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Re: 75gal frog paradise...
« Reply #80 on: September 21, 2006, 02:06:38 PM »
ok, picture time!   
first is a whole tank shot...told you I got crazy with the moss!  You can see tha water featue I was talkingabout where you see all the water lettuce in the middle.
The second pic is of the other 2 water features.

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Re: 75gal frog paradise...
« Reply #81 on: September 21, 2006, 03:50:28 PM »
Wow that is a lot of moss! What kind is it? Also, what is the plant in the back left?

I bet the frogs love the water hyacinth, but I don't think it will survive for long...it needs lots of light. I bet putting pothos, a peace lily, or similar growing out of it would work excellent though.

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Re: 75gal frog paradise...
« Reply #82 on: September 22, 2006, 09:04:21 AM »
I'm not sure on the name of the plant, it's a pretty common house plant though (I'm sorta strapped for cash at the moment, so I'm making do with what I've got).  How much light does the hiacynth need?  It was free, so I'm not overly concerned if it dies off, but I was hoping the 10k bulb would be enough.  I've got some pothos rooting in a vase, so when the hiacynth goes, at least I've got that!
The moss is just this packaged dry stuff I wanna say it's made by a subsidiary of Kaytee, but it's soft when damp and sorta puffs our nice.  I though it would let the frogs hunt crickets instead of just dive bombing them, but judging by the bellies on my frogs, that plan isn't working.  It's also what I like to call me Farari...it's making up for what I'm lacking else where in the habitat.  Like plants.  I need lots and lots of plants!  I'm sort of stuck because I'm sorta unsure how to cover up plant pots...without covering them all in moss! 
Drats...now that I'm looking at it, the hiacynth is looking a bit yellow in places.  Oh well, like I said, it was free.  Was kinda hoping to get it thourgh to spring so I can use it for my container garden though. 

So, it's still a big work in progress, I'd still like to find another nice piece of driftwood or some sort of branching wood thing.  And come summer I can do the moss blender thing, which I still really want to do.  But, it's getting a bit cold to be traipsing around the woods digging up moss! 

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Re: 75gal frog paradise...
« Reply #83 on: September 22, 2006, 09:26:32 AM »
Not sure what your substrate is in there, but you can easily camoflage plant pots by coating them in silicone and then rolling them in coarse sand or small gravel that matches your substrate.  Let it dry for three days before putting it in your tank. 

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Re: 75gal frog paradise...
« Reply #84 on: September 22, 2006, 09:34:17 AM »
hey, cool idea, thanks!

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Re: 75gal frog paradise...
« Reply #85 on: September 22, 2006, 04:00:39 PM »
Thats a great idea Lori! The same could likely be done using Eco-Earth stuf too. However you could probably get away with planting rosette plants directly in the soil and cutting down any offsets you don't want.

Water hyacinth I'm guessing would probably need something like multiple power compacts to make it in an aquarium. The love light. My Grandma has some inside with only room lighting and while they have sent out new leaves since they are very small. So I think your plants may have some time before they finally keel over. The yellowness might not be caused by lack of light. I'm guessing hyacinth also needs lots of nutrients(your frogs might be doing that) based on how good of a job they do clearing up a pond of algae etc.

On the moss, maybe look for some Selaginella species(commonly called moss ferns). Common houseplants, look alot like moss, and might do the trick.

This weekend looks free...so I hope to start the actual building stage.
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Re: 75gal frog paradise...
« Reply #86 on: September 22, 2006, 09:07:56 PM »
Yeah, get to it, I want to see some pics! 

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Re: 75gal frog paradise...
« Reply #87 on: September 23, 2006, 06:30:27 PM »
Ok. I'm going to be bleaching the tank. And hopefully tomorrow I can put the false bottom in.
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Re: 75gal frog paradise...
« Reply #88 on: September 24, 2006, 06:46:00 PM »
Ok...tank has now been bleached and is pretty much an empty 46 gallon bowfront tank. Will be putting in the false bottom and whatnot sometime this week.
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Re: 75gal frog paradise...
« Reply #89 on: September 24, 2006, 06:51:42 PM »
Ok, I'm really getting antsy for some pictures, Noname!!