Wow wow wow... You are really dedicated!! If only there is a water area and/or a water feature... You're gonna have some fauna inside?
Just back from Cameron. Collected some mosses, orchid and pitcher plants. Scare of mosses won't survive and quicky up the tank. The tank fully covered. 2 36W PL tubes only with a fan.
Orange color wild orchid. Anyone know what species is that?
Bird nest plant from office road side.
Pitcher plant wild collected.
Another one. (Bought from the flower nursery.)
Arranging the drift woods.
Planting...
Spent at least 3-4 hours just to seperate and putting the mosses
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Wow wow wow... You are really dedicated!! If only there is a water area and/or a water feature... You're gonna have some fauna inside?
The tank just up. Trying hard to make them survive and grow. Once the tank getting mature. Thinking of some froggies. Or else, just the plants and mosses will do. Make it as fairy land....
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nice setup!
just a question,
how does one grow moss on the groung? what kind of sand should one use?
thanks
Wow - that is amazing!
I think you can put butterflies in there too!
How about some fireflies so you can see them light up at night.
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You do not need any specific medium to grow moss emerse.Originally Posted by fishbonez
Look around, they clings to wall, tiles, wood, tree roots, rocks, soil in your plant pots. Stainless steel mesh is probably the last thing they will ever clang on though.
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Actually that is not an orange orchid... i'm not a botanist by training but i know those orange things you see are actually storage bulbs for the plant.. and many orchids have them... do they necessarily coincide with the colour of the flower?
oh BTW...nice tank
Hey Dom, it's great to finally see your 6 footer up and running. Fabulous array of mosses ya've collected so far. One of these days i've got to fly to KL just to meet up wif you and have a nature walk.
Anyway, the orchid falls into the category of bulbophyllums. In your case here, the orange colouring may be due to a hybridisation factor. As for now, i can't make out exactly what it is but perhaps when it's flowering, i'll id it for you.
Oh yea, i like the style of scaping, using varied plants such as venus flytraps and pitchers, somewhat depicting a south east asian tropical rainforest on a high altitude covered in fog as in the wild, these plants thrive very well in such conditions.
Hope to see future progress on this tank, and definitely an envy to me that you've such a big tank to maximise your projects on.
Best Regards,
Phillip.
Thank you guys for such a wonderful comments. I put 5 packs of coconut fiber which mixed with some soil under the mosses. The wild orchid in orange color bulb just growing at the road side of highway. The weather kinda cool. But dry. It is located where i found the pitcher plants.
Philip, i am admiring you having such a beautiful room with so many amazing setup. Just come and join me. Only 3 hours + from KL to Cameron Highland - Brinchang town. While on the way going up using Simpang Pulai (New highway to Cameron), you will see lot of nice plants growing at the road side.
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Dom..when going to Cameron again?? i dont mind doing some collecting..lol
ranmasatome, i dont mind going this weekend again. Make it as a day trip. Then we share the petrol and toll fees.
btw where r u from??
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Updated with mist maker in...
Wild orchid.
another type of flytrap.
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Sweet!!! nice la Dom....
me from singapore loh...go up this weekend ah?? never expected so soon leh..lol..
Haha..ok ok. Try to arrange. Let me know 2 weeks in advance.
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Hey bro, just wanna ask where did you get the mist maker ???
Hi, I bought it from lfs. They said some people like to put at their koi pond or the indoor mini gold fish pond.
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Thanks for the reply !!!!!
haha...i freeze my cricket in a plastic container. (Lucky my gf dont knw what is inside there...) Just feed them last nite. check out the pic...
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About a week of my setup...There are some mosses growing on those darker place. Mosses can't really grow well on brighter place.
Small pine growing out from the mosses.
Some mushroom...
Birdnest new leaves...
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Hey man your tank is nice... it is seriously seriously nice.
Really hoping to see many more vivariums of this calibre in this forum in the near future.
How long did you have to research to set up something like this? I wouls really love to know if everything thrives as time passes on.
Great job dude
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