Withers Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Awesome I'm going to give that a try. Maybe frogs will be in the running sooner than I thought 🙂 3 Quote Link to comment
Firefish15 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 On 9/23/2019 at 6:06 AM, Withers said: Good! Well, sort of. Finding Red Head histrionicas at a reasonable price might be beyond me, but I've found multiple breeders of Oophaga around and I can join a wait list at any time for some of the more common types (looking at Oophaga Pumilio Bastimentos "red frog beach" currently), but the bigger issue is convincing my wife. I'm trying to come up with a system of either culturing fruit flies in the garage or figuring out how to minimize the smell and keep them indoors like normal. She says they smell too bad. At the herpetology lab I worked at, we cultured D. melanogaster and D. hydei in quart sized deli tubs. Punch some holes in the lids and glue a coffee filter over the holes. Inside was a commercial powdered food and excelsior as a substrate. It worked quite well, and it wasn’t too odorous. Quote Link to comment
Withers Posted November 26, 2019 Author Share Posted November 26, 2019 Yeah I've never thought they smelled that bad either but she disagrees. Not much to update, but another 3 months of growth. On the left side I've got a peace lilly and a Microsorum scolopendrium fern, both of which get pretty big but are still hidden behind the wood so far. That weird black Pilea I found at Lowe's is going nuts though, it's probably quadrupled in size in the last 3 months. This tiny orchid is super happy in its new spot, turned this deep purple almost immediately Moved this Microgramma reptans to a better spot and it's started immediately shooting out new feelers, which I'm super thankful for as these are hard to find. Even though I haven't seeded the tank yet, there's all kinds of bugs crawling around already Next up is seeding the tank with critters (springtails and isopods) and filling in the rest of the spots with orchids and Marcgravia as money becomes available. Then frogs in the spring. 4 3 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 That's really great and I love the natural rainforest look! Would be very nice to have some dartfrogs in it. 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment
Kayman Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Wow, that's awesome! I would love to set something up like that myself one day. Can't wait to see it with some frogs in it! 2 Quote Link to comment
Withers Posted November 26, 2019 Author Share Posted November 26, 2019 It's so much easier and cheaper than a reef tank. I've got probably less than $1k in this whole setup and it's a 90 gallon enclosure and most of it is in the lighting, which is severe overkill now that there's no water portion I need to grow plants in. I clean it every 3 months and fill up the misting reservoir and that's it. 2 Quote Link to comment
Withers Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 12 ish month update My vivarium thinks it's spring time apparently I swear this must be the 10th time this thing has bloomed since I bought it I also bought 2 frogs, they're highland sirensis, but they're being ridiculously shy. To the point where I put them in 3 weeks ago and have literally not seen them out in the open. I finally figured my lights were probably far too bright so I've turned them down, but still not sight of the frogs. 6 1 Quote Link to comment
TatorTaco Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 I've been interest in these frogs for a few years and occasionally check in to dendroboard to see all the beautiful setups. Is it difficult to appreciate the tank if/when the glass is misted up? I assume you open the glass to take these fantastic pictures? Quote Link to comment
Withers Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 It is definitely hard to appreciate if you have condensation issues. A lot of people dont seem to care but I always have so Ive just made sure to keep the misters away from the glass and try to time my misting so that theres minimal condensation. Right now I only clean the glass about once a quarter. 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Withers said: 12 ish month update My vivarium thinks it's spring time apparently I swear this must be the 10th time this thing has bloomed since I bought it I also bought 2 frogs, they're highland sirensis, but they're being ridiculously shy. To the point where I put them in 3 weeks ago and have literally not seen them out in the open. I finally figured my lights were probably far too bright so I've turned them down, but still not sight of the frogs. Your orchids look great. 2 Quote Link to comment
Withers Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Thanks! I finally caught one of the frogs out in the open, and I'm pretty sure it's the female and it's fat and healthy, so all good news because I've been hearing the male call at all hours of the day, so he's certainly alive somewhere in this tank. Also, these blooms finally opened and are really bizarre 5 Quote Link to comment
Withers Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Did I really never update this thread? I guess I didn't. I ended up catching the sirensis, they're in a rubbermaid waiting their new smaller tank and got 6 Ranitomeya imitator "chazuta" instead which are all very very bold and always out. God it's nice seeing frogs again 2 4 Quote Link to comment
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