Recent content by Herpin Man

Amphibians and reptiles.

I hate to be a pessimist, but Trumpy absolutely does not care about tropical fish- unless they have some monetary value to him.

Was this Oxbow?

I don't think this is really a soundtrack for my life, but I am going through a bit of an oldies (65-75) phase lately- the music of my youth. Especially the Partridge Family. David Cassidy was really underrated as a singer.

I've always thought that the green ones were kind of cool.

Indeed.

The idea of allowing oneself to be bitten repeatedly by venomous snakes in order to build up immunity was made popular by Bill Haast, of the Miami Serpentarium. He was bitten by venomous snakes at least 172 times, and still lived to be 100 years old- but his hands were badly deformed from some...

Or it was a violation of their lease, and the landlord discovered it.

Not sure. Several hundred gallons, I suppose, for a pair.

I don't know anyone who has bred them. They breed in the fall, when water temps start getting cold. The following spring, the female excavates a nest under a rock or log, and attaches the eggs to the underside. She guards the eggs until after they hatch. My thinking is that breeding this species...

No, I'm not kidding. The original version has no cleaning chemicals. It's just a super dense sponge, that removes algae from glass much better than anything else I've tried.

Yes, I have kept mudpuppies. I have also observed a fair number of them in the wild.

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I use mostly driftwood and rocks- primarily because I struggle with plants.

A bullfrog tadpole requires a good sized aquarium with clean, cycled water- just like fish. They mostly eat on the bottom of the tank. While small earthworms can be a good prey item, I recommend avoiding red wigglers, as they exude a substance that is bad tasting at best; some hobbyists believe...