So my parents have let me get a small tank for the kitchen so it has to look nice. I thought about a paludarium. I think the biggest they will let me do is a 20 gallon, maybe a 30 gallon. I thought about two options. A dart frog tank, this will be more land a less water so I’m not sure about this one. The other option was a praying mantis tank, I would build a glass divider and have half or 3/4 of the footprint of the tank be water and the rest be soil with branches going over the water. Would this work and say the total water volume is 10 gallons, what fish could I have. Also post any pics of other paludariums if you have any. Thanks
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How about a part land, part water setup with a dart frog, a flower mantis, a dwarf mud crab and a lone ricefish.
Have a lava rock and piece of spider wood, cover it with a tillandsia airplant and pillow moss and, substrate could be worm castings with almond/oak or similar leaves over it.
Have a lava rock and piece of spider wood, cover it with a tillandsia airplant and pillow moss and, substrate could be worm castings with almond/oak or similar leaves over it.
No on the mantids with a water feature. You will find it drowned. Completely seperate the water from the mantid if you want the two together. It can not get to the water.
You thinking a thunder dome type idea? Thinking crab for the win!
This mix would end badly for at least one of those. Depending on what you mean by "dwarf mud crab", these tend to be at best brackish, so it wouldn't be appropriate for a dendrobatid tank anyways. Worm castings also isn't a great stand alone substrate in a tank. It would compact too quickly and cause anaerobic pockets quickly if no drainage layer is used.
That’s sounds cool, my only worry is that I’ve heard of adult mantis’ eating small frogs so they might be able to eat the dart frogs
As that’s where we are mostly in the house and it’s like the main room
That was one of my worry’s, if I made the water feature smaller and have no branches going over it for the mantis to fall off of, would that work