Theres a small swampland area about a mile from our home that used to be a protected area since it’s a breeding ground for the African “Pyxie” Bullfrog. Our local govt council have decided to allow land developers in and they’re slowly destroying it to build matchbox sized cluster homes.

In Feb this year we found 8 of these adorable little critters hopping around amongst the squished remains of their siblings in a busy car park next to the swamp. 4 were given to a friend with a large pond on his farm and the other 4 have been enjoying a predator free stay in a spare tank we’ve kitted out for them.

We decided to build them a new poly-concrete home. Heres the build log…

Raw Materials

The usual suspects…

• Bits of throw away polystyrene packaging collected from the neighbor’s garbage
• Fibre flyscreen
• Concrete / Quickcrete / Buildcrete
• Pool filter sand
• Concrete stain pigments (Red, brown, yellow, white & black)
• 1 Large tube of marine grade silicon sealant
• A small powerhead/water pump/internal powered filter
• 50 or 75 watt submersible aquarium heater
• 60cm of 10mm silicone tubing Read More »
  
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