Forum: Photography


Subject: Frog WIP

cryptojoe opened this issue on Mar 29, 2005 ยท 16 posts


cryptojoe posted Tue, 29 March 2005 at 5:19 PM

Thats the problem Cindy, and the reason why it is a WIP. I wish to use these subjects in a portion of my presentation on the 15th of June. The reason for not removing them for photographing is because they are in a Vivarium, that is, an aquarium that measures 72"X18"X21" (85 US gal), drained to about the halfway mark, which has fish below and plenty of space above for the frogs when they come out and one Hermit Crab (who, incidentally they say is not supposed to be in a tank with running water)

The condensation on the glass is caused by the fogger, which had just turned off and the air had cleared. I've tried wiping the glass using this magnetic cleaner/wiper thingie, but it scares the frogs off and the refuse to come out afterward until the next night.

These guys, the smallest of which measures approximately 7" long with a 2.5-3.25" girth, are very shy and only come out after dark. I raised them to be as wild as possible for testing, considering they are tank raised. Out of four tadpoles, these are the only two I had success in raising to maturity.

Posted as a WIP I am hoping for some suggestions from the kind people here, that maybe someone with experience might have some better idea's. I'll have a Blue Moon LCD to place in the reflector before the middle of next month. By then the disk in the fogger should be sufficiently worn so that it gives off much less fog that is lower clinging, just barely above the surface. Using some ventilation techniques, I expect the effect to be similar to a natural pond of brackish water lake.

I keep a constant temperature at about 82*F with the specific gravity (salt) at roughly 1.008 and a PH level of 7.8-8.2 which is perfect for the chiclids and catfish below (plus top minows, and goldies, platies. guppies etc...).

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