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I lovelovelove my terrarium!
Today I decided to try my luck mixing animals. I set up this tank for my dart frogs (Dendrobates azureus + D. leucomelas), but just now added a giant African millipede (a male in case anybody has a female and wants to breed ) and a spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum).
They're all from totally different areas of the world, but interestingly enough, they all appear to require about the same type of environment (with the exception of the salamander which will need to be exposed to a 'winter' period if we want to breed him, but we don't), and nobody should eat anybody else.
I'm going to keep an eye on it - sort of an experiment, which I'm not entirely expecting to work (everyone on the poison dart frog forums, for example, appears to be completely misinformed about what a millipede even is, so who knows).
On another note relating to this terrarium - the plants are doing great lately, which I'm really happy about. As you can see by all the dead stuff I've left in there (great millipede/springtail/etc food), I haven't had much luck in the past, but things are starting to look up (check out that liverwort by the millipede!).
:) Sorry, I couldn't help but share.
Today I decided to try my luck mixing animals. I set up this tank for my dart frogs (Dendrobates azureus + D. leucomelas), but just now added a giant African millipede (a male in case anybody has a female and wants to breed ) and a spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum).
They're all from totally different areas of the world, but interestingly enough, they all appear to require about the same type of environment (with the exception of the salamander which will need to be exposed to a 'winter' period if we want to breed him, but we don't), and nobody should eat anybody else.
I'm going to keep an eye on it - sort of an experiment, which I'm not entirely expecting to work (everyone on the poison dart frog forums, for example, appears to be completely misinformed about what a millipede even is, so who knows).
On another note relating to this terrarium - the plants are doing great lately, which I'm really happy about. As you can see by all the dead stuff I've left in there (great millipede/springtail/etc food), I haven't had much luck in the past, but things are starting to look up (check out that liverwort by the millipede!).
:) Sorry, I couldn't help but share.
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The only thing I could think of happening is the Spotted Salamander being irritated by any toxins the dart frogs may get in the water or rub off on him, but I'm not too educated on PDFs so I wouldn't know.
I can't wait to move out so I can start setting up aquariums again :D
I can't wait to move out so I can start setting up aquariums again :D
I had read that before, but was never really sure how valid that statement is... cool! I haunted Dendroboards for a while back when I wanted to experiment with low-cost terrariums/vivs/palus for some Blue Ridge Red Sallies, so I was looking more at setups than husbandry, x3
Never went through with the plans... I'll be moving out very soon, and it'll already be crazy with five snakes. I will get into terrariums again when I settle back down, though! There's a good chance I'll be staying at my friend's house while we go to the same University, so it shouldn't be that much of a hassle.
centipede = millipede = some combination of horrible herbivore/predator that will eat all of our plants AND beneficial insects.
So far as I know millipedes are mostly just detrivores. There is some concern that they'll eat decorative wood, but I'm not too concerned about that since I've had millipedes in with wood for ages and one millipede (even of this size) would take a million years to consume all of my wood (especially when there's so much else to chew on)
So far as I know millipedes are mostly just detrivores. There is some concern that they'll eat decorative wood, but I'm not too concerned about that since I've had millipedes in with wood for ages and one millipede (even of this size) would take a million years to consume all of my wood (especially when there's so much else to chew on)
It's totally worth it if you can do it. It was a little dumb of me to spend the initial money, but since then it's been almost zero cost in upkeep and it really helps avoid seasonal depression (sitting next to a little chunk of daylight and rainforest in the middle of the winter).
it really is. especially when they get horny and start singing. Sometimes I like to just stick my head inside the terrarium and pretend that I'm really in a rainforest. I love the springs here in the north (seriously the best season ever), but Judging by the homey feeling of humidity and decomposingplant-but-not-gross-smell, I can't help but want to move to someplace more life-friendly. . .
they are so cute. i love it.
how hard is it to take care of a salamander? i've thought about it, but i've always had bad luck with fish so i don't know if that's a bad sign. most of the problems i had with fish were water related but i feel like salamanders would have a lot of requirements.
how hard is it to take care of a salamander? i've thought about it, but i've always had bad luck with fish so i don't know if that's a bad sign. most of the problems i had with fish were water related but i feel like salamanders would have a lot of requirements.
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