5 gallon river tank pics

Emg · 02-14-2007, 02:31 PM

A small tank I tossed together awhile ago....it has 2 red bellied newts on the land portion....endlers and ADFs in the water....

The tank...

A newt....

Some little endlers....

ADFs....

I've posted pics of this tank before, but it's been awhile and I'm bored...hehe...

SoCalSunset · 02-14-2007, 02:34 PM

I love this tank Emg! I would enjoy setting up a shameless copy-cat

Emg · 02-14-2007, 02:41 PM

Go right ahead SoCal.....lol....don't mind at all..and make sure you post pics after it's done !!!

You know...you can even get creative and use one of those little "whisper intank filters" and make a waterfall of sorts.....

joephys · 02-14-2007, 03:27 PM

Thats a very nice tank. I the paludariums like that.

Chickieepooh2u · 02-14-2007, 03:45 PM

That's an awesome tank! It looks alot bigger than 5 gallons!! How, or do you filter something like that?

Emg · 02-14-2007, 04:34 PM

I just have a 10gallon type sponge filter in there...but...I have thought of using a whisper intank like I mentioned to SoCal.....and work up some type of water fall....

reiverix · 02-14-2007, 04:40 PM

Now I want one.

SoCalSunset · 02-14-2007, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emg

Go right ahead SoCal.....lol....don't mind at all..and make sure you post pics after it's done !!!

You know...you can even get creative and use one of those little "whisper intank filters" and make a waterfall of sorts.....

Whoa, you read my mind! I was thinking about using one of those so that I wouldn't have to keep up with the humidity... the water splashing should take care of it for me.

Emg · 02-14-2007, 05:15 PM

Oh....the humidity in mine is no problem at all....water is always dripping down the inside of the tank so I can barely see in there half the time. I usually keep the little feeding flap on the lid open so that the front of the tank stays fairly clear anyway....

Have fun setting that up Cal !

Oh...what are you planning on stocking it with ?

SoCalSunset · 02-14-2007, 05:38 PM

I'm not sure yet...

If I go with a smaller tank, probably a fire belly newt and for the water, shrimp and pond snails.

If I go with a 20g long, I'd still keep a newt, but I could make the water area larger, and I would keep shrimp and a pair of gold wonder killies (Aplocheilus linneatus).

sarcare · 02-14-2007, 05:45 PM

Emg, I love your vivarium/palladarium set ups, I keep wanting to do one everytime I see yours, but am at a loss as to how to set one up with the land seperate. I do have an empty 20g...but no more room to set up a tank. How much room would a single small newt need? I have an empty 2.5g that I could make room for.

Emg · 02-14-2007, 07:07 PM

Not sure if a 2.5 would be enough or not....the redbellied newts only get up to about 3-4 inches tops, so maybe one would be ok in there......but there is another newt that looks similar that's more aquatic and gets MUCH larger. You'd have to be sure you got the right one.

These are the ones that I have...
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Cy...ientalis.shtml

In a small tank like that you could probably just pile up some gravel on one side and use larger stones to hold the gravel up...put some moss on top of the gravel and use a plant like anubia that likes to have it's roots submerged. Not sure you could use any type of filter, but frequent wcs should work ok...and toss some duckweed or something in the water..should look nice and help to filter it a bit. These newts like to have plants or something to hide under when on land...so make sure you have plantcover or something for it to hide under. I actually have a piece of bark that I peeled off a branch in my 10 viv...which the frog hides under most of the time.

Again...not sure if a 2.5 would really work or not...... a 5 would be better if you can manage one.....

You'd also want to make sure you have a cover on it...don't want any escapees....

TwoTankAmin · 02-15-2007, 02:13 PM

Ummm- I thought a river tank is one that flows like a river, that is from one end to the other. This flow is achieved with plumbing.

Emg · 02-15-2007, 02:26 PM

I guess my definition of a river tank is anything with land and water in it...well, enough water for fish to exist in it. Not sure what the difference between that definition and a paludarium are though...

What would you call it TT ?

sarcare · 02-15-2007, 03:43 PM

Emg--I found a 5g tank--now I am working on setting it up, but I'm reading that the red-bellies are a semi to fully aquatic species, and spend time in the water? Do yours?

OrionGirl · 02-15-2007, 03:46 PM

FWIW, my red belly newts spent almost ALL of their time in the water. They seldom were out of it--I suspect because I couldn't keep the humidity enough on the terrestrial portions for them to be happy.

TwoTankAmin · 02-16-2007, 12:01 PM

River tank has end to end flow- paludarium has land and water :grin:

J4MES · 02-16-2007, 12:32 PM

I have a question, in the land part, what are you using as the 'ground' is it moss or something?

J4MES

jpappy789 · 02-17-2007, 10:47 PM

wow i'm jealous. seems like a lot of fun! how can i make one...

Emg · 02-18-2007, 06:22 AM

OK....lol...thanks for the definitions TT...guess I have a paludarium then.

My newts stay on the land ALL the time. They are chinese firebelly newts and I have read that sometimes they do that. It could be a sign of illness, but when there are no signs of illness, then it's nothing to worry about. I've had these guys for 2 or 3 years now so it's not an illness thing. They're both fat and happy and eating very well. There is the possibility of reintroducing them to a wetter environment by having them somewhere where they are semi out of water...like all water with just a log or something floating that they can crawl up on. If they can't get fully dry... somehow that makes them like the water more....(??)

I've never been interested in doing that because I like them on the land.

I used a piece of plexiglass and siliconed it to the side of the tank. I put some echo complete substrate on that and then just gathered some moss from my backyard and plunked it in there along with a few plants I have laying around. I do occasionally change out the moss as it's not tropical moss and needs a "cold" period...which, in spite of how I feel...it's never quite cold enough in here for that....

There's really barely anything on there for substrate for the plants to root in, but the roots find their way into the water underneath..so I don't see them complaining.

this is the kind of newts that I have
http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Cy...ientalis.shtml

02-14-2007, 02:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,265	5 gallon river tank pics A small tank I tossed together awhile ago....it has 2 red bellied newts on the land portion....endlers and ADFs in the water.... The tank... A newt.... Some little endlers.... ADFs.... I've posted pics of this tank before, but it's been awhile and I'm bored...hehe... __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

02-14-2007, 02:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
SoCalSunset Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 27	I love this tank Emg! I would enjoy setting up a shameless copy-cat __________________ ://Sergio "Much the way an apple tree 'apples', our universe 'peoples' " - Alan Watts

02-14-2007, 02:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,265	Go right ahead SoCal.....lol....don't mind at all..and make sure you post pics after it's done !!! You know...you can even get creative and use one of those little "whisper intank filters" and make a waterfall of sorts..... __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

02-14-2007, 03:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
Chickieepooh2u Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 390	That's an awesome tank! It looks alot bigger than 5 gallons!! How, or do you filter something like that? __________________ ~Valerie~

02-14-2007, 04:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,265	I just have a 10gallon type sponge filter in there...but...I have thought of using a whisper intank like I mentioned to SoCal.....and work up some type of water fall.... __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

02-14-2007, 03:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
joephys Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: auburn, wa Posts: 4,393	Thats a very nice tank. I the paludariums like that.

02-14-2007, 04:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
reiverix Ach Join Date: May 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 1,764	Now I want one. __________________ John R Puffer Forum

02-14-2007, 05:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,265	Oh....the humidity in mine is no problem at all....water is always dripping down the inside of the tank so I can barely see in there half the time. I usually keep the little feeding flap on the lid open so that the front of the tank stays fairly clear anyway.... Have fun setting that up Cal ! Oh...what are you planning on stocking it with ? __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

02-14-2007, 05:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
SoCalSunset Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 27	I'm not sure yet... If I go with a smaller tank, probably a fire belly newt and for the water, shrimp and pond snails. If I go with a 20g long, I'd still keep a newt, but I could make the water area larger, and I would keep shrimp and a pair of gold wonder killies (Aplocheilus linneatus). __________________ ://Sergio "Much the way an apple tree 'apples', our universe 'peoples' " - Alan Watts

02-14-2007, 05:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
sarcare Lost and Confused Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 1,910	Emg, I love your vivarium/palladarium set ups, I keep wanting to do one everytime I see yours, but am at a loss as to how to set one up with the land seperate. I do have an empty 20g...but no more room to set up a tank. How much room would a single small newt need? I have an empty 2.5g that I could make room for. __________________ Reality--go 'way!

02-14-2007, 07:07 PM	#12 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,265	Not sure if a 2.5 would be enough or not....the redbellied newts only get up to about 3-4 inches tops, so maybe one would be ok in there......but there is another newt that looks similar that's more aquatic and gets MUCH larger. You'd have to be sure you got the right one. These are the ones that I have... http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Cy...ientalis.shtml In a small tank like that you could probably just pile up some gravel on one side and use larger stones to hold the gravel up...put some moss on top of the gravel and use a plant like anubia that likes to have it's roots submerged. Not sure you could use any type of filter, but frequent wcs should work ok...and toss some duckweed or something in the water..should look nice and help to filter it a bit. These newts like to have plants or something to hide under when on land...so make sure you have plantcover or something for it to hide under. I actually have a piece of bark that I peeled off a branch in my 10 viv...which the frog hides under most of the time. Again...not sure if a 2.5 would really work or not...... a 5 would be better if you can manage one..... You'd also want to make sure you have a cover on it...don't want any escapees.... __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

02-15-2007, 02:13 PM	#13 (permalink)
TwoTankAmin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Westchester Co., NY Posts: 724	Ummm- I thought a river tank is one that flows like a river, that is from one end to the other. This flow is achieved with plumbing. __________________ Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.

02-15-2007, 02:26 PM	#14 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,265	I guess my definition of a river tank is anything with land and water in it...well, enough water for fish to exist in it. Not sure what the difference between that definition and a paludarium are though... What would you call it TT ? __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

02-15-2007, 03:43 PM	#15 (permalink)
sarcare Lost and Confused Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 1,910	Emg--I found a 5g tank--now I am working on setting it up, but I'm reading that the red-bellies are a semi to fully aquatic species, and spend time in the water? Do yours? __________________ Reality--go 'way!

02-15-2007, 03:46 PM	#16 (permalink)
OrionGirl Miss you, Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Location: California coastline Posts: 6,723	FWIW, my red belly newts spent almost ALL of their time in the water. They seldom were out of it--I suspect because I couldn't keep the humidity enough on the terrestrial portions for them to be happy. __________________ ~Sheila tempus edax rerum Ideas do not have to be correct in order to be good; its only necessary that, if they do fail, they do so in an interesting way. ~Robert Rosen

02-16-2007, 12:01 PM	#17 (permalink)
TwoTankAmin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Westchester Co., NY Posts: 724	River tank has end to end flow- paludarium has land and water :grin: __________________ Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.

02-16-2007, 12:32 PM	#18 (permalink)
J4MES Lewis hamilton rules! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 143	I have a question, in the land part, what are you using as the 'ground' is it moss or something? J4MES __________________ Here fishy fishy...

02-17-2007, 10:47 PM	#19 (permalink)
jpappy789 Well excuuussssse meeeee! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: E-town, Minnesota Posts: 72	wow i'm jealous. seems like a lot of fun! how can i make one... __________________ 30 gal community: 4 corys, 5 zebra danios, 4 otos, 3 swordtails, 2 GBR's Last edited by jpappy789 : 02-17-2007 at 11:00 PM.

02-18-2007, 06:22 AM	#20 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,265	OK....lol...thanks for the definitions TT...guess I have a paludarium then. My newts stay on the land ALL the time. They are chinese firebelly newts and I have read that sometimes they do that. It could be a sign of illness, but when there are no signs of illness, then it's nothing to worry about. I've had these guys for 2 or 3 years now so it's not an illness thing. They're both fat and happy and eating very well. There is the possibility of reintroducing them to a wetter environment by having them somewhere where they are semi out of water...like all water with just a log or something floating that they can crawl up on. If they can't get fully dry... somehow that makes them like the water more....(??) I've never been interested in doing that because I like them on the land. I used a piece of plexiglass and siliconed it to the side of the tank. I put some echo complete substrate on that and then just gathered some moss from my backyard and plunked it in there along with a few plants I have laying around. I do occasionally change out the moss as it's not tropical moss and needs a "cold" period...which, in spite of how I feel...it's never quite cold enough in here for that.... There's really barely anything on there for substrate for the plants to root in, but the roots find their way into the water underneath..so I don't see them complaining. this is the kind of newts that I have http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Cy...ientalis.shtml __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

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