My 50cm paludarium-like tank mini journal

[69efan69]

Hi guys just wanna share my setup with u alll..

wanna make a cheap paludarium-like tank to spice up my room..

got myself a 50cmx35x35 tank and a 2ft styrofoam bg by ocean free..

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siliconed background to the back and i use the leftovers to make a mini land area for the tank..



siliconed some sand to the "land" area..





to be conT ....

[69efan69]

figuring out the best height to place the "land" thingy..





next we think about how to go about covering up the filter intake a lil bit..



again we used the styrofoam leftover to do the job..





not great but much better i think haha..

to be cont..

[69efan69]

everything seems fine and we proceeded to silicon the land thingy..





the next night , silicon is cured and we proceeded to start adding cycled water..



we start the filter and make sure the water flows to almost every part of the "land"..





we use java thai moss for the wet wet land area..



to be cont..

[69efan69]

previewww of the laand part..





water dripping from all sides...



touching up here and thereee...



to be cont..

[feide]

figuring out the best height to place the "land" thingy..








to be cont..

Great job there and looking good!
Pardon for a noob question, how do you secure the 'land' part to to the styrofoam bg? You use the same method to hide the filter intake?

[69efan69]

Great job there and looking good!
Pardon for a noob question, how do you secure the 'land' part to to the styrofoam bg? You use the same method to hide the filter intake?

yeapp silicon them together haha.

here's how it looks now..







im going to add some floating plants like giant duckweed and maybe airplants to the background..



cheers.

[feide]

wow, you must be really skillful to silicon the parts together as the surface looks quite uneven.

[69efan69]

wow, you must be really skillful to silicon the parts together as the surface looks quite uneven.

my friend did all the landscaping part haha credit goes to him lol. he actually used a lighter to burn n mould the sides to tally the background so it'll fit like lego.

[ranmasatome]

Woo.. really interesting! great job.

[Wild Ginger]

That's a very detailed photo journal set-up mate! Just make sure the land part adjoining to the back wall has sufficient silicone. You could poke through a few stainless steel rods or acrylic rods to strengthen it.

So are you planning to have ferns or bromeliads, airplants at the back? Looks like a very promising basic setup to build up upon!

Regards,
Phillipe.

[eddy planer]

That very impressive! This is Crazy!

My hands are damn itchy to construct 6ft tank paludarium and i have at least 65% of materials to create.

Do you have any cork bark to spare?

[69efan69]

hahaha thanks guys!

That's a very detailed photo journal set-up mate! Just make sure the land part adjoining to the back wall has sufficient silicone. You could poke through a few stainless steel rods or acrylic rods to strengthen it.

So are you planning to have ferns or bromeliads, airplants at the back? Looks like a very promising basic setup to build up upon!

Regards,
Phillipe.

the land part, i put alot of silicon especially on the glass side hope its stable haha.

im still not sure what plants to put hhere.. looking for plants where half of it is underwater while the leaves n stuff are out of the water? is there such plant?

im def gonna get some small small airplants for the background..

YouTube - Another Paludarium W I P

heres the vid of it.. u can see my friend making small vase like stuff using leftover styrofoam to use it for the airplant.. stil deciding wher to place it..

That very impressive! This is Crazy!

My hands are damn itchy to construct 6ft tank paludarium and i have at least 65% of materials to create.

Do you have any cork bark to spare?

hi bro,

i do not have any cork bark cuz i only use styrofoam and sand..

cheerss

[Wild Ginger]

There's a lot of plants which can grow having the bottom half in water and the upper part emmersed. Some being marsh plants and bog plants. Just to name a few which are relatively easy to propogate are as follows:

- Ceratopteris thalicroides ( able to root in shallow waters )
- Anubias afzelii
- Anubias barteri var. barteri
- Anubias gracilis
- Anubias hastifolia
- Bacopa caroliniana ( emits a lemony smell when leaves are crushed )
- Hydrcotyle aka pennyworts
- Echinodorus

Most of the plants if not all are commonly available at the aquarium shops. So you might want to try out. As i noticed that your substrate is not that deep, you might want to get the Anubias species listed instead as you can anchor the roots to the driftwoods in your tank.

Also, you can try putting riccia on your land area since the water spout is located above it. It'll give a nice carpet of bright greens when grown emmersed. Just a suggestion

Regards,
Phillipe.

[69efan69]

There's a lot of plants which can grow having the bottom half in water and the upper part emmersed. Some being marsh plants and bog plants. Just to name a few which are relatively easy to propogate are as follows:

- Ceratopteris thalicroides ( able to root in shallow waters )
- Anubias afzelii
- Anubias barteri var. barteri
- Anubias gracilis
- Anubias hastifolia
- Bacopa caroliniana ( emits a lemony smell when leaves are crushed )
- Hydrcotyle aka pennyworts
- Echinodorus

Most of the plants if not all are commonly available at the aquarium shops. So you might want to try out. As i noticed that your substrate is not that deep, you might want to get the Anubias species listed instead as you can anchor the roots to the driftwoods in your tank.

Also, you can try putting riccia on your land area since the water spout is located above it. It'll give a nice carpet of bright greens when grown emmersed. Just a suggestion

Regards,
Phillipe.

duddeee thanks for the listtt.. and the riccia idea.. im going for it hahaha

[69efan69]

here's a little update

i dont think these floating plants will last though.





cheers

[gene]

nice work, i think the floating plants should survive, as long as theres enough nutrients and light, easy plants

[boi_wave]

im utterly out of words bro, its nice, simple and AWESOME!

[felix_fx2]

Good job,

The floating plant should survive. If it is duckweed very likely to live on as its not a demanding plant.

[69efan69]

Thanks guys!

here's a little update.. most of my floating plants didnt survive cause im rarely home nowadays and lights are off most of the time haha. but the mosses and nanas are still doing great as expected.

here are some of the inhabitants.

6 orange shrimps..



1 Geosesarma sp. ..

always inside the "cave" like burrows on the land area during the day and "hunt" for food at night.. thinking of ways to expand the land area.





spot himmm..



and my main monster,1 young P.labiatus .. an old pic. he's fatter and longer today.





.. well there's a 2 endlers and 3 lampeyes that i just cant seemed to get decent pics with.

cheers.

[AquaZinYaw]

W-O-W. (My jaw dropped)

You're a lucky guy to have a friend who got talent like this.