My tank few days ago

Hi Marty,


Glad to see another Canadian on the form. I used your original version of this tank as a reference when designing my first tank. The improvements look great.


Will

That's a really beautiful, well-done tank. Nice to see that on this side of the pond :wink:

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Marty,

I know I have seen your tank on another site, possibly with some additional info, can you put a link up to that site. I think a lot of people would find it helpful.

Sorry to hear you had to tear that down, it looked awesome.

btw...what is the cup on the left hand side of the tank for?

Melissa

If you look close, it looks like fruit flys. Probably a feeder cup.

Love the tank, i saw it on KS before, do you have recent pics of it?

But how does he keep the flies in the cup like that? Mine would all get out the heezy.

flies in the cup

I believe there is a slice of banana (or other fruit) in the cup or some ff medium in there. I have heard of people doing this in large tanks, so that there is at least one spot where the frogs know they can find flies.

That is a sweet tank Marty.

Tim

Re: My tank few months ago

You had to take that tank, apart? That sucks, it is one of the best I have seen.

Love the tank! I too am Canadian just living in cali right now. Again awesome tank!

Hey Marty, i was just wondering where you get your broms and other tropicals from. As i understand it, its not legal to ship live animals and plants past the border without some type of permit. Is there a supplier?

Thanks,
M.N

Re: web site

No idea. I posted some pics before on Kingsnake. Someone might have taken them from there.

The cup is for fruit flies. Tank is large and ff go all over the place, plus there are a few small gaps at the top where they can get out and walk on the walls :evil: with the ff medium in the cup they tend to stick near the cup, makes it a bit easier and keeps the escapees in check. It's not really for the frogs to have a hunting spot, they get rediculously overfed by me :lol:, nevertheless they eat from the cup too.

melissa68 said:

Marty,

I know I have seen your tank on another site, possibly with some additional info, can you put a link up to that site. I think a lot of people would find it helpful.

Sorry to hear you had to tear that down, it looked awesome.

btw...what is the cup on the left hand side of the tank for?

Melissa

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You don't work for fish and wildlife services do you, homeland security???? :wink: Aaaaah... you're a fellow Canuck! Nevermind :lol:

I got most of the plants locally at a Canadian version of home depot, called Building Box. They have a ton of various broms year round. I ordered a few plants from Black Jungle too. There are no permits required for plants as long as they're not in soil.

Moe said:

Hey Marty, i was just wondering where you get your broms and other tropicals from. As i understand it, its not legal to ship live animals and plants past the border without some type of permit. Is there a supplier?

Thanks,
M.N

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Canuck? No, maple leaf...yes.

M.N

some might not know the maple leaf , let's stick to frogs although I'm not from Quebec Whatever that means, hehe

Moe said:

Canuck? No, maple leaf...yes.

M.N

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Hey did you have any bad experience with the tree fern panels? because you wanna switch over?

Lol, i was actually talking hockey (I thought you were too! Doh.)

M.N

Marty said:

some might not know the maple leaf , let's stick to frogs although I'm not from Quebec Whatever that means, hehe

Moe said:

Canuck? No, maple leaf...yes.

M.N

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No, I can't complain about tree fern panels, they work great and don't deteriorate that fast. I want to try out some other techniques. Most of the europeans use flevpol or some concrete mixes. Weldbond works great in my other tanks so I'll try it in this larger one next.

Ryan said:

Hey did you have any bad experience with the tree fern panels? because you wanna switch over?

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