Mostly copying/pasting this from my post on MFK, but I'm trying to get suggestions across the board as to what to house in my new vivarium.
I sort of ended up with an unplanned terrarium/vivarium setup in my apartment and I'm deciding what to put in it. It's 36x18x36 (LxWxH) glass setup, with a lot of cool custom fake rock in the background, and I've set it up so it will have a little waterfall and a smallish water feature taking up about 1/4 of the bottom, connected to a 10g tank sump. Will probably put fancy shrimp in the water.
Planning on lighting and planting it heavily, but not sure what kind of fauna to put in.
Originally I was going to go with dart (or similar) frogs, but I think it gets too warm in my apartment for most species, and I don't want to keep fruit fly colonies.
So here are the requirements:
-Can tolerate temperatures into the mid 80s (or likes it warmer than that, generally).
-Doesn't require fruit flies or airborne prey (otherwise I'd try an orchid mantis).
-Doesn't make much noise (if any) at night. During the day is OK.
-Is OK with live plants and bioreactive substrate
I know there are a variety of gekkos I could keep, but the large ones tend to be mean and if I'm gonna put up with something (other than the occasional BP) hissing at me, it needs to be a very unique animal.
Open to any and all suggestions, though. Thanks, y'all!








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