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I was looking at some of the aquariums that you guys have put together and was wondering how you clean and take care of them. With water and land it seems a little complicated to clean. How often do you need to clean the cage?

Thanks

well if you have a natural set up with plants you really dont have to clean it up. its like a mini ecosystem. if some wood or plants were to rot your should remove them but other then thats its pretty self maintaining.

as for cages with a water feature. im not sure, slaytonp should be able to tell you all about it.

aj
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I clean the glass, trim excess plant growth, remove spent bromeliads, but often leave other dead leaves to break down, rinse down the soil a bit with the daily misting, refresh water in huts and bromeliads then sump out excess drainage from the drainage layer manually, but some people build true "false bottoms" and have this automated.) Perhaps twice a year, I top dress with a bit more soil, and that's it. For water features, in the paludarium, I do regular partial water changes in the aquarium portion, just as you would with a regular aquarium, vacuum gravel, maintain the filter and circulating water-fall pump. With smaller water features without fish that have no filtration, I change the water on occasion and maintain the pump and any water plants. The planted terrariums are fairly self-perpetuating for a long time. You can dig out and renew portions of it that may become overgrown and root-bound, but it does last a long time without needing to take it apart entirely.

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