Bae's Paludarium Journal

[demasonisrule]

If its heated you could try some small tetras or livebearers. Or you could get a bunch of shrimp. Or both I guess.

 

[bae1994]

mm yer i was thinking about it but i may have it sub tropical and have newts or some kind of frog

 

[kizno1]

fire bellied newts would work.

 

[bae1994]

yeah japanese or chinese as one doesnt need land what about dart frogs ??? what do they feed on and do they need a humidified tank

 

[kizno1]

im not to sure about which type but thy dont need heaters there fine at about 18c. PDF need heaters and i think the humidity needs to be about 80%

 

[bae1994]

so do normal dart frogs need 80% humdity also the poison dart frogs what kind of heaters and how do you get it that humid for the pdf

 

[kizno1]

heat mats will work fine for pdf. if theres water in the tank then it should be fairly humid anyway

 

[bae1994]

oh in the 4x15x12 is there any other anthibians that go on land that are ok with normal heated water and normal lights and feed on frozen (or am i pretty much explaining a fire belly newt)

heat nmat wise if i had heated water would i need a heat mat or is that to heat the soil as well as 6 inches of soil would be hard to heat

 

[kizno1]

tbh im not to sure on other anthidians there the anyones i could be any help on. i think if you just heat the water it should be fine.

 

[bae1994]

cool ill do some research then

 

[bae1994]

hmm think i might just have some fish but what lol


i like the idea of a betta but would be scared of him jumping on land and drying up


but may just go with a few endlers and chery shrimp

 

[kizno1]

it will depende what you want to put in there because i think firebellied newts are poisonos to fish and other newts or geckos might eat the fish. im going to watch this because i think i might set up a 30g paludarium or for a snake if i can convince my mum lol.

 

[Ryefish]

i am curious... are you planting grass seed or turfing it? lol

and, do we get to see progression pictures?

 

[Biulu]

Interesting idea about the bonsai. I am more used to tropical plants being used for a paludarium. I'm a little concerned that the types of plants typically used for bonsai will not take well to the hot, humid environment of the paludarium. Take this into consideration when selecting the bonsai.

Ficus benjamina or weeping fig would do well as a bonsai and in humid conditions. It is a tropical tree which is used to high humidity. You only have to make sure that the roots will stay fairly dry. What you can do though is to place the tree on a rock, with the roots surrounding the rock (you will see bare roots going over the rock)before touching the earth. It gives a nice effect and will allow you to higher the tree a bit.

 

[bae1994]

ill get some pics soon cant get set up yet tho as my room is being decorated

thanks also