Large Vivarium Construction

[zBrinks]

Any idea what kind of nepenthes that is?

[Energy]

Sorry- no idea what type of pitcher plant that is.

[wesly2007]

looks to me like one of the many hybrids of Nepenthes Ampullaria

[raimeiken]

yeah it looks like the N. Ampullaria "harlequin" I have growing in my tank

[JrayJ]

Updated Pics! I Ask?

[botanyboy03]

Well, I have just spent the past 2 and a half hours reading through this thread, and quite frankly, I am damn near speechless. what an incredible viv!!!!!!!!!!! Stunning. Please, more pictures please.

Zac

[dendrothusiast]

three hours reading and my eyes burn, but not enough to keep admiring your huge paludarium. I always wanted freshwater stingrays in my paludarium but i want a school of neons and hatchet fish too which means no stingray...not to forget theyre illegal in california anyways. ive seen cardinal tetras kept with piranha ...maybe ill go with that...most likely not . I also I have an idea with keeping several strawberry darts along with some glass tree frogs so there's no size competetion. as for my reptiles im most likely thinking of pygmy chameleons as i have great success keeping them with darts.

great paludarium ill definately look at yours as some inspiration big time.

[Energy]

Originally Posted by dendrothusiast

three hours reading and my eyes burn, but not enough to keep admiring your huge paludarium. I always wanted freshwater stingrays in my paludarium but i want a school of neons and hatchet fish too which means no stingray...not to forget theyre illegal in california anyways. ive seen cardinal tetras kept with piranha ...maybe ill go with that...most likely not . I also I have an idea with keeping several strawberry darts along with some glass tree frogs so there's no size competetion. as for my reptiles im most likely thinking of pygmy chameleons as i have great success keeping them with darts.

great paludarium ill definately look at yours as some inspiration big time.

Stingrays can be kept with smaller fish if you train them. I use the same process that falconers use to train there birds to bring the prey they capture back to the handler.

By nature predators will want to hunt. The trick is to keep them full- they will still hunt but not as aggressively- more out of boredom.

My Rays get fed daily at the same time in the same spot. Every day all three show up for food and wait. The smaller fish show up as well but the rays view the smaller fish as a nuisance-instead of a snack. They know that a banquet is about to arrive and there is no need to go after the littler fish.

I used another technique to train octopus from escaping from their enclosure. By nature octopi are EXTREMELY intelligent, inquisitive and very easily trained. They are also escape artists. My octopi would feed from my hand- at the top of the lidless tank. While they were happily munching their goodies and exploring whatever else was in my hand I would lift them out of the water- they hated it. They learned that nothing good or fun was outside the tank and preferred to stay inside. I kept all of them in open enclosures and never had one instance of escape.

Hope that helps-

[Energy]

Originally Posted by JrayJ

Updated Pics! I Ask?

Originally Posted by botanyboy03

Well, I have just spent the past 2 and a half hours reading through this thread, and quite frankly, I am damn near speechless. what an incredible viv!!!!!!!!!!! Stunning. Please, more pictures please.

Zac

Give me another month or two and I will see what I can post for new pics and thanks for the compliment!

[dendrothusiast]

I knew rays were smart but not that smart and ive had a roomate in the past who's father kept octupi and did what im sure almost the exact same you just said to discourage escapes.

Back to the rays though after hearing what you said makes me feel confident i could attempt keeping them together with neons but no matter how big my paludarium i think i wont chance it because i would like to have some baby tears' plants take over the foreground underwater where rays mainly like to occupy. Yes they are illegal here in california but i have ways to sneak them in if i wanted to but i have no need since i dont plan on having them for a while. I know they're legal in ohio according to my lover and i plan on moving there soon longterm for educational reasons to obtain my biology phd. i will most likely obtain a few once i construct my greenhouse where i can house a couple of three with schools of tropical fish in their own bioligically heated pond....but im only rambling about a life goal, in a couple years in time you may see my posts when i'm finally ready to attempt it

thankyou for taking time to respond and answer what i had commented