesting to see which ones are available.

[Energy]

I picked up the last of the Discus for the system. I have a blue Knight, two white butterflies, one albino checkerboard, One red melon, One solid blue select grade with ruby eyes, One penang eruption, one vivid blue leopard, one carnation pigeon blood.

These all came from Kenny's Discus. From my experience he has incredible selection, great prices and when his fish arrive they are in outstanding condition. I couldn't be happier with my experience. I will post some pics of the new arrivals later.

[Energy]

Here's a link a website I just set up featuring my reef aquarium which I converted into the new set-up.

Energy Reef


Please let me know what you think and how I can improve this website.

[nathan]

Originally Posted by Energy

I picked up the last of the Discus for the system. I have a blue Knight, two white butterflies, one albino checkerboard, One red melon, One solid blue select grade with ruby eyes, One penang eruption, one vivid blue leopard, one carnation pigeon blood.

These all came from Kenny's Discus. From my experience he has incredible selection, great prices and when his fish arrive they are in outstanding condition. I couldn't be happier with my experience. I will post some pics of the new arrivals later.

Cant wait to see the pics !

Sorry I couldnt get you pictures of choices discus sooner

But man POST THE PICS ALLREADY will ya ! lol