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Scott W · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:01 pm Post subject:

very nice Rick, great pics. Where's he based?
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garysumpter · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 914

Clever Sod indeed.

I know from creating a 3ft dartfrog tank that plant selection is very important and it takes a lot of maintenance to get these things look good.

The man must know his stuff!

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Rickeezee · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:30 pm Post subject:

davo · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:43 pm Post subject:

awesome stuff. wish i knew enough about plants to do something that stunning

MJ · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:23 pm Post subject:

VEry nice indeed! hehe wish I cold get mine looking like that Wink

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Rickeezee · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:58 pm Post subject:

lol93 · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:19 pm Post subject:

Those look amazing! Bet they're a bugger to clean out, though! Razz

Peter Parrot · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject:

If done right first time, they shouldn`t need cleaning out. The plants would just need cutting back.

Vivarium "custodians" are normally introduced such as spring tails and tropical wood lice. These eat the molds and fungi which a warm and humid environment invitably creates. The resident frogs etc will in turn eat a lot of these custodians, and the frog poop will feed the plants. So it goes full circle and if balanced out properly from the beginning, will not require cleaning out for a considerable time, if at all.

I wouldn`t mind betting that underneath the "Soil" that the terrestrial plants are growing in, there will be a membrane and then a layer of "LECA" which will , with it`s increased surface area, allow the colonisation by healthy amounts of bacteria to aid with breaking down waste matter. Wink

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Rickeezee · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:40 pm Post subject:

There is such a membrane yes Pete, spot on. The first pics are of a project being worked on still, in I believe Warsaw, I will see if I can get more pics when its done and when matey boy is of the strong vodka Laughing

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MJ · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject:

very well said Pete... thats one of the best things about keeping PDF's you get to watch a little ecosystem grow and develope hehe
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