Help building a drip wall!

[Zip]

I am in the middle of building a 30 gallon false bottom tank for two juvenile Leucs, and I'm wanting to build a drip wall.
I've already got everything to build the wall, but I'm a little confused about what to do next.....

I've got a
What do you guys and gals use to make the water drip across the wall?

any and all help would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your help.....
Zip

[momerath]

More info on what the "everything" you have to build the wall is would be helpful, and you overall design idea. But, I've done this in tanks with a typical GS/silicone/coco fiber wall with tubing running up behind the background from a pump in the hydroton layer below the substrate. I've had the water come from a single hole in the wall, or embed a spray bar in the background so the water drips down in more than one spot. Options are nearly endless so its all up to you on how exactly you do it.

[Zip]

Originally Posted by momerath

More info on what the "everything" you have to build the wall is would be helpful, and you overall design idea. But, I've done this in tanks with a typical GS/silicone/coco fiber wall with tubing running up behind the background from a pump in the hydroton layer below the substrate. I've had the water come from a single hole in the wall, or embed a spray bar in the background so the water drips down in more than one spot. Options are nearly endless so its all up to you on how exactly you do it.

okay...
Slate wall, siliconed in to the back wall layered from the bottom to the top. Rocks are just stacked up on one another and locked in with silicone. I have a canister filter, which I am considering using the spray bar across the top of the tank to trickle to water onto the top layer of rocks and let the water do as it may....

I was more worried about the delivering of the water to the wall itself. I asked this on another board, and a poster replied with a link to our gracious host's site, but would not reply after that....

In my 55 presently I have a canister AND an underwater filter which I am not too pleased with..... So it's a "NO GO" on the under water filtration... The other hald is of exo terra tree bark, siliconed tightly to the wall which is hiding the intake for the filtration. I'm so close to putting this tank on a stand and filling it with substrate, I can almost hear the calling of the PDF's now....
Oh wait....
I CAN HEAR THEM NOW......

Pics to be posted soon... REAL soon!!!!!!!


Thanks, momerath
Zip

[Zip]

a pic of the progress....

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[Zip]

YouTube - New 30 gallon tank with drip wall in progress....
Just posted the vid on Youtube....
Thought I'd share.....
Will be done in the next day or so...


Yeah I'm proud of it......

[momerath]

Looks very cool. I love your water feature! I can't tell where your land area is going to be though? Are you going to cover all the eggcrate with substrate? If so, I'd be careful about the water dripping from the wall into the substrate. I'm re-doing a couple of tanks right now where I had some water overflowing into the substrate. Lets just say that too often I ended up with mud and a clogged screen layer. Tooo damp of substrate = some unhappy plants and can lead to rotting soil. I'm keeping my original design intact, just adding a much needed barruer of cork bark to keep the water flowing against the wall instead of through the substrate. Good luck, it looks AWESOME so far!

[Zip]

The white layer on the bottom of the tank is egg crate. I'm not too happy with how close it is to the water, so It'll be raised up another 1/2 inch or so and then the screen and substrate will be laid on top of it...
I am going to Layer some of the slate in towards the bottom of the fall acting as a barrier to keep it from moistening the soil too much and to keep it from splashing onto the glass... (I hate cleaning glass).

Knock on wood...
I've not had any problems with the soil in the other tank rotting... Thanks for the warning and thanks for the good words too!!!

[Zip]

YouTube - 30 gallon vivarium w/ REAL rock drip wall
Done.... and ready for frogs!!!
What to do next???
I have several 10 gallon tanks....
ideas anyone???

[brp4e.]

you could pop the bottom glass out of one 10 gal and remove the bottom frame, then remove the top frame of one and then silicone the one with the bottom piece popped out onto the one with out the top frame. That's what i did and it houses one of my golden geckos.