My first viv is PLANTED!!!

[zBrinks]

Here's my first viv, a 46g bowfront, which will be home to 5 luecs in a month or so! Enjoy!

Isn't it beautiful?


Left side


Right side


Brom closeup, thanks Antone! (frogbroms.com)


And now, on comes the fog!


All the plants are from either Antone or Lowe's/Home Depot. Can't wait for the luecs! It's a greatstuff/cocobedding/cork bark background with a soil mix of coco bedding, orchid bark, charcoal, and spahgnum moss. I used magnolia leaves as a substrate cover, and an egg crate false bottom.

7:00am - 7:30am 18w lifeguard2
7:00am - 7:30am fogger
7:30am - 8:30pm 2 x 65w 6700K compact flourescent
8:30pm - 9:00pm 18w lifeguard2
8:30pm - 9:00pm fogger
9:00pm - 7:00am 2 x LED moonlight

Plants:
- Selaginella
- Fittonis (blood red)
- Lemon Button Fern
- Creeping Fig
- Bromeliads:
- A. gamosepala
- N. spotted frog
- N. laevis maculata
- N. cf. smithii
- N. stormy forest
- N. june night
- N. olens x compacta
- N. red waif
- N. rubrifolia
- N. chiquita linda
- N. cheers
- N. superball

[Frogtofall]

My goodness Zach. That is a crazy looking tank!! Wow. I'm sure your leucs will love it.

I will recommend something that I learned a little while ago. As cool as it looks, having all those broms in there like that can cause air flow restriction between the plants and will cause rot. Make sure to keep a close eye on everyone and don't over mist/spray/fog the tank. You will run into rot faster than you can blink if you do that.

All in all, it looks fantastic and I'm glad you like your plants. Great work.

[zBrinks]

Antone, think its worth placing a fan in the back left side of the tank, over the large grouping of broms, or will I be ok as is? maybe 15% or so of the cover is screen. Should I just wait and see what happens, then act accordingly?

[Frogtofall]

I usually wait b/c fans can dry out your tank if something goes wrong. Many people use fans with no problem, but on something like this, I wouldn't think you'd need to if you have screen. Just watch the humidity and watch the plants. You won't need to mist the whole tank everyday.

I usually "Spot Check" my vivs every day (misting certain things that need the water and not misting the whole viv) and then spray everything every few days or so. Even less sometimes.

Just watch and act accordingly like you said. You shouldn't have too many problems if any.

[zBrinks]

wooters - reptile expo this weekend, maybe I'll run into a local luec breeder tp buy from in a few weeks

[Dartfrogfreak]

Zach that looks great!
The Leucs are gonna luv it in there !
BTW , if yur still looking for someone local to get them from check with Vivarium Concepts, I beleive she may have some ready to Go!

I actually just saw yur pics of it unplanted last night , hows about posting them in this thread so everyone can see the true layout of this viv !?

Wut lighting are you using ???



Todd

[zBrinks]

Here it is unplanted:



You can see that I rearranged the wood, ditched one piece and added another. I love the way the fog seems to cascade down the woodwork and into the Selaginella.

for lighting, its a 2 x 65w ompact flo fixture by oddysea. Currently, it has a 10000K bulb as well as an actinic, but 2 6700K bulbs as well as 2 led moonlights will be in by Friday. I also have a singel 15w lifeglo2 bulb for a sunrise/sunset effect 30 minutes at start and end of day.