I would love to have some of those dart frogs.I guess they are no big deal to you since you probably see them all the time.
After 3 years fishes, a new (used) 180.
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The dart frogs are everywhere near trees, but especially after a rain, or very early.
The cane toads come out as soon as it gets dark, and eat anything left over the the dogs dish, or also right after a rain they appear in the yard gobbling up bugs.
Now its the dry season so we don't either amphibians as much, but dry season means tarantula breeding time, and they all come out looking for dates, after dark.
The cane toads come out as soon as it gets dark, and eat anything left over the the dogs dish, or also right after a rain they appear in the yard gobbling up bugs.
Now its the dry season so we don't either amphibians as much, but dry season means tarantula breeding time, and they all come out looking for dates, after dark.
Here''s the tank today, still leaks a bit during the hottest part of the day (when sun hits it full force), but after the half dozen earth quakes I guess that's to be expected ( just makes water changes easier).
Stock is a dozen Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus (BTW, all fish are local caught by my friend Jose, a local cargo handler, on the ferry I use back-n-forth to the mainland).
a local vampire crawdad (started with maybe a dozen, they fought until only 1 remained)
couple Roeboides scale eating tetras
a Panamanian Pleco
and maybe (haven't seen it in a while) an Awous goby
Stock is a dozen Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus (BTW, all fish are local caught by my friend Jose, a local cargo handler, on the ferry I use back-n-forth to the mainland).
a local vampire crawdad (started with maybe a dozen, they fought until only 1 remained)
couple Roeboides scale eating tetras
a Panamanian Pleco
and maybe (haven't seen it in a while) an Awous goby
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Thanks for posting this. I have never seen this thread. Now I know what you look like!
I lived on Maui for a year. Your experience appears to be sort of like this ON STEROIDS.
I enjoy looking at all this wildlife & you tank.
Anyway I have to finish this thread! Feel free to bump anymore story/ threads you have!
I lived on Maui for a year. Your experience appears to be sort of like this ON STEROIDS.
I enjoy looking at all this wildlife & you tank.
Anyway I have to finish this thread! Feel free to bump anymore story/ threads you have!
Speak of the devil, after a month AWOL, the Awoaus made a brief appearance today next to the dirtiest wall of the tank.
Then one of the local agricultural guys stopped in and asked if I wanted some camarones for the tank, because they were starting to appear in the forest stream. He showed up with various sized shrimp so I put the tiniest in the tank as cichlid food, and the larger ones in the sump to help process detritus.
But along with the shrimp Gamboa had an almost 8" fish in the bucket, looking to be Eleotris picta, a sleeper. Maybe traveled here in the ballast of one of the ships passing thru the Panama canal.
Then one of the local agricultural guys stopped in and asked if I wanted some camarones for the tank, because they were starting to appear in the forest stream. He showed up with various sized shrimp so I put the tiniest in the tank as cichlid food, and the larger ones in the sump to help process detritus.
But along with the shrimp Gamboa had an almost 8" fish in the bucket, looking to be Eleotris picta, a sleeper. Maybe traveled here in the ballast of one of the ships passing thru the Panama canal.
The Val has taken over almost half the tank, very jungle like.
