Midas Posted July 3, 2002 Report Share Posted July 3, 2002 Has anyone ever tried setting up aquaterrariums? I'm thinking about setting one up in my 50L hex tank as I thought it would have enough height (~60cm) for a resonable level of water (wouldn't have much water volume though, 20-30L probably) and plants growing out over the top. Any advice/tips/comments on whether this would be suitable and good plants, fish etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted July 3, 2002 Report Share Posted July 3, 2002 Midas said... > Any advice/tips/comments on whether this would be suitable > and good plants, fish etc? Aphyosemion scheeli and/or Epiplatys dageti in the water section and Nepenthes ventricosa as the plant... OK, so I'm biased ;-) Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 4, 2002 Report Share Posted July 4, 2002 Leopardfish would look good and not require heating. These tanks are also called paludariums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted July 4, 2002 Report Share Posted July 4, 2002 if it wasnt for the only 20-30l of water an archer would do great if you made the water slightly brackish. It would love it! you could have heaps of plants, seal the top, throw in some live crickets and watch the archers natural behaviour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midas Posted July 4, 2002 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2002 Midas said... Aphyosemion scheeli and/or Epiplatys dageti in the water section and Nepenthes ventricosa as the plant... Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midas Posted July 4, 2002 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2002 Leopardfish would look good and not require heating. These tanks are also called paludariums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 4, 2002 Report Share Posted July 4, 2002 You could have leopards and white clouds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midas Posted July 4, 2002 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2002 Yeah that could be an option. They are both quite peaceful aren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 4, 2002 Report Share Posted July 4, 2002 Both are peaceful. Both are livebearers (good for the plants apparently) and both do not tend to eat their fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted July 4, 2002 Report Share Posted July 4, 2002 :roll: White clouds = livebearers!? Easy to breed yes, but not livebearers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted July 4, 2002 Report Share Posted July 4, 2002 Midas said... > Killifish and pitcher plants sounds cool. They are ;-) > Where would I be able to get Aphyosemion scheeli and/or > Epiplatys dageti ? I've got some very young E. dageti at the moment it you'd like to come get some. Mostly males but that's OK for a start I expect. It'll be less fish I have to deal with when I move in two weeks... Speaking of which, I'd moved some adults out of a 20 x 12 x 12 filled with Java moss a few weeks ago. As expected, a couple of fry popped up so I removed them to raise in a different tank. Then last night I looked into the tank and saw two fry, so I removed them, looked back and there were still two fry. Removed them, looked back and still two fry. So I have up. This could be some never ending fry factory. A. scheeli are like that too. I've given away my last fish on several occasions only to have enough fry pop up weeks later to start another generation... > I see on the NZKA site that they are common. That might not be the most current info. The 'status' of things in the hobby shifts rapidly here. I only know of one person at the moment who has A. scheeli and he's not even a NZKA member. There are probably others though. Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 4, 2002 Report Share Posted July 4, 2002 Oops. I stand corrected Rob :oops: Silly me. Of course they aren't livebearers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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