 My 10 gallons paludarium
Hey all!Today I went to Lowe's and bought a phalaenopsis orchid for $2,a small palm in a terra-cota planter for$11.98,a syngonium for $4.24.I also bought some PVC fittings to make a rain system for the paludarium using a pump.Finally I bought 2 acrylic sheets that were for $1.58 each.Anyways,I will be getting a red eyed tree frog soon so I decided to start building a paludarium for him.Well I just started building,but I'll TRY to give you a brief description of my plan.I decided to use coco bedding the kind that comes in a brick and expands.I cut the acrylic into strips about 4 inches lenghth(spelling?)By the way the acrylic sheets are 8x10 inches.Anyways,to make a waterfall I'll be using a Tetra Reptofilter.I'm going to carve the waterfall using foam so time to get messy!LOL.I'll be creating corner islands by silliconing the acrylic to the back corners in which there will be LIVE bamboo,the orchid,the palm,and the syngonium.I will use a half inch of gravel as drainage.Oh, and did I mention that I will use orchid moss to plant the orchid?I will make my own backround using another sheet of foam.To make the rainsystem I'm going to use a small pond pump 60-80 GPH,some tubing and the PVC fittings to build it.Now, I'm going to cut some holes in the tubing.I'll be receiving my red eyed tree frog from Petsmart.
Last edited by red eyed tree frog lover : 04-19-2009 at 09:49 AM.
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