D3monics first build. Exo 18x18x24

[D3monic]

Holy b-jesus I got alot of moss in today!

Order from CrestedChris was Very nice! Priced well and free shipping you cant beat it!







I also picked up a few things from the local green house

[D3monic]

Order from sugar magnolia on ebay















I also got my cool mist humidifyer.

[D3monic]

Would the lichens be ok soaked in a 10% bleach solution for 2min or so?

Im sure the moss would.

[beckdg]

what will you do with the other plants now? hmmm... i may have an address for you to forward them to just in case.

[D3monic]

Thank goodness I set up a 20tall too.

[froggsong]

I personally would NOT put bleach on any of them. It might not kill them right away, but it will certainly damage them.

If you're worried about bugs, just do a CO2 bath.

[D3monic]

how do you do that?

[froggsong]

Vinegar and baking soda are the most readily available. If you have an ice cream bucket it's easy to make a CO2 chamber. You can even use a large ziplock bag.

If you want something more visible, you can get dry ice and drop it in some water. It will immediately sublime into CO2 gas. The CO2 will kill anything that's not the plant.

I'm not sure if I ever posted a thread about how I made my CO2 chamber... It's just an ice cream bucket with a tube that goes in at the bottom and one at the top (I made it to euthanize my rats, but I use it to sterilize things from time to time as well). You won't have to have the tube at the top, but you'll need a vent for the oxygen to escape. I put the baking soda in the bottom of a gallon size ziplock bag, then put the vinegar in a plastic cup and set it inside the bag. Then I suck the air out of the bag, being sure to put the tube into it before I zip it completely shut, then dump the cup of vinegar into the baking soda. It makes CO2 immediately and floods the chamber. You could do it without a chamber if you want to use two ziplock bags, one for the moss and one for the vinegar/baking soda.

If you want to use the dry ice method, you can just put all of the moss and lichens into a bin and let the CO2 fog fall into the bin. You don't want to actually put the dry ice in the bin, since it's colder than normal ice. If you have a piece, a piece of eggcrate set across the top of the bin would be perfect. Then you can set the dish over the middle and watch as it sublimes over the edge and down into the bin. It's really quite neat to watch.

[D3monic]

I used to play with dry ice alot when I was younger....This is good info and should be sticky some where. I didnt do it this time around. I has SO much moss that I was willing to take the chance. I will definatly do this next time though. I only did like a 5% bleach solution. There was a few slugs and a spider that I had seen come crawing out. I didnt dip the lichens though. They looked rather clean.

My wife was bugging me to hurry and start dinner so I just slapped everything together.

I so love the fern



I believe this was called british soldier. Looks really neat



The trunk cave. Will look even neater once I put a plant in the pot next to it.







I got alot of small ferns coming from black jungle I think...dont remember if I ordered them or not. I put the left over moss's in my 20 tall.

[Epiphile]

Looks great so far- that 20 tall's not too shabby, either.