Ultimbow

Hi i want to start a palu but not sure where to start i have a 120 gal equipment is not a problem at all but i am not sure where to start so i would like some guideline please. i want to have water to about 1/4 or 1/3 of the tank to put a few fish in. back ground in cork with fountain, foger, rain system.

#1
What the best soil and how to keep the shape of it.

#2
Light i have hqi and t5 What best

#3
water condition??????

Anyway i gess you see the pictutre i have no clue where to start.

APCRandall

"use what the Atlanta Botanical Gardens use. The ABG mix is 2 parts tree fern fibre, 1 part peat moss, 2 parts cocofiber, 1 part charcoal, 2 parts orchid bark."

http://www.brianstropicals.com/building.html
That is a really good page about frogs and fish. That guy is really nice too.


the t5 would be great.

and what do you mean by water condition?

Ehiem 2213 would be great in a tank like that.

http://www.terra5designs.com/constru...on_content.htm has alot of info about buildintg vivarium/pal

Ultimbow

Is there a special care for the water like ph kh gh and all the stuff like in planted tank.

I have i 2215 and 2217 with heater in the filter. does the water need special tempture or just room temp. My guess it depend of the animal in it???

Thanks for the thread very useful.

APCRandall

dart frogs need room temp and yea same stuff for a planted tank. what do you plan on keepin in there?

ohcrapitsanewt

i would perrsonally suggest looking for information on a falso bottom first. Unless u arent doing that then I would look at some of the other palus on this forum.

I would only suggest PDF if you are okay with shallow water. Otherwise I would go with some sort of newts. Maybe fire-bellied.

Skulker