Had an extra tank laying around, but since i've gotten into darts, that is now being put to good use!
50 tall acrylic
I went to over a dozen nurseries, plant shops, orchid estates, over a dozen pet shops, and more to get what I wanted to put inside.
Took a few days of gathering supplies, then again i'm fairly new to my area. Now I know where everything is for next time!
So, first, I used the foam spray stuff to affix the cork bark to the background. This takes 8 hours to cure but is actually dry after only 10 minutes. I used Spaghnum moss to cover any bare spots.
After it had dried fully, I brushed off any excess spaghnum, cut off and shaped any excess foam, and touched up any areas I thought needed it. Then I cut out some 'dugouts' or grooves in the foam in the pockets of the cork for plants.
Here are some of the supplies
What you don't see above are all the tubs of dirt, pete/spaghnum mixture, spaghnum, bags of lava rock, and the several big tubs of green moss I had collected. The waterfalls and other cork bark already affixed are also not in that shot.
Where did all that stuff go?!?!
Finished Product
All the way on the right, draped over the waterfall is a cork bark tube. It's since been covered with moss.
Already ordered a small group (4) of young blue and bronze Aurautus due to arrive this coming week, and had thought I was getting some Leucomelas as well but everyone seems sold out at the moment.. I was hoping for 3 or 4 youngins too. That should be more than enough for this setup for now.
Well, let me know what you think!
Thanks much, Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin
