How i house my Salamandra

[ingo]

Hello,

this setup is 200x60x60 cm for my Salamandra s. terrestris:

 

[charles]

That is a nice tank!! Good work,How long did it take you?

 

[leanne]

WOW. WOW!!! I love it, and that 2nd picture could win a photo award, beautiful!

 

[chris]

i wish i could get my fire salamander tank to look that nice does yours swim i read they could not

 

[ingo]

Hello Charles,

one of my obsessions is to collect stones;-))
So for to fix that setup i needed just some hours,and a visit in a Gardencenter to pick up some ferns.
All the other stuff i took out of the wood near by my house.
This setup rules now for a couple of years.

@Chris: I saw my Salamandra swimming.

greetings Ingo

(Message edited by ingo_v on May 12, 2006)

 

[andrew]

Coooooool!!!! Very very nice. I like that vivarium!

 

[joan]

I was under the impression that Salamandra can easily drown in the shallowest of water, especially S.s.terrestris.

 

[ester]

I've read that too, but my terrestris like to bath and regularly 'swim' in the large water dish I have. I think it'd take one angry tail flick to get across that pool. There seem to be plenty of stones to get out.

 

[christian]

I love it!!

 

[andrew]

You've got a natural born swimmer.

 

[tony]

nice viv!!! makes my terrestris viv look like a shanty. i wish my s.s. terrestris had such a setup!!

no-one else has ask but how is the aqua part mantained??? filters, pumps stones, water changes??

 

[ingo]

Hello,

for the water pond i don`t use a filter.
The shore i built with sandstones.
Here is a pic that can explaine it better:

Greetings Ingo V.

 

[christopher]

that tank does look pretty good and pretty clean considering the fact that you don't use a filter.....

nice work....

 

[phoebe]

Oh golly! Thats lovely! How impressive!

 

[gord]

nice tank.how many salamanders are in there?

ge

 

[s1ren]

Beautiful!

I like your background - it looks like you painted the design on the back glass on the outside. Is that correct?

I did that on a couple of my betta tanks a few years ago

 

[leo]

Man u guys really out do urselves on these tanks...these pictures r tempting me to fix up my aquariums but whenever i consider doing it i think that it will be difficult to clean and if i use sillicon for sumtin i feel i wont be able to use it for anything else....argggg

 

[felipe]

One of the most beautiful tank for caudata I ever saw!!! Very very very beautiful! Congratulations! The salamandra is very beautiful too!!!

 

[ingo]

Hello,

in that tank i keep 2,2 Salamandra salamandra terrestris together with 2,2 Bombina orientalis.

Yes, the background is glass painted.

Greetings Ingo V.

 

[virginie]

Your Salamandra and Bombina get all that they need. Congratulation