55 Gallon Paludarium Journal. Picture Intensive.

nickboudin · 01-24-2008, 04:15 AM

Here's a bunch of pictures. I started Tuesday November 6th. And I'm still working on it.

And Today :

I still have to add trim to the top. Paint it. Order my misting heads. Get 2 10k bulbs. Get glass tops, to keep in the frogs, and humidity.

Frogs, AND Plants!

I think that's it. I probably forgot 20 things, like always!

I hope you all enjoy.

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imfz · 01-30-2008, 08:11 PM

it really cool

MARIMOBALL · 01-30-2008, 08:44 PM

great journal. already looking good. poison dart frogs and some white clouds would look good in there.

putty · 01-30-2008, 08:50 PM

Very cool, everytime I see one of these being built, I keep thinking I should do one myself...and I just might.

nickboudin · 01-31-2008, 03:21 AM

It's tough work. I'm in the middle of getting some different substrate, the flourite was a big mistake. :P

I'm going to get black sand, or Aquasoil, instead.

efish · 02-20-2008, 04:13 PM

very cool set up. Why do you think the flourite was a bad choice? i'm moving from planted tanks and just trying to find out the different demands a tank like this requires.

nickboudin · 04-03-2008, 12:30 AM

Well, the flourite gave the water that brown tinge color, and it never seemed to go away. Every single time I'd even touch the substrate, a huge mushroom cloud of dust would leech into the water, and last for days.

Yes I rinsed it first.

01-24-2008, 04:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
nickboudin Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicopee Mass. Posts: 48	55 Gallon Paludarium Journal. Picture Intensive. Here's a bunch of pictures. I started Tuesday November 6th. And I'm still working on it. And Today : I still have to add trim to the top. Paint it. Order my misting heads. Get 2 10k bulbs. Get glass tops, to keep in the frogs, and humidity. Frogs, AND Plants! I think that's it. I probably forgot 20 things, like always! I hope you all enjoy. __________________ I hope you can count, because you're just another number. 55 gallon Paludarium. 100% DIY. Filstar XP3. Questions? PM Me!

01-30-2008, 08:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
MARIMOBALL Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 312	great journal. already looking good. poison dart frogs and some white clouds would look good in there. __________________ 120g ,planted ,discus, . ADA 60 Iwagumi 3.5 nano 100gal koi pond

01-30-2008, 08:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
putty Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 659	Very cool, everytime I see one of these being built, I keep thinking I should do one myself...and I just might. __________________ got CO2?

01-31-2008, 03:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
nickboudin Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicopee Mass. Posts: 48	It's tough work. I'm in the middle of getting some different substrate, the flourite was a big mistake. :P I'm going to get black sand, or Aquasoil, instead. __________________ I hope you can count, because you're just another number. 55 gallon Paludarium. 100% DIY. Filstar XP3. Questions? PM Me!

02-20-2008, 04:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
efish Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3) Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hoboken, NJ Posts: 159	very cool set up. Why do you think the flourite was a bad choice? i'm moving from planted tanks and just trying to find out the different demands a tank like this requires. __________________ 90G - CA community tank (Electric Blue Jack Dempsey, Fire Mouth, Blood Parrot, Green Terror). 8 Tiger Barbs, 4 Clown Loaches, 3 bristlenose Pleco's. 20G (tall) - Planted. Cherry shrimp, 8 neons, 5 rummy nose tetras, 3 ottos. 5.5G - emersed growth (Dwarf Hairgrass and HC)

01-30-2008, 08:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
imfz Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: congers Posts: 3	it really cool

04-03-2008, 12:30 AM	#7 (permalink)
nickboudin Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicopee Mass. Posts: 48	Well, the flourite gave the water that brown tinge color, and it never seemed to go away. Every single time I'd even touch the substrate, a huge mushroom cloud of dust would leech into the water, and last for days. Yes I rinsed it first. __________________ I hope you can count, because you're just another number. 55 gallon Paludarium. 100% DIY. Filstar XP3. Questions? PM Me!

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