Not much gardening going on with me either. I NEED to be dividing some black-eyed susans and cosmos, but we seem to spend a lot of weekends going to grand-kids soccer and football games. And like catbird, we're trying to get ready for the onslaught of the holidays. Also our house is topsy-turvy right now. We're having hardwood put in our BR (which we should have done when we built the house), so everything is a mess. Should get the final coat of finish tomorrow and can move furniture back in this weekend. Then we've got to paint the walls at some point when I pick out new bedding. It's been interesting to try to find stuff we've moved around. Oh yeah, we're also rehearsing for the Living Christmas Tree, which will be the weekend before Christmas.

I believe that all the mosses that are being sold as aquatic mosses are actually mosses that occur naturally in very wet places or near bodies of water. The only moss that I would tend to call entirely aquatic is Fontinalis but even that may be found emersed. Your best bet is to try the one you like best and see how it performs. Not really into ferns and fungi.

LOL, deadhamster! =) Yes, I meant my Dear Husband, as Nathan wrote, not you. =) breton: I'm not quite sure, yet. I know that Pet Stores tell you you only need to feed FBTs a few times a week, but I don't put much stock by their advice! Steve Brighton is out resident frog-care expert, so maybe he'll let us know. And if not, I'll email him. There is also a very good old post on the forum on the care of FBTs, which I will review unti l have it memorized! =) I did do an internet search as well, but found some misinformation, some contradictory info (one site said males were larger/huskier, one said the females were, and both were scientific sites!), and some factual, but it's hard to sort what's true from what's not if you have no experience with frog-keeping! And even if I don't need to feed them every day, it will still be nice to have that easier access with the front sliding door. I just hope it's not too heavy for me. . . since it will be about 23 x 32 inches. I'm wondering if I should make this one piece acrylic instead of glass. Any thoughts? I know how easily it scratches, so I'll be extra careful with it (and good thing it's too high up for my toddler son to reach!), but I'm really worried about this big sheet of glass falling out one day and shattering on the floor. I don't know yet what I'll do for my waterfeature, but I know I want less of a splashy waterfall! I might do just a trickling stream and rely on a misting system or hydrofogger and/or rain wall to keep stuff watered. I also don't know what I'll use for the tree form, but probably not Great Stuff, as per the discussion previously on the forum. I might use that foam for ponds (though it must be used outside, because of it's toxicity while it cures), but the stuff my DH originally brought home has to be wet-cured (great for people fixing their already running pond waterfalls and streams, not great for me), so I don't know. Might just carve it out of good old pink styrofoam! I am used to working with it, so it might be the best option. Then I'll have to figure out the concrete bonder and peat moss thing. . .

According to WEbster: a vivarium without standing water In some competition circles: enclosure containing no more than 10 percent water However, we aren't so strict. For the purposes of this forum a terr is: any transparent more or less sealed enclosure including desertariums (WITHOUT lids, or with a LOT of air flow!!!), paludariums, vivariums, orchidariums, etc.,