Ok, so we are also avid fishers, and love trout fishing in particular (don't worry, we catch & release). Once I discovered that a fish as beautiful as a darter could be kept in captive, I fell in love with them! My dream setup would be to have something like a 20 Gallon Long tank which would actually be a native paludarium. I'd like to make a creek/stream effect by putting the current in the first 1/2 of the tank (and in paludarium fashion, only have water filled up to about 1/3 or 1/2 of the tank at most). Then, I would make a gradual incline with my substrate to create a "bank", which would lead up to the dry ground section of the paludarium. On the ground, I would have a variety of compatible plants, and ideally I would have a native reptile or some sort of land-based creature that wouldn't eat the darters for lunch.
So, this is my question to all of you... is this type of setup possible, in terms of giving the darters what they need in order to thrive, but also keeping with my vision of a creek & bank style paludarium? Any suggestions on the land-based animal/reptile? A turtle maybe?? Any suggestions in general??
Thanks so much!
-Megan
Edited by megandygrad, 21 August 2008 - 11:42 PM.