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James,

              Oh I never thought of that but Doc's idea would work.

Soothing,

                   They grew like weeds and the root system was insane. I would have to constantly trim it but they need a lot of sun.  They were "Everglades cherry tomatoes" .

Aquarist,

                 He needs cloning crays which are very easy and a simple set up with pvc tubes and your set .

I think you are looking for something which does not take up room and just snaps in .  Amazon has the Penn-Plax tank divider but other places also carry it .

It is ideal for what you want . I have used it for endlers .

Having used and continue to use cork I agree about boiling it first just a fast boil will do it because to long and the cork can crack/break up and good luck keeping it down unless it is already water logged .

I have some cork sheets which I had hope to use lol  outside floating in some Rubbermaid stock tanks with fish for over 2 years .

I also have some which sunk in 6 months time in tanks with java fern on them and works great .

Oh that must be nice the freshwater otters and monitors .

I have seen Tegu here but just in passing as one ran across a road but I would certainly enjoy living around monitors (Not Komodos , lol)

Soothing,

                     Thanks.  I am not familiar with tree's but I know Florida has Willow tree's so going to try  a branch once I find out what is Willow. If it works will get more because the 'bamboo' looks nice and they enjoy the thick root hiding areas but it is simply to slow growing to truly be effective as aquaponics .

   I used to have tomato plant as aquaponics for outside guppies and that was amazing but it needs more sun that my cray bins get.

In my experience having some drab colored shrimp with them, If the shrimp have plants , etc to avoid them than the shrimp are fine.

A CPO will take a shrimp if the tank is some bare type set up which forces the shrimp to 'hang out' with the CPO but with plants and or driftwood the shrimp are fine which does not mean that a shrimp could be taken here or there .

I found the smaller but way more active and faster American dwarf crays to be much worse on shrimp .

Gabor,

                Years ago they sold every color Pacman, fantasy frog and other large frogs in the area and those frogs looked like they can bite .  I actually had no idea they had fangs . 

How did you keep yours as far as heat ?   I ask because know frogs don't care for incandescent heat and not to active I imagine?

Chibikaie,

                  When those frogs first came out in color morphs they were pricey and only serious hobbyist got them than but as the prices dropped much lower , more kids got them or people who pick them up on a whim and their husbandry suffered.

                 Same premise as the $5 baby sliders people buy in those little plastic turtle set ups . Those poor turtles are doomed .

Country, I have grown water sprite and ludwiga emersed but no tank cover just mud and over head light .  The ludwiga grew very interesting like ground cover . You might as well turn one of those tanks into a salamander set up ,lol.

GA has some nice types .

I also had some frogbit I got from Han grow directly on soil .  I had some fall out of a stock tank and couple weeks later noticed it was growing in the moist soil but not sure if that is common.

Randy,

                  Thanks . Another person here also had a Cherax and he lost his (passed away) due to escaping .  I never thought you could keep even a pair together .

Soothing,

                You mean the manzanita bush?   I have not , never thought of it but now you got my curious .  How would you go about that just placing the branch in water sane as the 'bamboo' ?

Love the great colors on that Cherax male . Is the pair together , if so no problems?

Did you get any babies from your ghost Clarki yet?   That is another morph which I like a lot but not common .

The bins are 30 inches long and 16 wide .

The older bin in the background which inside is roots covering pvc pipes has 3 adult marbled crays .  The crays do eat roots here and there but not enough so I do wind up trimming the roots but the 'bamboo' could not care less and I often wind up trimming them .

The pictured bin has a pair of 3 1/2 inch White crays and I have another older well established 'bamboo' bin not pictured with a blue clarcki female and I plan to add an extra white  male who I have inside but to small now .

The Bamboo is just because crays like hiding in the roots plus the babies do use it but as far as filtration type plants ,though  they do love the crayfish water but IMO grow to slow for actual filtration .

LooksLater,

                        I clicked on your links beautiful tanks .

Come to think of it , I have not seen any arowanas  for sale in Florida in over 10 years ,18 inches or so isn't bad . 

Very interesting fish but lots room and unless the right type tank they don't fair well and develop droopy eye .

I have only seen the common silver but that Cross back in that pic is stunning .  I just looked them up as never heard of them the red color morphs are striking .

Oh nice. The rest of the tanks are also very nice.

Chibikaie ,

                        The reason that you feel that perhaps the amphibian hobby isn't up to your standards of good behavior is that unlike shrimp hobby , lots of kids are drawn to amphibians and thus not all get the enclosure, care they should be getting.

   Having said that some are also outstanding keepers ,

 I used to keep king and milk snakes, now only have 1 elderly snake but had some for think over 15 years till they passed from old age . The reptile and amphibian hobby has its share of people who keep herps in not the best conditions .

 I remember when the albino pacmans first came out , they were several thousand dollars .  The normal types were all imported and thus not that pricey.

About 30 years ago I kept Malaysian toads and good thing I had 2 females and no males because at the time I had no idea how loud the males were .

 I kept the females in a 20 gallon long with soil bottom (they would bury 3/4) of their body . VERY messy as big eaters and I would change the soil weekly , best soil in the world for plants .

Gabor,

             Did you ever get bit ?   They seem like they could deliver a bite.

Soothing,

                   Yes they seem to like the rimless look.  I prefer rims as find them stronger and so used to them that stuck with them but the rimless has its appeal .

People have a tendency to skimp on heaters and that is an expensive mistake . 

I used to buy the Otto-Computherms which were like $50 roughly 20 years ago and to this day they hold temp EXACTLY as set but they no longer sell them.

Other brands are good but IMO the cheap fish heaters are just that cheaply made and unreliable .

There are cheap filters even lights which are great but I have not found quality cheap heaters and you cant skimp on heaters or you'll regret it .

Elo,

            Thanks for the site. I have been looking for these shrimp but right now it is to hot here to order but good site to have come cooler temps.

Thanks , certainly has a huge selection of tanks .

That is the consensus behind Roswell that it was a secret military aircraft that crashed with test dummy of some sort or perhaps an actual pilot .

colorfan,

                     Sorry to hear about the fire . Wow 6 reef tanks .  Its hard not to go back to salt once you have had .