Living Vivarium: Solomon Islands (with information to start your own!)

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11) INVOLVEMENT (DIRECT OR INDIRECT)
- Andrew (FrogO_Oeyes) for rekindling my interest in establishing biotopes. He showed me a way how a terrestrial biotope with reptile and amphibian can work; he also broadened my mind to the possibility of unique reptiles and amphibian outside the scope of my intended focus area and sharing the same taste in amphibians as I do. He is also my mentor and consultant in this project. Thank you for supplying the Ceratobatrachus guentheri and numerous sources for me to read to incorporate into my biotope.
- Apyrl (Apyrl) and her boyfriend Corey (Yeroptok) for inspiring me with her dart frog collection.
- Clint (AlbertaBredGeckos) for rekindling my childhood interest in amphibians with Tiger Salamanders.
- Danny (kitchengod) and his family for lending their hands in the project.
- Ian (joeysgreen) and his wife for temporarily housing my reptiles until I find a new place or sort out the idiotic situation.
- Jerry (corrosionjerry) for donating Vesicularia dubyana and Melanoides tuberculatus for the project.
- Lyndsy (bean) for supplying me with pieces of driftwood.
- Ollie (Ollie) for dropping off the aquarium, and his friend, Al, for donating it.
- Neil T (rhacodactylus) for supplying some of the décors and substrate outlined in the thread, well as feeders.
- Neil W (Neil) for convincing me to continue collecting unusual specimen on Family Day at Londonderry in 2008.
- Scott (A&J Decals) for taking interest and having the same eclectic taste in reptiles.
- Steve (Majesty) for supplying Tribolonotus gracilis for the biotope.

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12) POST-PROJECT NOTES

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Reserved for more content.

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In case if I have to add more pictures or double the length of the posts... RESERVED.

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Hoping to get at least 20 posts for this topic solely for the purpose of adding more content.

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Please ignore this, this is for future expansion.

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Two left to reserve.

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DONE! Thank you mods of TARAS for not punishing me. Hopefully it won't be scattered all over the place like on ERAS.

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Oh this is fantastic. Thanks for posting this, it's a fantastic resource.
We're really looking forward to seeing the results in person at the show as well.

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Does that means I get free TARAS membership? I kid. I kid.

Just realized I missed a section... on snails and freshwater bivalves. Fixed up.

EASY IDEAS FOR ANYONE TO USE:

Florida: Green Anole, Brown Anole, Green Tree Frog, Cope's Gray Tree Frog, Sailfin Mollies, Mosquitofish. This combination is tried and true and it is still one of the most impressive out there. My version of a Florida biotope for the future have a more elaborate specimen list than this however, and we will see if it will work. A plant list should be easy to obtain using Google.

New Caledonia: Crested Geckos, Moluccan Geckos (Gehyra vorax), Pacific Blue-tailed Skinks (Emoia spp.) All of them are easy to obtain. I would throw in some other candidates, but they tend to be harder to find. Use the Western Mosquitofish for fishy addition since it is damn cosmopolitan now anyway. Don't know your plants? Norfolk Pine, Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii), Crystalwort (Riccia), False Aralia (Dizygotheca elegantissima) and Spikemoss. I believe that one of the greenhouses in Calgary has some Bunya Pine! Other relatives and plants native to New Caledonia can be found using Google.

I will try to find some other common ideas.