Viviarum Fauna Plant Tank
A easy project that takes time but worth the wait. A fauna tank which is a plant tank with plants , fish and different kinds of frogs and toads.
Learn About the Plants and Animals
Learn about the different plants and animals that are just right for your tank.
Materials
For your plant tank you'll need these items.
Rocks not the gravel rocks but big rock the ones I use were mostly zebra rock and red stone.
Filter that is submergible In the water the filter I used is a Tetrafauna decorative reptofilter.
Chemicals that are need for your tank are
Tap water conditioner
Plants you can use many different kinds of plants the plants I use are bamboo, wisteria ,
Banana plant, onions, sagittaria chilensis,
anacharis wild, duck weed, wisteria ,and some fake plants .
Lamp or a plant light to grow your plants
Tank a 10-20 gal would work best
Gravel about 5 lb bags
1" Python mini Gravel siphon
Fish you can just get guppies in my tank i have algae eating fish , catfish, crabs even know they are not fish and also I have snails to clean up , and a bumble bee goby.
Amphibians- frogs
Food bowl for the frogs
And fish food
Rocks not the gravel rocks but big rock the ones I use were mostly zebra rock and red stone.
Filter that is submergible In the water the filter I used is a Tetrafauna decorative reptofilter.
Chemicals that are need for your tank are
Tap water conditioner
Plants you can use many different kinds of plants the plants I use are bamboo, wisteria ,
Banana plant, onions, sagittaria chilensis,
anacharis wild, duck weed, wisteria ,and some fake plants .
Lamp or a plant light to grow your plants
Tank a 10-20 gal would work best
Gravel about 5 lb bags
1" Python mini Gravel siphon
Fish you can just get guppies in my tank i have algae eating fish , catfish, crabs even know they are not fish and also I have snails to clean up , and a bumble bee goby.
Amphibians- frogs
Food bowl for the frogs
And fish food
Putting It Together
Place rocks in the tank were you want and lay out the gravel and put the filter in the tank and let it run for a day. Sure to leave a land area for the frogs.
Adding the Plants
Add your plants and other decorations and let it run for day before adding any fish
Add the Fish
Add your fish let them sit in the water for 15min
Adding Amphibians
Add your amphibians.
Maintain
Make sure to replace the carbon filter cartridge
every two weeks and siphon the water every month and make sure to feed your pets.
every two weeks and siphon the water every month and make sure to feed your pets.