First attempt at a Viv

Jason · #1 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 03:38 AM

Alrighty, so im about 60% done and figured id post some pics. still needs another layer of substrate and the hood and lights, mist system will be in next month i figure. Let me know if there is anything i have done backwards or , well, stupid. this is my very first attempt at this lol, its fun if you dont count the million mistakes i made along the way

. Still also have a few plants to add to the background and such, the buget was tight so i used the ones on the bottom from around the house.

Waterkeeper · #2 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 05:22 PM

I think the water feature is great!

couple Q's..

did you build the tank from scratch?
what are you using between the false bottom and the glass?
What moss did you use for your backgrond? looks just like the exoterra forest moss i'm using.

Jason · #3 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 06:24 PM

Ya my dad and i built the tank. only has a 3/8'' thick to work with lol, i have had 75 gallons of water in it when i took care of my buddys turtles for a few months and it held up

. As for the false bottom i used 18 pieces of 2;; OD PVC pipe and the background is made up of something called " Beaked Moss" i found at BigAls, 7 bucks for a 10L bag

Waterkeeper · #4 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 10:20 PM

I meant in the space between the false bottom and the front pane of glass. black and white, look like that carbon/phosphate remover thing that seachem makes...

$7 for 10L is probably as close to the price of that stuff I'm using.

Thanks for getting back at me. I'm really jealous of that water feature... I wanna see it running

Jason · #5 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 11:00 PM

That waterfall started out a a 87 pound single slab of slate rock i spent 12 hrs carving and chipping lol, as for the front and sides, between the Egg crate and glass i mixed white fine gravel with activated carbon bits. i had a few boxs of the Wisper 40i filter kits. has almost a case of them, was running 2 of those for a turtle tank. went though them like water

Jason · #6 (**permalink**) 05-24-2008, 01:14 PM

YouTube - Water trickle is my Fogger in action,

YouTube - Water trickle Is the Water trickle(fall)

Dont know if i want to up the water pressure. i think its just fine slow.

Jason · #7 (**permalink**) 05-24-2008, 08:03 PM

Wife came home with some new plants for meh tank

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Koda · #8 (**permalink**) 05-27-2008, 04:03 AM

What are you housing in there? Awesome first attempt!! I love the water feature and fogger.

Jason · #9 (**permalink**) 05-27-2008, 05:16 AM

Just plants atm. Am planing to keep it that way for a couple months to make sure the plants can make it and to see what other enviromental controls need to be added. have a small " White fuzzy" mold problem under and on some of the moss, once i can set up enough air movement and regulate humidity ill toss in a handfull of bugs for soil aeration and such, eventually want a family of PDF's