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Greetings All!
I must first state that I am desiring to take a quest into the vivarium field and am still in the research stage. I currently own mostly snakes and saltwater aquaria but have always had an eye for the beautiful vivariums that are created.
My first question is, has anyone ever incorporated a biological filter (like on a fish tank) into a vivarium to filter the waste created by its inhabitants? I have read about the false bottoms, I am curious to know can I have the vivarium drain out the bottom into a biological filter (like a mini wet/dry or maybe a filter with a biowheel) and then be pumped back out to a water fall feature?
My second question is there any possibility of having a small pond with fish or is this asking too much if I want to have frogs? Thanks for your time!
Sincerely,
Roly

not at all man. I have the water under my false bottom sucked up by a fluval 304 filter, then it comes back into the waterfall, goes down a stream into a pool of water where I have some goby fish. They eat the flies that fall into the water. It works great.

with vivariums you're only limited by your imagination.

later
M.

hi,
how deep of water do gobies need, i think its cool that you got them in a water feature.
thanx
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Nate
1.1 alanis tincs
and some day, if it cools down...
0.0.2 Azureus (soon)
0.0.3 imitators very very soon

I have b/w 1.5- 2" deep. He doesn't even sit in the deepest parts, usually he beaches himself and has his little eyes stuck above the water to keep things in check. It's pretty cool.

Hi Roly!

I just set up a vivarium and I'm using a home made wet/dry filtration. I drilled three holes in the bottom of my 45 gal. corner pentagon to accommodate 3/4" bulk heads. I went with three holes on account of my water fall/stream dumps into a pool like area that is water tight. I took a piece of glass and siliconed it in one of the corners to form a pond like area. And in that area is one of the holes with a bulkhead and strainer( like an overflow box). Now the water comes down and into the pond, then it goes down into the wet/dry filter. Then it is pumped up though a second hole by pvc up to the starting point of the water fall/stream. The third hole (with bulkhead) is the drainage hole under the false bottom. As of now that drain into a pail. But I think I'm going to put a tee in the line that takes the water to the filter. I just wanted to let all the dirt settle so I shouldn't get much dirt in the filter
Hope this helped some!
E-mail me if you have any further questions.
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