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Hey folks,
Today I read the posts on Hystocrates gigas, and also wound up reading Martin's website's page on H. gigas and retreating into water. I have also been told that some species in the wild sometimes dive into water for small fish to eat. I am considering building a habitat in a five gallon aquarium, with a tank divider to about 1/4th of it, so that I can house small fish for it to feed on on one side of the aquarium. My idea, basically, is to fill up substrate, which will be very wet, about 8 inches high in 3/4s of the tank. The other side, I will be filling with mostly rocks and filler, to make a small fish setup about 3 inches deep. I am going to devise some type of wall that I can remove to allow the H. gigas the opportunity to get the fish out of the water. I figure that I must have such a thing so that it does not become immediately filled with dirt, and so that crickets cannot get in there if it doesn't touch the fish.
Any suggestions? Am I mad and up way too late? How about keeping the fish end of the tank clean? All in all what do you think of the idea?
Bill
Today I read the posts on Hystocrates gigas, and also wound up reading Martin's website's page on H. gigas and retreating into water. I have also been told that some species in the wild sometimes dive into water for small fish to eat. I am considering building a habitat in a five gallon aquarium, with a tank divider to about 1/4th of it, so that I can house small fish for it to feed on on one side of the aquarium. My idea, basically, is to fill up substrate, which will be very wet, about 8 inches high in 3/4s of the tank. The other side, I will be filling with mostly rocks and filler, to make a small fish setup about 3 inches deep. I am going to devise some type of wall that I can remove to allow the H. gigas the opportunity to get the fish out of the water. I figure that I must have such a thing so that it does not become immediately filled with dirt, and so that crickets cannot get in there if it doesn't touch the fish.
Any suggestions? Am I mad and up way too late? How about keeping the fish end of the tank clean? All in all what do you think of the idea?
Bill