Viviarum Fauna Plant Tank

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Viviarum Fauna Plant Tank

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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

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Learn about the different plants and animals that are just right for your tank.

Materials

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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

Putting It Together

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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

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Add your amphibians.

Maintain

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Make sure to replace the carbon filter cartridge
every two weeks and siphon the water every month and make sure to feed your pets.