How to Build a Paludarium

[gregzz4]

Guess I'll have to wait for pics as I can't imagine it plumbed

I thought it was looking good before, but WOW those vines and the rock coloring really bring it to life. And it makes it look huge

[daplatapus]

That really looks cool.

[es355lucille]

Nice job!

I had to look this up on the internet. Very cool ideas you have there. I might have to try one of these!

[Myka]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I thought it was looking good before, but WOW those vines and the rock coloring really bring it to life. And it makes it look huge

No kidding! I know how big the tank is, but that pic - it could be 15 feet long! Sweet looking Steve!

[sphelps]

Thanks all. To me the tank looks small in the pictures so I guess it's all personal perspective. For an idea on size here's a pic my wife snapped on the weekend.

[badAZZlars]

This is starting to look really good. Great work on the foam rock work.

Will you be setting up plumbing for misters or rain type simulation?

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by badAZZlars

This is starting to look really good. Great work on the foam rock work.

Will you be setting up plumbing for misters or rain type simulation?

Thanks. All plants will be hydroponic so each pot will have a drip line. I'm contemplating the idea of addition misters to work with the auto top off for rain simulation but I need to avoid getting the front glass wet so it might be tricky. It's something I can add anytime so I'll probably play around with the idea eventually.

[CM125]

nice, in for updates

[sphelps]

Skipping ahead again to step 4, substrate.

First I installed 100W of heating cable for substrate heating.



Followed buy 100lbs for black sand, 20lbs of Flourite and topped off with 80lbs of Caribsea Eco-Complete. I also added some 50lbs of lace rock, some driftwood and some mopani wood. Here's another FSS to show the result.



All three lights are up again as well