Re: BPs in bioreactive vivaria?
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Pythonfriend
at my local zoo, they have a BEAUTIFUL reptile vivarium. absolutely amazing.
glass from floor to ceiling, a large 4 feet deep underwater area with fish and two crocodiles (dont know the species, not too large), with stone platforms that have infrared light where two green anacondas like to hang out. then a land areas where some tortoises live. all connected, all providing for the different needs of the anacondas, tortoises and alligators, living plants underwater, and at the shore. and in the land section its more sandy and desert like but again with plants. they do have a natural stone barrier preventing the tortoises from going to the shore, but the anacondas and crocs are free to move.
its really a dream, half aquarium half terrarium with 3 huge reptile species: anacodas, big land turtles, and crocs. i dont know how much research they put into it, must have been a lot, but its working. when i go there, i see the same animals each time, without injuries, so somehow its working. the fact that its really big surely plays a role here. i really wonder how they keep the anacondas and crocs from fighting each other.
so, i would say.... i dont know how it fits BPs, but i think it can be done, it just might be massively expensive to get it done right. the one at the zoo is a walk-in enclosure with carmouflaged doors and the glass is really thick. Its not too relevant to the thread, but i wanted to share it anyway because its the most amazing reptile vivarium i have ever seen and i dont think i will see any other enclosure like it anytime soon. But its a large zoo with seemingly infinite funds, sloths freely climb around 20 feet above in the hippo enclosure, they have weaver birds actually weaving and breeding, it may be quite impossible for a private person to do stuff like that.
That does sound pretty amazing, and I've seen zoos do similar things. My dream that I'm hoping to work towards in the next 10 years is something similar. I basically want to move somewhere with a fairly large basement and turn half-2/3 of it into a walk-in vivarium. I'd like it to be about 50% land and 50% water, but large enough to potentially house 4+' catfish.
Maybe some day!
