3 feet IOS vivarium

[limz_777]

been working on my set-up , slowly and easy , thought i share with you guys the progress so far ,dont mind the blue light and picture quality , taken by camera phone

[eddy planer]

Hi limz

Looking splendid! really!!!

Mind ask you to improve your support base, ok?

The support base look rather unstable to me. why not add 1 more support PVC pipe to the centre to complete stabilize it and able to withstand the increase weight to come.It would even better if you increase the diameter of the PVC pipe to 3'' or 4"

As for my 6 ft palu ,I assembled 6 pics of 6" PVC pipes and I did the weight test, guess what I stand on it to ensure that I wont slipped off! Everything went fine, LOL. But I'm not asking you weight on it lah, just ensure your support base can withstand the increase weight of at least 8kg or more.

[limz_777]

thanks eddy , will add more bigger pvc pipe to hold up to the existing structure

[eddy planer]

Hi Limz

Any improvement huh ?Please upload your improvement project.

[limz_777]

added more support to the land , started to fill up the land area with peat moss / perlite / base - sphagnum moss / clay pellets

filling it up with land moss


next step will be working on waterfall and the water area

[eddy planer]

Hi limz

This awesome waterfall is getting sexy, lah!!!!!

[limz_777]

just bought a humidifier and ada africana soil for water area subsrate, notice that it just create a misty look but the plants doesn't look wet ,guess i will manually mist it with water .

read that on your set-up you on it 5 times on timer , but each interval how long ?

[fotoudavid]

just bought a humidifier and ada africana soil for water area subsrate, notice that it just create a misty look but the plants doesn't look wet ,guess i will manually mist it with water .

read that on your set-up you on it 5 times on timer , but each interval how long ?

Where you buy the humidifier bro??

[limz_777]

Where you buy the humidifier bro??

bought it from cash convertor in amk , they have stocks of new one

[limz_777]

do anyone knows which part of serangoon north do they sell 6000k 39 watts white t5ho ?

[eddy planer]

Lmiz

Have you tried Petmart?

[limz_777]

was looking at electrical shops , sorry forgot to mention

[limz_777]

some updates on the water area ,didnt like false bottom decided to seal it off also to prevent fish to get into it , halfway done still have a lot planting to fill up

[dkk08]

some updates on the water area ,didnt like false bottom decided to seal it off also to prevent fish to get into it , halfway done still have a lot planting to fill up

I like it! Very nice! More plants would be good too. Any plans on the fauna?

[limz_777]

I like it! Very nice! More plants would be good too. Any plans on the fauna?

thanks ddk08 , was actually trying to find coco panels to fill up the back inbetween the waterfall feature and the tree trunk to show more contrast ,also filling up the extreme right part with marginal plants to soften the blank area , does coco panels produce tannin like fern panels ?


fauna will be most likely to be dither fishes ( splash tetras /still considering scare they jump on to the land and die ) , land area still considering , most likely wait till it matured , fully planted and stable before deciding , inputs of fauna will be appreciated

[dkk08]

thanks ddk08 , was actually trying to find coco panels to fill up the back inbetween the waterfall feature and the tree trunk to show more contrast ,also filling up the extreme right part with marginal plants to soften the blank area , does coco panels produce tannin like fern panels ?


fauna will be most likely to be dither fishes ( splash tetras /still considering scare they jump on to the land and die ) , land area still considering , most likely wait till it matured , fully planted and stable before deciding , inputs of fauna will be appreciated

coco panels? never come across coco panels only fern panels so can't really comment on the tannin producing factor.

Alternative you can try siliconing some dried moss on to the blank areas or better still get some mini orchids or tillandsias and silicon them...

fishes > Archer fish (Y61, Leaf Fish(Gan's Aquarium), tiny 1-2cm IT/NT
Fauna on land > quite diff to suggest knowing the sensitivity behind it

[eddy planer]

fauna will be most likely to be dither fishes ( splash tetras /still considering scare they jump on to the land and die ) , land area still considering , most likely wait till it matured , fully planted and stable before deciding , inputs of fauna will be appreciated

Sorry to let you down, I'd search high and low for the splash tetras in Singapore, been told that this tetra isnt popular in the market.

[limz_777]

coco panels? never come across coco panels only fern panels so can't really comment on the tannin producing factor.

Alternative you can try siliconing some dried moss on to the blank areas or better still get some mini orchids or tillandsias and silicon them...

fishes > Archer fish (Y61, Leaf Fish(Gan's Aquarium), tiny 1-2cm IT/NT
Fauna on land > quite diff to suggest knowing the sensitivity behind it

tillandsias is definitely on my list , just love the look of it , yes didnt see any coco panel too , maybe have to find another alternative or diy one out , i have kept archer fish and leaf fish before , quite predatory and hard to train off live feed , forgot to mention will be transfering some bumblebee gobies , a crowntail betta and a unidentified shrimp over from my 1.5 feet tank (decomissioning)

Sorry to let you down, I'd search high and low for the splash tetras in Singapore, been told that this tetra isnt popular in the market.

yes i didnt see any too , maybe i could have miss it

[Blue Whale]

Sometimes I really wonder how you guys managed to pull it off. I just don't have the artistic talent...something I am very handicap on. Limz, can set your phone to capture bigger size then use Iranview to size it to 800 x 600? Bigger means at least 1024 x 768 which allows you to set as wallpaper on your pc/laptop.

Does that means the water is running under those structures?

Eddy, maybe you can list the areas where you search high and low from. I vaguely remember seeing this but I just can't remember where I see em...a bit like road names like that, when you need it, you always can't find it or remember where. Might need to rope StormHawk and those guys staying near NA to comb SG.

[eddy planer]

Eddy, maybe you can list the areas where you search high and low from. I vaguely remember seeing this but I just can't remember where I see em...a bit like road names like that, when you need it, you always can't find it or remember where. Might need to rope StormHawk and those guys staying near NA to comb SG.

Hi BW
Do you recall that we had outings few weeks ago, Qian Hu and Gan(Storm's suggestion to find) are the ones who told us that splash tetra isnt popular at all. I even asked Seaview and most of the most fish farms along Kranji and Lim chu kang last week, all had told me the same. So there is no more splash tetra and even Green /White Tree Frog in Singapore market.

Unless someone in Singapore who has splash tetra to spare, i more than glad to have 10 fishes for SGD50.