ok, hey haven't poster on here in a long time but yea, finally got me a 20 gallon tank fo my white's i want to set it upp all nice and purty, and i was wondering if anyone had any good sites discussing aspects such as false bottoms and stuff like dat, and um, does anyone have anygood ideas on what i could do to this tank, i wanna make it look really nice, thanks, any help is greatly apprectiated
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1.1 leopard gecko (goliath, gebco)
0.1 hypo red bearded dragon (puff the magic dragon)
0.0.1 schnieder's skink (ghandi)
1.0.1 white's dumpy treefrog (buddha and un-named)
1.0 house gecko (geico)
1.0 lop eared wabbit (oreo)
1.0 plain ol' alley cat (joey)
0.1 rag doll kitty (tinkerbell)
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20 gallon viv ideas
dagangsta
Apr 03, 2004 02:22 PM
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pitcherplant7
Apr 03, 2004 08:06 PM
First, is it a 20 gal high or long? Long tanks aren't the best for false bottoms as they must have at least 1-2 inches depth for a water pump. With soil ontop, this reduces amounts of room for climbing. False bottom idea should even be thrown out for Dumpies. Pelodryas caerulea, dumpy frogs, appreciate lower humidity, and don't like drip walls or waterfalls, no matter what the tank looked like when you bought them from the petstore. (Then again, I have seen them keep poisonous firebellies with burrowing frogs (Kauola)that can drown, so what do they know?)
Instead, try using coco peat for bedding. For the most part, it is nontoxic if ingested accidently. Dumpies are massive treefrogs, so avoid delicate plants. Like in their native australia, they do best with woody vegetation. Try the following from your local nursery:
dracenaea plants
rubber trees
Ficus vines
large dieffenbachia (dumbcane)
There are more options. Orchids are pretty tough leaved, but they need higher humidity and lots of light. Keep them potted. Fertilize them occasionally with organic fertilizer. Change the bedding or sterilize in the oven in a baking tin from time to time. Also, find a large, fat branch from outside and cut it. Slant it in your tank to make a wonderful climbing log for them.
pitcherplant 7
2 clawed frogs
2 firebellies
1 D. tinctorius dart frog
