Lbacha's "Borneo Stream Biotope" terrarium (Lot of new pics 11/30)

[Ozydego]

Something to consider, although if you already epoxied the fitting in... the fogger tube will eventually fill with condensed water and stop the flow of fog, or do you pull and drain the hose each time you fill it? I read on dendroboard about one guy that had to tweak his setup after the same issue.

Btw, inspiring work, working on a little 10 gal paludarium right now and subbed this thread to follow your progress

[lbacha]

Originally Posted by Ozydego

Something to consider, although if you already epoxied the fitting in... the fogger tube will eventually fill with condensed water and stop the flow of fog, or do you pull and drain the hose each time you fill it? I read on dendroboard about one guy that had to tweak his setup after the same issue.

Btw, inspiring work, working on a little 10 gal paludarium right now and subbed this thread to follow your progress

The tube runs straight down so no build up of water it's actually just a slip fitting that I didn't cement so I can easily remove it an make adjustments

[speedie408]

I'm gonna steal that humidifier mod idea too. Do you have a link to the mod page?

btw your tank is coming along nicely Len.

[lbacha]

Originally Posted by speedie408

I'm gonna steal that humidifier mod idea too. Do you have a link to the mod page?

btw your tank is coming along nicely Len.

No mod, Grimm just showed a shot of the humidifier on his dendroboard thread, but I can take some detail shots of what I did it was really simple a little different fitting than Grimm (I used plastic and he used brass) but I think the concept wa the same.

Len

[WinstonAMC]

looking good. If you want some ideas for fish etc, I have a pdf of a really cool book on indonesia that might help you out if you want to pm me

[lbacha]

So on the dendroboard forum they were commenting I new to go with a B macrostoma as well I didn't realize they get so big it may be a neat one pair setup for them. Now to figure out where you get them at.

I also just got the ADA Sarawak sand and put it in, I really like the color, I origianally though a whiter color would be cool but the yellowish brown is nice, I'll post a pic when the water clears up. I think I'm goin to add a drip line to the tank, there are a lot of splashes on the front glass and floating things in the water stick to the high water line I will use the drip line to wash the front glass off as well.

Len

[jingleberry]

Nice looking tank. The fog idea is nice, I'm interested to see how it was set up as well.

[hydrophyte]

That is looking great!

I agree a species Betta would be really cool in there. There are usually a number of them on AquaBid.

[lbacha]

Here is a picture with a few more plant added, temp and humidity seem to be staying good 70-74 degrees F and 85-90% RH. I have the mister and fogger hooked up I'm experimenting with cracking the front hood for ventilation right now, I have no mechanical circulation but the air movement is surprisingly good I can fill the tank with fog and web I turn it off you can see the air movement.



Len

[lbacha]

Here is high water vs low water I plan on going a couple inches higher with the high water but my sump isn't big enough to hold the water right now.




It looks bare but I'm testing humidity and temps while I adjust ventilation, water temps, mister and humidifier settings once it's all dialed in then the expensive plants will be added I actually have some new inhabitants pending thanks to Xue.

Len

[looking4roselines]

Looks too awesome Len. I want to see some buce crawling in the crevice between the two rocks to the left side.

[hydrophyte]

Looks great Len!

[driftwoodhunter]

this is really, really fine!

[lbacha]

Thanks guys I want to see the buces in there as well here is a reader shot of the buce nursery (I'm starting to to wonder if the long wave in the back left corner might be a piptospatha or Aridarum because it seems to be growing leaves from a central rhizome and not from a rhizomatic stem like most buces do.



Len

[lbacha]

I was sitting on the couch watching TV and couldn't help posting a picture of the corner now that the terrarium has been added, I think it really works well there I have a banana plant (musa sp. "Siam ruby") that will sit right behind the tank and throw it's leaves over the top of it. I plan on putting a moss pole between the two tanks and growing some vine plants up it.



Len


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