An alchemist’s guide to transforming crystal antimony into antimoney crystals.

Matching tropical plants and herptiles for better biotope builds.

A look at the flora of Neotropical ant gardens and a “How To” display build

I wanted to expand on a design concept that I had already utilized in my different Neotropical treefrog vivaria, where I had incorporated suitable indigenous plants exclusively to decorate the tanks.

For my second experimental vivarium in Colombia I wanted to create the illusion of a mossy branch segment covered with miniature native orchids and bromeliads floating in mid-air against a black background.