Hi all, In a current set up of mine I use a 55 watt power compact and two 20 watt T8 fluorescents. I did some research online about getting the most "bang" per...
Great post Joseph. This reminds me of the discussions we had in the early days of the group. A few thoughts on the subject. Obviously PAR is a very important...
Great post Brent and all good points (as usual). As I'm using a mixture of PAR maximizing bulbs (2x20 watts) and - a bulb (1x55 watt) that more closely...
... What type of bulbs are you using? CF or conventional? I was just thinking that what really matters for photosynthesis is the number of photons that ...
This set up has 1 55 watt CF and two 20 watt T8 conventionals ... a ... of ... thinking ... photons that ... single ... 10 the ... daylight ... similar...
he is still a juvenial but im planing on getting him an adult sized enclosure want to know proper size and what are the best thing to make it more natural for...
There are so many good resources on the net; it kinda ticks me off when someone is too lazy to just do some research and instead they e-mail the group with...
Hey Dan: What a welcome for a 'new' guy, lol. Well this is the net, and what may appear basic to you, might be overwhelming to this poster. Sometimes when I...
Well, I hold true to my statement. I'm not trying to be mean, but think of it this way: Say that every person who buys a water dragon doesn't know how big of...
Hi Phil, I presume that by "Eastern Water Dragon" you are referring to Physignathus lesueurii of Australia and PNG. If so then you will need a pretty big...
Still not seeing the forest because of the trees ? Why don't you stop a sec, and figure out how someone new to the hobby, is to know which websites have good...
Sherry wrote "Sometimes when I am at the grocery people get really pissed at me in the check out line, as I can't remember my bank id... They don't realize the...
My two little boys were given a whites tree frog by a person that did not want to raise it anymore. We set up a nice tank for the frog, but now we have white...
Water dragons get fairly large and are very active. This means that they tend to destroy most standard vivarium environment, thus Danny's suggestion for...
See http://www.anapsid.org/waterdragons.html and http://www.triciaswaterdragon.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Dept. of...
Hello to everyone! I was wondering what the best live moss is to have in my tree frog tanks? Like something that can grow on rocks,wood and dead moss (the dry...
... <fortind89@...> wrote: no need to get nasty i havent been able to find any good resources on the net and an eastern water dragon is an austrralian water ...
Greg asked "If you don't like it, why don't you make a FAQ for each and every species that may be bought at a pet store, that would be much more efficient." ...
To get the info one really needs to search for the scientific name rather than the common name, especially when using a common name that others rarely use...
More than likely it just a part of the natural cycle of a tank. Give it a while and more than likely it will clear up on it's own. You might cut back a...
Fluker's moss is dead moss. It will not grow and with that high humidity will just deteriorate. That being said, such, old almost always dies off, leaving...
Hello all: I stumbled upon this group through checking out the Black Jungle website. I am a botany hobbyist of sorts, getting increasingly fascinated by the...
Agreed! Sorry for being so blunt...not trying to offend anyone here or make personal attacks...just trying to maintain the utility of our mailing list. ...
... Welcome aboard. The answer to your question depends on what critters you intend to keep but the short answer is yes, you can have a successful vivarium...
See, this is a PERFECT example of how a new member should come across. Obviously this person has done some research, he comes across as being thoughtful, and...
It's not that bad unless you're doing an aquaterrarium. You can see mine on my home page (link below). However, the REALLY expensive part is. IMO, the 600...
Hi all, I'm trying to get a better seal on my viv to further increase the humidity in my tank. Right now I use a standard aquarium hinged glass canopy- very...
Thanks to Ed, Brent and Danny for the responses, which I appreciate. This is all new to me. For the past 5 years I have been actively involved in working with...