Ma77hew7's 2nd Build - Zoo Med NT-4

[Ma77hew7]

Originally Posted by Epiphile

Are you finding that that little canister filter is giving you a reasonable flow rate through the manifold?

Thanks for the question. I might not have explained it right? The small Zoo Med 501 is filtering water,(externally), and dumping it back in, via a line that has access through a hole in the plexi lid. The dripper manifold is receiving water from the pond pump only,(that is still under the cave in side the Viv). I have had issues in the past with lack of flow rate from the Zoo Med 501's. I've used them twice before. I agree that they don't have much of a flow rate especially for something like the manifold. Thanks again.

[Ma77hew7]

The next day I received my order from Plant Oddities! I had seen the quality of plants that came out of their greenhouse from other builds. I was excited to see so many great Tillandsia's! I received; 2 Tillandsia Brachycaulus Miniata, 1 Tillandsia Andreana, and 1 Tillandsia Neglecta-single plant. Here are pics of those three in Bloom starting w/ T. Brachycaulus from Plant Oddities website.







The stated goal from Louis Davis, "Our goal is to become your ultimate Tillandsia destination." They are in my opinion just that! Not only do they have tons of great Hybrid's and Fragrant Species, but Louis had amazing customer service! He ended up being out of stock of two Tillandsia Nana's that I had ordered. So to make it up to me he threw in two miniature Neoregelias! I was blown away to receive what I believed is a hybrid of Neoregelia "Punctatissima", maybe Neoregelia "Wee Willy"? I can't say enough good things! THANKS AGAIN LOUIS!

On top of all that I was hooked up with 8 Assorted Neoregelia Pup's, and some nice tropical moss cuttings,(at my local garden center), for FREE!!! So obviously whether I was thrilled about them fully or not, free is free! I believe a couple of them are Neoregelia 'Fireball', and maybe Neoregelia 'tricolor' not sure though??? I don't know what the reddish ones are I was told some assorted Bromeliad hybrid pups??? Any help would be much obliged !

ONLY PICTURES IN MY NEXT POST, & THE THREAD WILL BE UP-TO DATE W/ THE BUILD!

[Ma77hew7]

I drilled holes into what ever I mounted the Tillandsia's, Bromeliads/Neoregelias, and the Mini Neoregelias into. Some I used fishing line to help secure.



Updated but still in "test mode", even though I started planting







Ugly pic, just here for help w/ identifying some of the species I'm not sure of. Thanks for your help in advance!

[Epiphile]

Originally Posted by Ma77hew7

Thanks for the question. I might not have explained it right? The small Zoo Med 501 is filtering water,(externally), and dumping it back in, via a line that has access through a hole in the plexi lid. The dripper manifold is receiving water from the pond pump only,(that is still under the cave in side the Viv). I have had issues in the past with lack of flow rate from the Zoo Med 501's. I've used them twice before. I agree that they don't have much of a flow rate especially for something like the manifold. Thanks again.

Ah, gotcha. I think I must have read too late last night, ha ha.

Tank's looking great, by the way. Nice plant selection. I hope they do well for you- I haven't had too much with Tillandsia in vivaria, though others have. It'd be great if that Hoya bloomed for you at some point.

[Ma77hew7]

Originally Posted by Epiphile

Tank's looking great, by the way. Nice plant selection. I hope they do well for you- I haven't had too much with Tillandsia in vivaria, though others have. It'd be great if that Hoya bloomed for you at some point.

Thanks again Epiphile! I hope so too ! for the record while we are close to the subject the "garden center", I refer to is not Home Depot. The pump even though it looks like the one from home depot, it's actually higher lift and gal per hour...

[trayp]

Nice setup. cant wait to see it in a couple of months

[beckdg]

good enough!

[Ma77hew7]

Originally Posted by trayp

Nice setup. cant wait to see it in a couple of months

Thank you trayp! I have run into a few issues though...

[Ma77hew7]

Originally Posted by beckdg

good enough!

I'm honored beckdg! Working on doing as much research as I can into mold. I figured I should start abiding by the Forum rules,(of which I'm still learning about), and look for threads answering questions I have - before I post them I guess I should have started off by apologizing to all who have seen this thread, and thought... "Another idiot newbie breaking the rules". My intention was not to be, "that guy". I have a lot to learn from the members here, and have not posted much recently in order to put out posts in this thread that will not incite that response. Anyway thank you, and I will update as soon as I can properly

[beckdg]

mold will be minimized with time, a fan or by covering it with plants such as moss.

p.s. my last post was in reference to your thread earning it's place amongst the stickies.