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  1. mattyc

    Has anyone had any real sucess with emmersed growing?

    all tropica plants are cultivated emmeresed apart from a select few that are grown in big tanks so i think they might sa they are sucsessful. the advantage of emmersed is no water filteration is required and you can hammer them with light and not get any algae trubble. the plants still need...
  2. mattyc

    My frog viv

    the soil is an insulator so a heat mat dosent have much effect, room temperature dosent go much below 18c and they should be ok as low as 16c so there is a heat mat under the viv but it has no effect so i dont use it. they work better on the side of the viv than the bottom.
  3. mattyc

    My vivarium (pic heavy)

    it looks realy nice, what is the brom with the thin leaves called?
  4. mattyc

    How fast does your HC grow emersed?

    i have found that hc likes it humid and wet soil but it dosent like being wet and when it is not under water it loves lots of light.
  5. mattyc

    My frog viv

    sometimes, they do apear in drinks that have been left around the room they only have a short life span.
  6. mattyc

    Wanted, Ebb and flow/grow out advice

    it will do, the water is cycled around by a small pump at the back nad the water is old aquarium water so it should have bacteria in it. the frogs dont swim (they arnt verry good at it) they just jump over the water so it proably dosnt need filtering.
  7. mattyc

    My frog viv

    Thnaks Johnny viv: modified exo terra 45cm cube, the top has been sealed up light: exo terra compact top with 2x 18 watt energy saving houshold bulbs misting Pump: dartfrog.co.uk pump (red body) misting nosels: again from dartfrog.co.uk connecting hoses are from the same place Misting water...
  8. mattyc

    My frog viv

    thanks, i have seen that site he has so many realy nice frogs and vivs, wish my viv looked as good as his do!! i have a few construction pics of my viv for anyone who is interested. i got wood 'sniggers' some broms drainage and devider mating and background in soil in and gravel moved into...
  9. mattyc

    Wanted, Ebb and flow/grow out advice

    i have something quite simalar to what you have drawn in my frog viv which is growing hc in the front there is a layer of drainage then some mat that devides the soil and the drainage things then the soil, i will stick a pick up. pluss my humidity is around 70-80% pic here
  10. mattyc

    My frog viv

    the top of the viv which is normaly mesh has been blanked off with clear perspex and most of the other vents have been blocked. my mister runs three times a day for a min each time things like mosses help with humidity the soil is also verry damp. the temp is just the temp in the room the lights...
  11. mattyc

    My frog viv

    yes he is called Bill, i saw his Chameleons and green tree pithons he is breeding. the hardest thing i keeping it humid enough with them so the viv needs to be sealed and a mister used. but they are great fun to wach, they are always up to something!!
  12. mattyc

    My frog viv

    it is a 45cm cube, plants are from dartfrog.co.uk and Dendroworld forums, mosses are from my fish tank and the frogs are from a breeder that lives near knowsley safari park. the wall on the left is covered in moss spors and should go comleatly green with a bit of look and there are 4 frogs in...
  13. mattyc

    My frog viv

    i have had my viv for about a month and there are a few emersed plants and mosses in there, have a look at the picks and let me know what you think,
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