Hi from Texas!

Hello everyone. I have just joined your forums. I am a middle school science teacher starting her first paludarium. I don't have any experience with amphibians or fish, but was donated a 45 gallon aquarium from a generous parent. My students and I are in the process of designing our setup and will begin construction next week. I have decided to go with the "great stuff" route. We have an idea of which animals we would like to put in the paludarium if possible. Of course my students have picked out the cutest ones out there so I'm quite sure that they're not normally found in the same ecosystem or even the same continent! We are looking at axolotls, red clawed crabs, puffer fish, and apple snails so far. We haven't purchased anything and are still researching to see if any of these things will have problems cohabitating together. If you have any suggestions, I'd certainly be open to them as I want a successful project. Thanks for all the help I've already received from reading past posts on your forum!

It is generally not a good idea to mix species http://caudata.org/cc/articles/Mixing_disasters.shtml And by the way, welcome!

Okay, thanks. I'm still doing my research! While cute, I just may have to nix the axolotl idea.