My Greenhouse

[Killian]

I just finished glazing my new greenhouse, I hope to introduce my Bombina variegata this week and get some Hyla arborea and Bufo viridis to add soon.

The green house is 8' x 6'





the pond inside it is quite shallow about 8" at the deepest part.

The greenhouse now needs planted up and a few rocks and logs, I will continue to add photos as it matures and develops.

[Killian]

Great Adam, I would be most interested in getting some from you when you have them available.

here are some pics I took today


overview of the greenhouse with a few plants added


Entrance to hibernacula, goes underground also


Moist woodland area

[Killian]

Spent this evening planting out the greenhouse, It should look great when the plants mature.

[bluefrogben]

nice one wouldnt mind doing one of them myself how deep is the hibernaculum

[Killian]

Its only about a foot deep, it all depends on the species you plan on keeping in it. as long as it remains frost free it should be ok for most species. My S.terrestris hibernated in a hibernacula that was only about 8" deep no problem however I could assure it was frost free due to the location and I could close the lid on the coldframe they live in. In a greenhouse it should remain pretty much frost free. I live by the sea so it never really gets below zero here anyway. over heating is more of a problem in a greenhouse and I am still working out how I am going to combat this as the weather warms up.

[Killian]

The plants have matured quite a bit since the above pics were taken






Frogs eye view



The greenhouse now contains, midwife toads, and Bombina bombina.

[adamanuran]

Is the iris on the left hand side of one of the pics laevigata?

[will]

have you introduced any animals yet??

[Killian]

Not sure what the Iris is Adam to be honest will try and find out though.

Yes Will I originally released 10 bombina veriagata but decided to take these out, however I only managed to catch 6 of them so there is 4 still in there. I have also introduced 6 bombina bombina and 6 midwife toads. I am still looking for the veriagata. I plan also to add some Hyla arborea when they become available.

[will j]

you could do with some hight if you want hyla arborea. i would strongly suggest rusiian vine because they grow huge in a year and the die bck for the winter, they will also shade the greenhouse which will help with your heat problems

[Killian]

I have a passion flower and another anual climber that suposed to grow very very fast. Hopefully they will do the job ok when they have matured a little. I was thinking though when you consider the average indoor vivarium is rarely more than 2 feet high the Hyla should be happy enough on the 3' high plants?

[Killian]

The iris is Snow queen Iris sanguinea

[adamanuran]

Hyla arborea are not fussy whatsoever, i have about 200 of them and they don't mind anything as long as they have food, a bit of warmth and a bit of love! The greenhouse is perfect for them killian, as you know you can keep amphs alive in suboptimal conditions, but they will not breed unless the set up is suitable, i had a few in a small tank this year, which were spares, sure enough with moss as a substrate, a plant tray of water and a bit of hawthorn stood diagonally across the tank, they spawned! now i'll have another 200 to sort out, aaargh!

[frog man]

hi ciuld u tell me if it is possible to do that sort of thing with the green house with fire belly newts/frogs, paddle tail newts, spotted newts and spotted salamanders in a shed in big tanks ps they wont all be put in with over thanks

[adamanuran]

What do you mean exactly? If you use big tanks there is no reason why you couldn't plant them up etc, i have very small tubs planted up for delicate species, the difference is that in a large enclosure that is not overpopulated the system is self sustaining in terms of hygiene etc. Smaller setups require more work for both maintenance and breeding.