Building The Pixie Frog (African Bullfrog) Paludarium
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2019
- The African Bullfrog paludarium is finally here! I know this one's been ongoing for awhile, but I had my reasons. Samson was fine in his previous setup, so there was no rush to complete this and it kept getting put aside for more time sensitive builds. That said, I'm very pleased to finally have it done and I think Samson is as well!
My goal with this one was not necessarily to mimic the ABF's natural habitat per-say, but to create something that takes the essence of it and showcases the animal. I really like how all of my paludariums turned out, but I think that this one is the best at showcasing the animal in all of its glory. Just look at how proper he looks swimming through the water and snatching prey off the embankment!
For the record frogs are my favorite! They are what got me started on all of this and my oldest lived animal to date was my ABF Gunther. I had him for well over 14 years, but unfortunately he passed away a few years back. These animals are just so incredible that I couldn't last long without getting another... that of course being Samson. He's only about 2 years old now, but they have been recorded to live up to 40 years! He's also only about half size. Adult males will max out around 8-10”. These animals are incredible for a number of other reasons as well. I've linked up some must watch videos down below in case you are new to the African Bullfrog (aka Pixie Frog).
Life of an African Bullfrog: • African Bullfrog - Sec...
African Bullfrog Protecting Young: • Bullfrog Dad Protects ...
If you have any comments, suggestions or questions, leave them down in the comments! Also for additional content like this, photos of my terrariums, projects sneak peeks and more, follow me on Instagram @SerpaDesign. / serpadesign
#africanbullfrog #paludarium #serpadesign
I introduce the African Bullfrog Paludarium! This has to be one of my favorite builds yet. The combination of it and Samson is just perfect! Enjoy! Also let me know what you thought about it?
Lovin the look of this paludarium
i didnt know african bullfrogs loved water that much, i thought they just liked the muddy banks near ponds and rivers
Really nice
Love it
Man i wish i could do some stuff like this. All i got is a 10gal and i cant get any big tanks until we move to a better place
"I'm gonna keep it simple"
-Puts whole garden in tank-
I love it 😂
Exactly what i was thinking😂😂 but it looks amazing so you know😂
Ong
What to do to make my channel as good as this one here, I am asking for constructive feedback.
@@tomi327 sure I'll subscribe and check you out. Hopefully you do tanks like this for other reptiles other than toads and frogs though.
@@tomi327 definitely better thumbnails, more interesting camera angles, more adventurous builds
Bullfrog is an absolute UNIT
They get absolutely massive. Had a wild one in our garden pond that was the size of a torso. Beast!
Will I ever make an African bullfrog paludarium? Probably not. Do I click as soon as I see the notification? Yes.
Me: Won't the frog eat the isopods?
Samson: * eats EFFING MICE *
That's EXACTLY what went through my head. LOL
He might but don’t worry they breed (:
It would just happen to be a small snack if he gets ahold of one
Raccoon Rebellion it was just a joke
@@Abbie_Loves_John he was being nice let him be
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If I was a frog i definitely would want to live in a tank scaped by this guy.
I'm not a frog but I think I want to live in it anyway.
@@gardeninginthedesert I am a frog and that is my dream home.
I want to reincarnate into a frog and get adopted by this guy!
Samson is a very lucky frog to have someone who cares so much about his happiness and living conditions. Well done!
Would love to see you do a MUD SKIPPER SETUP...
This would be cool
YAS!
Yees
OMG yessss! I'd love to see that
Agreed
This content is the stuff I subbed for.
No clickbait
No useless chatter
And Great Commentaru
Me: awe look at the set up
*frog gets dropped in*
Me: OH LAWD HE A CHUNKY BOI OH LAWDY OMG
Amazing. Your paludariums are always incredible creations.
Ryan Madaris "You gotta keep it simple."
Lol i thought to myself "wow this tank setup is huge for a little toad" and then you brought him in and i was like 👀 "maybe its actually too small for him 😂😂 hes an absolute unit!
Yeah they get massive but they kinda just sit around all day
That frog is very lucky to have a palladium builder like this guy... great job on it! 👍🐸
5 star accommodation for amphibians!
Love this paludarium! Great work, as always! ❤🐸 I have been wanting an African Bullfrog and this video made me decide for sure to get one soon!
Hi ants Canada:) I’m a big fan!
It's gorgeous 😍...the details you add are amazing and I love all your builds...I have a banded water snake enclosure I built using a few things from your videos... You don't realize how costly a build like this is until you go out and purchase all of the stuff but it's well worth it in the end. Thanks for sharing
The trick is to buy everything you can in bulk so that it spans across many projects and thus reduces cost.
@@SerpaDesign thanks for the advice😉....I'll try that
Yasss water snakes are awesome
We love a responsible Earthling who reuses and recycles odds and ends they already have instead of buying more👌 Amazing build as always! Samson is incredible. I find aquatic frogs really quite daunting but you always make everything so simple & easy to understand.
You're so right that he compliments the setup! His dark colours contrasted against the light plants look great! I loved this build and the incorporation of stone. Stunning as always!
I absolutely love how detailed the videos are and how they just show everything done. Its not like steps are really skipped.
Another great video Tanner.
If my wife saw me feed a bull 🐸 a mouse carcass, the ambush predator and his Paludarium would be in the backyard shed 🤣.
LOLOL!
You kept me thoroughly engaged throughout the entire video. This is seriously some high quality content. I truly appreciate the time and effort you take into making such beautiful environments. Keep it up! Still thinking about your recent pond video.
This is pretty cool! I bet any bullfrog would be happy to live there
Dang, Samson’s got a whole team of Butlers working for him!
Damn I literally just got back into your videos today, and you've blessed us with yet another video? Brilliant.
Can you turn my bathroom into a paludarium? I wanna feel like this frog.
I have never seen such an awesome scape for with such robust plants
Him: this setup won’t be very heavily planted
*proceeds to cover it with plants
Plants are life plants are love
They can almost compare to Shrek which says a lot
These are my favorite videos that he does, where he makes an enclosure for his animals from scratch. So cool.
Same
If we'd made homes for ourselves like you do for plants/animals, the world would be amazing to live in
I like how 99% of amphibians have to stay wet and then toads are just sitting there with completely dry skin 😂
Toads absolutely need moisture. Just because they don't live in water doesn't mean they don't need water. Keeping a moist enclosure and access to a water dish is an absolute necessity for keeping toads. Some frogs just prefer to get their moisture from the substrate they bury into rather than just sitting in water. Toads, pacman frogs, pixies like Sampson, and tomato frogs are good examples of that lifestyle 🐸
He thicc
Also, beautiful setup.
Dude, you are so unbelievably talented! You did an incredible job, Sampson looks so relaxed and at home in that set up.
I wish I had a fraction of your skills. 😍
I love your terrariums and now I live your paludariums too! Thanks so much for sharing your talents with us. I'll forever be envious...
I work graveyard in New Zealand, your videos keep me alive during periods of boredom. Loving the great work you put in. Unfortunately i came across your videos 2 weeks too late, i sold my fathers aquarium and gears, your videos gave me ideas and now i regret not keeping the stuff, really a whole new level you have demonstrated. Keep up the good work!
"He went into the setup an started acting toad'ally normal" :-D
Amazing set up and the bull frog definitely loves it. All of your set ups are just quality, keep up the good work
I absolutely LOVE this, you've smashed it again. Thank you so much for sharing, I look forward to doing mine even more now ❤️
I absolutely love the labor of love that went into this project. For days I've been building a patio pond with a waterfall filter feature and I just finished it today. I have guppies, a pleco, and bettas swimming happily in it. I've had some of the fish for over a year and I just wanted to give them an upgrade. So I completely understand why you put so much detail for Sampsons home. You did it because you care about your pets and I respect that. Excellent work!! 😀
Hey guys, the foam he is using is super expensive there is a red version of the same foam for literally 1/3rd of the price not many retailers carry the foam he was using so yea the red can of great stuff is easier to acquire. And if you use the red can just get black/brown silicone it worked for me
I love this! I would need something bigger for my boy. But defiantly like the idea!
What species?
Magnificent Bullfrog, he is so lucky to have you having made this wonderful home for him, the perfect pet if you know what to do, thank you for sharing your Art work
Another spectacular setup. Loved it 🥰. Can't stop watching your videos.
You should just livestream your animal enclosures... they're fricking beautiful and your animals are fun. I think it would be very relaxing.
Great set up, thanks for sharing. Couple of questions:
A- how often you feed the frog?
B- did you collected the isopods from your garden?
C- how often will you recommend a water change?
yEs
YeS
yeS
YES
Can't help with the other questions, but I've seen him order isopods online before, so he's either needing more than he can gather, or just ordering them. Check out his video on the Rubber Ducky Isopods--so cute & tempting!
Always enjoy the music you use in these videos. It's not loud and invasive. 80's synth is always a win.
Why am I watching this?
Probably because your the best CZcamsr ever 🙂
*NOT MADE IN AFRICA*
But the frog might be
Nah he's CB lol!
Oh ok...
What to do to make my channel as good as this one here, I am asking for constructive feedback.
AquaTK
I know I’m not skilled in making terrariums but the thing that came to my mind is to do speed builds of new terrariums. But your channel is very good, I love the cichilds. Your probably asking Sherpa huh?
@@tomi327 you could start by not spamming the comments and attempting to disguise your self-promoting as a legitimate question. It really bothers me when people try to snipe subscribers from popular channels. Want as many subs as him? Create engaging content and build your channel in an honest way.
This is amazing, Thank you for the idea and guidance for this build.
Hey Tanner! I love your videos - they have inspired me to start my own terrariums with moss, ferns and basket grass, and more recently, to get my own fish with a bioactive aquarium! One of the things I really appreciate about these videos is your attention to detail, cleanliness and artistic touch. You teach that you can do anything if you take the right steps and prepare carefully. I've noticed over the time you've been filming that you've added the scientific names of plants as you've learned them and included them in text and audio for our own education, too. These videos are so great, thank you for making them!!
a question coming from someone who knows exactly nothing about frogs: will Sampson not try to eat the isopods?
I'm curious, where do you obtain all of your plants/micro organisms that "clean up"? I'm interested in possibly trying something like this - but I'm not sure where I'd get materials.
Hello! I'm not SerpaDesign obviously but I've been getting into bioactive setups myself and there's several places online where you can order them. Check sites like Josh's Frogs for springtails and several species of isopod, although you may be in for a bit of a wait if they're out of stock. They usually always have springtails at the very least, for a very fair price!
@@emilymelvin5771 Thank you!
Awesome job! Love seeing someone care for their animals as well as you do!
Each and every pauludarium you make is like a whole new world for all of your pets! Its amazing how many varieties you make as well!!
Could we see u feeding some of you're animals In 1 vid
Hows your outside pond?
It's doing fantastic.
Can we have a video on the pond?
Awesome build! It cool to see you love building these setups and your so gifted in the process.
It is quite meditative watching Tanner build all these wonderful living artworks.
African bull frogs are amazing. Great build. Love to see the effort for these guys.
This is absolutely incredible!! Thank you for sharing your talent with the world!!
Amazing!!! And so entertaining to watch you build this elaborate set up. It came out beautiful and looks like a nice natural setting for a bullfrog.
This is so beautiful, you do amazing work. He looks so happy!!
I love watching your builds.
Beautifully done. He's living the life.
Absolutely beautiful work...thank you for sharing...😊
Stunning and he looks so happy 👏👏👏👏👏
I have no idea why I like these videos.
Probably because they are quite calming.
Those jasper rocks are beautiful. This was a brilliant project. Learned so much.
Wow that is so beautiful! And Sampson is one LUCKY bullfrog!! 👍☺️🐸
Right now I'm building simple set ups. I can't wait for the day to try something that is half as challenging! Beautiful.
I built one too for my African Bullfrog, but she has out grown it now. I just love all the tips you gave in your set up! I have a 125 gallon aquarium that I just bought for her. It sounds big, but my frog will grow enough to still feel "free in nature" with my soon set up for her. It's going to take time to build, but it will be well worth it!!
Your work is so beyond inspiring❤️ I recently picked up aquascaping as a hobby and now I’m looking into terrarium builds after seeing a few of your videos
This is Gorgeous! You are amazing. I love all you do. Can’t wait to see more.😀
Love it sooooo much!!! Beautiful work!
It looks amazing! I really enjoy your builds. They always look like a perfect chunk of nature.
Totally awesome! Love your designs....so practical and attractive. Keep up the great work!
I was watching this completely relaxed and dozing cause your voice is so soothing and then I saw how big that frog was and my eyes peeled open! Damn, lucky frog.
That shoreline setup looks really cool. You could tell the water was perfect for him when you put him in there, and he didn't want to get out of his habitat. He loves that lol. It is actually cute.
This looks great! One suggestion- one can use Matala Filter Cubes for a base instead of the grate + Styrofoam. This allows for the tank to be less stressed due to replacing heavy rock. It also is sturdy enough to hold rock and substrate above it while allowing for water to pass through.
Dude you are amazing!!!! I just love you attention to detail, how beautiful everything looks. Love your work!
Looks amazing! Compliments Samson well!
This is the most excited I have heard you in a video. Thank you Samson
I loved when you said “Samson” while it was zoomed in on him because he looked so innocent and the way you said it just made it better, I also like the way Samson pounces
What an amazing work Tanner! You are amazing, congrats!
It looks gorgeus and Sampson look comfy in there! I love it. 11/10
Thank you for heart ♡ I appreciate this.
Editing removes the heart
I love the burrowing area so much!
_also, thanks for the feeding segment!_
Another fabulous setup...Samson is HUGE
Oh I soooo enjoyed watching part of the creation of Samsons home, "The African Bullfrog Paludarium". I hope you keep us up to date on his adventures. Thanks
So beautiful
Him and his home :)
So cute when he eats
Great job, like always
Love how you do this! Samson is one lucky big boy. 😊
Another beauty! Thanks Tanner.
Incredible as always. So meticulous and creative!
Love! Wish I had that nice of a set up when I had my toads and frogs! Great job!
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! - Little Bobby
Love it! Samson looks so happy 🐸
Absolutely fantastic set up
True artist. Your ideas and innovation are mind bending.
You are absolutely BRILLIANT!!!
Wow! We've a young Michigan J. Pixy. It currently is in a 20g tall. After seeing your masterpiece I will get on something similar to yours. Thank you for the inspiration!
Absolutely Stunning ! Great work Tanner, as usual !
One day I will have my own frog paludarium. Thanks for the inspiration, favorited.
Everything you create is incredible!
Great job with the divider, love that freak rock!