Thinking of doing a biotope...

[Kioka]

Thanks for the advice!

Just spoke to a frog-keeping friend... chytrid can't grow if the temperature the cage is below 8C (46F) or above 22C (71F). As quoted: "it's good advice. Treatment is easy. 82 F for a day [if the animal can handle it], rinse with iodine and peroxide, heat the tank up as well, then hold at 22 C or higher."

Room temperature have been 23-24C for a few days now.

However her colour is tops, she is lively and responding to every movement now. She aggressively attacks her food when I dump them in. So I am not sure if I should be worried.

 

[kearth]

I would personally still treat her.
if she does have it all it takes is a little stress and it is going to come on full force.
Chytrid can grow above 71 degrees. It thrives at temps around 75.Chytrid flourishes between 45 to 65 degrees. It still does extremely well at 75 degrees. If you want to heat to the 100 degree range you need to keep it there for several days being sure everything in the tank is that hot.
My frogs had great color also and were eating fine but for piece of mind I treated them any ways. I have thousands of dollars wrapped up in my darts and tree frogs and did not want to even take the chance.

check out this thread
This is the thread that made me decide to do the treatment anyways.
http://talkto.thefrog.org/index.php?action=vthread&forum=3&topic=14868
Let me know what you think of the thread

 

[Kioka]

I will be investigating treatment options. Seriously, never had to worried about this when I was a kid!

 

[kearth]

I never had to worry about it until it started showing it's ugly face more recently.
Alot of CB frogs are testing postitive also
after all my WC are done all my darts and CB are next.
That will be fun.
Any pics of the progress?

 

[Galaxie500]

any updates/ new pics?

 

[Kioka]

http://www.albertareptilesociety.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1175

Revised a lot of the sections.



Picked up java moss and snails. Expecting a shipment of Gambusia and Nepali [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Macrobrachium[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] (widespread genus and won't hunt any of my inhabitants, nor are small enough to be picked on).

I am expecting delays for a few days due to moving.
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[Kioka]

Well... the powerhead is the thing of the devil! Still trying to get it to work.

Initial supplies

The original aquarium.

Original plan

The most heavily used material of trade

The base

 

[Kioka]

Cross-posted from AlbertaAquatica:

Solomon Islands was tied with a North Vietnam biotope during the first round of judging by Larry Powell, then during the second round the tie was broken by two points. The guy who designed the North Vietnam, the organizer of the event, gave up his position.

Solomon Islands on display:

Winner:

Cross-posted from ERAS and TARAS:

Well. Thanks everyone for supporting me in this project. This one is on my list of enclosures to be redone, along with 10 other ones. I originally started this project planning for at least a 24"x18". However as the project progressed, it was modified into a 36"x12". It's great for a reptile that JUST need surface area, but not so great for water features. At the time, I couldn't just say no to a free bigger enclosure. All I had at the time was an 18"x18"x18" exo-terra.
To be honest, 12" width is not much to work with, even in aquascaping. I am sure it will work for some fish and reptiles out there, but along every step of the way most of my goofs were because I didn't have enough elbow room. It was just a pain in the back to tell the truth. If I was keeping a daly log, then my fustration would been vented. However when I saw how great it looked planted, my intention to redo the aquarium disappeared... until I saw the Crocodile Skink crawling all over the cliff portion yesterday.
In this project, I have about 8"-10" width of land; I want the land to be at least 14" wide.

 

[coura]

COOL