Here are some care sheets which should help. Note that there are 2 species of these guys, chinese and japanese. I linked a good care sheet for each. You should identify which you have (the links should help). Once you know which is yours, a yahoo search on the scientific name should give you tons of info! http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Cynops/C_pyrrhogaster.shtml http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Cynops/C_pyrrhogaster.shtml

Sahoy: Be sure never to get in the position I am in - ordering 1000 crickets every other week!! I have special 12" tweezers made for picking up crickets. They don't hurt the crickets at all (unless you squeeze too hard!). I only use them to handfeed certain animals, but you could definatly use them to avoid touching the crickets. If I were you, I would go to petsmart once weekly and buy a few dozen crickets. You could keep them in a plastic critter cage and use the tweezers to transfer some to the the frogs' cage daily. When you run out of crickers, you could take a day to clean the cage with hot water and then re-stock your supply. I honestly don't know why everyone makes such a big deal about the crickets. Yeah, they're gross, but it's not rocket science. In my experience, you just need to keep the crickets alive in their cage with plenty of food and water, and then clean and re-stock the cage when you run out. It's that simple. BTW, my firebelly eats up 3/4th inch crickets, has no UV light, and is has been going on strong for 5 years now.

Hi Sounds like what is usually called a "river tank" Have never done this type but you can divide the tank into sections using plexi from front to back . Different pumps would make different flow rates as well varying heights would make waterfalls . Have seen several tanks done as you descibe with the 30. One problem have never found a good solution to is keeping the water in the "streams" somehow they always run dry . Main reason i like the false bottom . I keep 12 inches of water in the entire bottom of the tank. Never a danger of the pump running dry..Gravity ALWAYS works lol. My 150 is 18x72x 26 and is located in the shadehouse just ecently converted it frrom an aquarium. So far have not done much landscaping to it but used a false bottom with a goal of 4 inches of water . Used X foam to create a rock wall using PVC pipe to feed the waterfall. So far the only thing I have growing in it is various cuttings just to see what works. have tried "dwarfed trees" but found they required too much maintenenceto to keep within bounds. They are all now grown in the shadehouse using various methods but not within terrariums. Sounds like an interesting setup you have going there. About all you can do is experiment Every now and then some ideas actually work !!! gary

Bud4598, sorry for the tardy reply, I don't hang out here as much as I used to. I actually had to refer to some photos to answer your question because I had forgotten that detail. Yes, you are correct. There were pipe stubs that came through the gunite for the airflow, but the actual air grid is laid in after the gunite but before the pebble application. Aqua Man, I greatly enjoyed your comic books growing up in the 1960's. I read lots of Superman and Justice League comics, too. My brother had a fantastic collection. I don't think I have any other specific pictures of just the camphor tree, but so far I like it a lot. I also love the white birches back there. They're a little messy in the fall, but only for a couple of weeks and they haven't been that big of a deal. Cheers. Jeff