wa.... i'm speechless. AWESOME job! You got some spoiled anoles in there. What plants do you have in there? E-mail me animolly@cpl.net. 10/5
michelespets
Apr 6, 2004 2:11 AM
Rating: 5/5
wow really nice! 2 questions, what kind of plants and substrate are you using and do you have any problems with drowning crickets?
Julie
Apr 7, 2004 9:11 AM
There is a lot of plants in that viv and I don't know all their names, but here's what I know:
The palm in the middle/left is a banana tree. Habitually, these trees grow huge, but I try to water it just a little bit, so it grows slowly. It's been there since two years and it is the favorite plant of my anoles. I also have pothos, a mini-palm (in the right corner), some bromeliads, crotons, tillandsia, marantas and some lucky bamboos in the water. For the rest, I can't remember...
The substrate:
I have a drainage layer in the bottom (river rocks), about 1 inch thick. On top of it, I placed a screen, to keep the substrate from falling in the drainage layer. The substrate itself is a mix of sterile garden soil and orchid bark.
I don't have a problem with crickets drowning. It happens sometimes, but most of the time, when they fall in the water, they climb on the plants to get out of it.
Thanks again for the great comments. I think the anoles are really happy in there. This summer, I'll have a 48x18x24 (lxwxh) aquarium that I want to turn again in an anole vivarium. If you have some ideas for plants, background, etc, please let me know.
HerpManChris35
Apr 11, 2004 6:41 PM
Very cool,nice job!
herpsnotherpes
Apr 21, 2004 7:48 PM
Rating: 5/5
Wonderful Absolutley wonderful. People think that anoles dont need large setups, but in reality they deserve more than a 10 gal. I was thinking of a new anole viv anyways and you made me do it.15/10
Lia
Jun 14, 2004 6:28 AM
Rating: 5/5
Incredible. I love to the bamboo in the water.
Lia
futr-herper-PMK
Jun 14, 2004 9:58 PM
wow, i just chekd out ur website, and man u take good care of all u have, even the feeder insects, reallllly reallllly reallllly good job, keep up the good work, i dont know u but i luv u for doin such a wonderful job, may ur life bring u much more success
jausi
Jan 1, 2008 9:32 PM
Rating: 5/5
Hello there, i want to say you had an amazin paludarium, and I would like to ask you for some advise about the accesories you use, I'm planing to use a 75 gallon tank for my proyect, and I really like how your tank looks.
Again this is a wonderfull paludarium you had and I would really apreciated any advise you van give, sine I'm new in this, I was planing to add some fire belly toads and small fish, what do you think?
