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The Official Zoo Designers Hangout; discuss anything relevant to making Zoos
Topic Started: Mar 2 2013, 10:01 PM (176,039 Views)
Furka
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Stephen
May 25 2013, 07:30 AM
So, without catfish they would be completely fine? And how big would that tank have to be?
i'm more worried about the sturgeon size.
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Ignacio
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Dragonfire, i would use the small birch instead of the tremblin aspen. And tropical plants, well fynbos pack looks good always, you can also use the pro cycling plants pack too, and grass and flowers. Is more or less what i used in IguaZOO. The karaka is a good choice too. But i would encourage you to experiment until you are stisfied with the result. There are actually lots of combinations that you could use for a tropical zoo.

And now i have a question... or i need advice... this are the holding cages i build for the tigers on my asian zoo, my question is what should i change to make it realistic?

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Keep in mind that I can't extend it much to the sides (except maybe one tile to one side) but i can extend it forward a bit more. so... what should i do??
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CRG
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If you have two tigers that will work.

Also I have to disagree on a birch. The trembling aspen is much better realism whise. The only birch tree reskins out the bark is worse the blue fangs. I mean had they used the same skin as the trembling aspen but maybe make the black a bit more gray with a few outline like lines around it, it would be great. However an all grey skin is like making an all brown giraffe.
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I don't think the small birch is bad :/ it actually works fine in my zoos (grassland and tropical mostly), and no one complained about it at the moment. (i mostly use it for background but still)... maybe we are not talking about the same tree.

And about my tigers house... i don't know, now there are two but i'm also building this zoo to play with in the future, so there will be cubs at some point. I don't know it doesn't seem realistic to me what i made with it. It look very small or something like that but i don't know. I was hoping someone that made this kind of building more often could give some advice on how to do it, but no one answer my question in the Interactive tutorial section about this. And it seems i'm not capable of finding good reference pics (from real life zoo) for it. So if someone has some good pics for indoor big cats shelters/cages/holdings will be very much apreciated.
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If you like it as it is, I'd keep it as it is. I only use realism to a degree. To make it realistic, you would probably have to make it more "generic" to add multiple cages and seperate areas for the tigers as they grow etc.
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hmm i see, but i don't have enough space for that so i guess will have to stay that way. I don't like it how it is actually, that is why i'm looking for some advice on what should i change.
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Someone posted a link to a website that has a really good shelter tutorial I'll see if I can find the link.

Remembered long intro on show so grabbed it now.

http://mikurrrdesigns.wix.com/mikurrrdesigns#!tutorials/c1a4e

Check out every tutorial that could be interesting. Even if it doesn't apply like breeding its always good to know because its interesting.
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Ignacio
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yes i already have that page bookmarked :P thanks anyway CRG and you are right it has very good tutorials, specially the ones about breeding are very interesting.
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CRG
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If that doesn't work go on markun's site and look for pics of his indoor shelters. Another good thing is allowing a 1 way wall and tunnels for zookeepers to get through.
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Dragonfire
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Orcas . Do I need to explain ?

Using the AA Trembling Aspen as well as the Royal Palm looked really good :) ! However , I'm still trying to think of more ground foliage ...
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I think some ferns would be good. I need a state or region of a country though to give more specific.
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Dragonfire
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Orcas . Do I need to explain ?

This basically where I live although ( it's across where I live ) , I can't find matching foliage though :

Wiki page : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifacio_Global_City

Note : There are pics in the wiki page .
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CRG
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I'd use palm trees, Guioa, Bur Oak, and I have a tree I need to code that I think would go perfectly I can send you when its done.
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Dragonfire
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Orcas . Do I need to explain ?

Thanks CRG :) !
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is there anyway i can make a realistic White shark tank? like, inside a building?
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