Update on my Exo-terra.

[heartagramtc]

well its been a loooooong time since ive been on here, and here is an update of on of our tanks. since its build we have added 5 mantellas, two beautifuls, two green, and one painted. we have taken out and moved some plants around, and have also cut back the plants a lot! i will post some before and after shots, as well as some shots of the inhabitants.

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After:
















hope you like it!

[Agamidae Architect]

Oooo very nice and great growth i must say, thanks for sharing! I love the bridge over water feature idea and the way you set everything up tells me you obviously know what your doing What kind of misting system do you have in it?

[heartagramtc]

we actually hand mist right before every feeding. but we have it plumbed with a submersible pump that goes to a rain drip set-up. you can see the head of the rain drip in the last pic, and in the first 2 pics.

[Agamidae Architect]

Awww i see i thought it was a mister. How often do you have to mist?Once or twice a day i would imagine?

[heartagramtc]

actually we only mist about every 2-3 days when we feed them. It stays quite humid in there, and we also have a fogger which we turn on about once a week for about an hour or two.

[Agamidae Architect]

every 2-3 days! Must be a lot of peat and coco fiber in there. And i would imagine that water feature keeps it very humid as well. What do you have for lighting?

[heartagramtc]

actualy there is very little in coco fiber or dirt for that matter. just where the plants are planted in the wall and a thin layer above the hydroton. and yes the water feature is what keeps the humidity so high. we have the exo 3 bulb fixture two 2.0 bulbs and one 5.0 bulb. we also have an undergravel heater that keeps the water at roughly 77*

[beckdg]

good to see you back heartagramtc. things are looking good in that pretty glass box of yours too i see.