My 1st vivarium set up

[kennethc]

Hi all, I am looking for suggestions.
This is my set up


I am wondering if the murky water will be cleared, using my aquarium pump, sponge type . Not the submerged filter type.

What should i do next?

[AQMS]

Im not into vivarium but i sure like your driftwood,
where did you get it?

[kennethc]

Im not into vivarium but i sure like your driftwood,
where did you get it?

That Aquarium y618

[cdckjn]

Not to be a wet blanket, you have at least 2 big errors in your setup.
1. Your Spanish moss will not make it. It need a drier environment - it will be too humid in the tank. You may need moving air for it to grow.
2. The orchid on the driftwood will be too wet - the roots will rot.
3. the black tape hold your rubber tubing will fall off soon, use silicon to attach it if you want a secure bond.

[Merviso]

Hi Kenneth, murky water will be cleared eventually as the particles settled down... hopefully your air pump filter will not keep stirring them up thou.

What is the purpose of the white egg crates with mesh structure? Unfortunately, it is kind of a eye sore to your whole scape... try to replace it with something else, or maybe use black color crates instead....

[kennethc]

Not to be a wet blanket, you have at least 2 big errors in your setup.
1. Your Spanish moss will not make it. It need a drier environment - it will be too humid in the tank. You may need moving air for it to grow.
2. The orchid on the driftwood will be too wet - the roots will rot.
3. the black tape hold your rubber tubing will fall off soon, use silicon to attach it if you want a secure bond.

Thank you! I will have to keep an eye on the spanish moss. I will try to move the orchid away. Can i ask how to i water the orchid? Must i do it manually?
Ok about the black tape, i will conside silicon.

[kennethc]

Hi Kenneth, murky water will be cleared eventually as the particles settled down... hopefully your air pump filter will not keep stirring them up thou.

What is the purpose of the white egg crates with mesh structure? Unfortunately, it is kind of a eye sore to your whole scape... try to replace it with something else, or maybe use black color crates instead....

Murky water is cleared.

Egg crates to support together with the ss mesh, to keep the structure upright such that the land area will not collapse. There are three defences against clogging in the pump, wire mesh on the egg crate and the pump itself and egg crate and pebbles. Rusting cannot be prevent though.

Do you know how to prevent rusting?

I will try to add moss in the future, to cover the ugly sight..

[kennethc]

So.. How do i prevent rust?

[SeVenZ]

if you bought good quality ss mesh, it wouldn't rust. im sorry but you need to put in more effort to research and re-plan the scape, its quite a bad attempt. but good effort i must say.

[kennethc]

if you bought good quality ss mesh, it wouldn't rust. im sorry but you need to put in more effort to research and re-plan the scape, its quite a bad attempt. but good effort i must say.

I see.. I am pretty satisfied with it, thank you! (:

[mincedmeat]

I doubt the orchid would be able to survive in the tank. They need to be in a drier environment. You could explore having other plants to replace the orchid?

[kennethc]

I doubt the orchid would be able to survive in the tank. They need to be in a drier environment. You could explore having other plants to replace the orchid?

Dont worry, i moved the orchid away from the water flow. I only water them manually.

[mincedmeat]

I would think you might need more charcoal for the orchid. They primarily thrive in dry and humid temperatures. When you water them, you should only mist the roots and occassionally the leaves. Hopefully it flowers in the tank.

[kennethc]

I would think you might need more charcoal for the orchid. They primarily thrive in dry and humid temperatures. When you water them, you should only mist the roots and occassionally the leaves. Hopefully it flowers in the tank.

Thank you for your information!!

[eddy planer]

Hi kennethc

any picture of your build.. can I see the latest update, bo?

[kennethc]

When i finally convinced my mum to have a frog.... BAM!

But before i added the frog, i had black phantom tetras in it..
Had a successful bloom of my orchid inside the vivarium!
Torn down and rebuilt 3 times already so far.

Please give comments and feedback :-)

[bernie]

Nice. Spanish moss can survive in the humid condition?
What is your lighting's setup for the orchid to bloom? Maybe you can use a wire or fishing line to tie the orchid to the wood

[kennethc]

Nice. Spanish moss can survive in the humid condition?
What is your lighting's setup for the orchid to bloom? Maybe you can use a wire or fishing line to tie the orchid to the wood

I was using normal aquazonic 1.5 ft light.
Now i am using beamswork double power 1300.

Yeap i tied using black string and a cable tie as a backup :-)

[eddy planer]

Hi kennethc,

What an amazing setup you got another a big plus the White Tree Frog, Yay!

I've got some cautions to bring up. In months time, your white tree frog will be fatter, heavier and bigger and your beautiful flora(Orchid ) will soon rip apart one by one . The orchid will not be able to withstand the weight and its massive strength of your beloved frog . That's why I use mainly artificial flora ..mind you I got at least 10 WTFs to take care.
You can either choose to save your beautiful orchid or remove your frog

[kennethc]

Hi kennethc,

What an amazing setup you got another a big plus the White Tree Frog, Yay!

I've got some cautions to bring up. In months time, your white tree frog will be fatter, heavier and bigger and your beautiful flora(Orchid ) will soon rip apart one by one . The orchid will not be able to withstand the weight and its massive strength of your beloved frog . That's why I use mainly artificial flora ..mind you I got at least 10 WTFs to take care.
You can either choose to save your beautiful orchid or remove your frog

Hey thanks, but one question.
Is it possible to control the diet of the frog so it wont become 'overweight'?