brandonppr
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Just wondering is it possible for them to catch fish swimming in water?
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I was thinking about building a very large cage that goes over top a open top 150 gallon aquarium that has breeding guppies in it.
I think it may be a bit risky to have your chameleon cage over an open top aquarium.
Sounds like it would be a wonderful toilet for your veil to rid his/her waste matter in.
... get the video rolling, as it will probably be a first ! We all know that veileds like to bask over minnow loaded streams within 12" of the water's surface ... sorry, couldn't resist. I think you are more likely to see a big fish jump out and eat the chameleon, but that is not very likely either.
I have a simular setup for my green iguana. He feeds the fish in that aquarium. amazingly the water stays clear and the fish eat all the waste in a matter of 10mins or so. The iguana has large branches that he can climb around on that lead up to the top of the aquarium and over it. Sometimes he gets in the water and sticks his head under water while hanging from a branch.
Do you think it could fall in and drown?
I have a simular setup for my green iguana. He feeds the fish in that aquarium. amazingly the water stays clear and the fish eat all the waste in a matter of 10mins or so.
Looking just at waste management, once the nitrogen cycle was established in the tank, the bacteria in with the fish could probably handle some chameleon feces too .. .Yummmmm ... it would work. Your biggest risk would be chameleon drowning IMO. For all my experience, I have no clue how well chams swim. You could solve that issue with a net, or lots of vines into the water, etc. I am not recommending what you are proposing, but with some efforts, it could be managed. I can think of easier ways to run a system though, but it is your cham, your money, and your effort, and I will not argue that ! Good luck.
Can you share some pictures of all of this?? Thanks
Apart from the bizzare mechanics of the suggestion, why would you consider adding something so alien to your chameleons diet anyway, even if it could/would eat them?
If your guppies are breeding beyond capacity, feed them to your big fish in the pic above. Naturalistic settings are desireable to a point, but there is nothing natural in chams/fish.
Natural diet encompasses prey items/types taken by a species in its wild habitat.
Aborial and insectivorous species would likely never consume fish, chameleons in particular. They dont have the agilty, nor the apparatus to catch fish, evolution knows best.
but if she has insects would she ever even attempt striking the water especially since we have established fish are not something they eat?
I don't care whether she eats them or not. If she wants to that will be up to her.
BTW the big fish is mostly a vegitarian. It eats seed, fruit, plants. It will only eat fish if all other things are taken away.
My goal with this setup is:
a. add humidity too much perhaps. Respitory issues are likely. How will you lower humidity at night when temps drop?
b. be able to mist her without molding the substrate Substrate is not required anyway
c. The "cage" would be virtually clean all the time Bacteria is difficult to see. It wont be 'virtual' bacteria either. You would still need to clean it properly.
d. I think it will look nice For you or the lizard?
e. she would have a large area and not be closed in It will eventually escape or drown. Ways out of the water are no garantee. Insects will fall in the water and be eaten by fish, if the cham decides to follow the insects, see above, especially in moving water. Even turtles can drown.