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Nates Palms We are a Palm nursery in Brea, California specializing in all varieties of Palms, cycads and other exotic tropicals. Visit our website at NatesPalms.com for more information.
We BUY palms too! If you have one or several you wish to sell, Email some pictures here or through our website here.
Call David Taylor at 714-713-0652 with any questions or for an appointment to visit our nursery.
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Carnivorous Plant Vivarium (Started in Spring of 2008)| The history of this aquarium is documented in the albums of my image gallery, and this is it's current phase; a vivarium devoted to one of my side interests: carnivorous plants. I want to focus more on exotic plants then maybe once they're established and Im confident the tank is balanced and the way I want it, I may add some frogs. Until then, plants only. Enjoy. |
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Tinc Vivarium #2 (September 25, 2003)| Last update: 6-9-06
This vivarium is now my one and only. I have a tank setup for my mantellas, but I dont count it, as there are no live plants. This tank has been setup since mid-July of 2004 and is the habitat of 8 Dendrobates Tinctorius "Cobalt" poison dart frogs, 4 of which were transfered from their old vivarium. For more information on their new vivarium, enter the gallery.
Materials and equipment
75 gallon all glass-Clear silicone/Oak trim
About 30# lace rock bought from my local fish store
JBJ formosa 65W x 4 6,700K power compact light fixture
6 12"x10" tree fern pannels bought from Cloud Jungle
Misting system with 6 nozzles bought from Pro Products
Fluval 104 canister filter to power waterfall
Vivarium soil home made using this recipie
3 large pieces of grapevine joined into one to look like a tree root
More described inside |
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2.5 Gallon Planted Tank (September 25, 2003)| Small desktop planted tank for some freshwater shrimp. Still under construction. |
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office stress reliever (September 25, 2003)| I work at a pet supply store in Anaheim California and have my own office in the back. I set this small tank up next to my desk to give me something interesting to do on my breaks and to maybe get the owners to consider setting up a small display tank on the sales floor. Specs and equipment 15 gallon tall-clear silicone/black trim
2x36 Watt 6,700K Power compact fluorescent retro-fit kit from Ahsupply
2.5# Co2 tank with Milwaukee MA957 CO2 Regulator
Fluval 203 canister filter
Visitherm 50Watt heater
Fluorite/micro-pebbles gravel mix with a nutrient layer
Plants include Hygrophila difformis, Ludwigia arcuata, Micranthemum micranthemoides, Glossostigma elatinoides, and Eleocharis acicularis. |
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Underwater Jungle (September 25, 2003)| 25 gallon freshwater planted aquarium. Established early April of 2004. |
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40 Gallon Hex & 0.0.4 D Tinctorius frogs (August 16, 2003)***LATEST UPDATE-04/30/05***
Unfortunately, this vivarium is no longer around. I got 4 more frogs and had to move them to a larger tank viewable here. A lot of people have been emailing me to ask how the concrete primer/coco fiber mix is holding up, and all I can say is that it showed no signs of deterioration over the year it was in the tank. I did use a small amount of the concrete primer/coco fiber mix in the new vivarium, and it is also doing well. Ive also been getting many other general questions about the mix, so I will add an FAQ to this gallery.
This is my first experience with the Dutch method of vivarium construction using "flevopol". It is an acrilate copolymer used as an additave in concrete to make it adhere better. But not in this case obviously. Flevopol is not avaliable in the USA, but I found a good substitute at my local ACE hardware. Its called Concrete primer & bonding additave and its made of Water and Acitate copolymer. When completely dried, it is rock hard and non-toxic. I mixed 4 parts sphagnum peat moss, 4 parts coco-fiber (bed a beast, eco earth ect) and 2-3 parts Concrete primer & bonding additave untill it was nice and tacky. Before hand, I had covered the 3 back pannels of glass with a good layer of expanding foam. Then I just covered the foam with the paste. I dried in about 5 days but it could take up to a week or more. I had warm dry weather on my side. Cracking occured naturaly as I expected it to from reading articles at UK vivarium websites. So I just made up another small batch of the slurry and patched them up. If you want more info on how I did this, email me at audiotaylor@sbcglobal.net. |
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First attempts at reef-keeping (August 15, 2006)| These are albums/pictures from my early attempts at the reef-keeping hobby. From these days of trial and error, I have gained the knowledge and experience to create my 40 gallon reef. All the tanks in this album arent around any longer. |
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Golden Mantellas (September 25, 2003)Albums Include
The Frogs
Bog Vivarium
From Tadpole to Froglet
Breeding |
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bog article (September 25, 2003)| Reptiles Magazine article on how to constuct a self-sustained bog vivarium for certian frogs |
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