Terrarium Room Build (Pic Heavy) - Page 11

Lunar Gecko · #**101** (**permalink**) 06-12-2010, 08:59 PM

Looking great so far! Cant wait to see plants going in! My problem with vivs normally is I cant use BIG plants, this is going to be great!

Mapp · #**102** (**permalink**) 06-24-2010, 05:51 PM

What are you going to put in that monster of a viv? I think you might of said something about luecs? (forgive me, I'm too lazy to go through the thread again

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TysonUnderwood · #**103** (**permalink**) 06-27-2010, 05:50 AM

I've made some slight progress, but none really noticeable. Mostly I have been playing with the water flow to make sure all of the drips from the waterfall are landing in the stream. I also took some time to find a source for sodium bentonite and iron rich clay. I will need a lot to patch fill in the walls and the base. Luckily, I found a local source and it looks like they have laterite, sea red clay, and sodium bentonite. Now I just need to figure out how much of each to get. I need to read through The ultimate clay-based substrate thread again and figure out what recipe I am going to use. I'm open to suggestions. For the walls, I'm thinking of 40% bentonite, 40% peat, and 20% laterite or sea red clay. Not really sure which would be better. There is only a dollar difference in cost between the 50lb bags so cost isn't an issue. For anyone wondering the 50lb bags are $5.40 for sea red, $6.20 for laterite, and $10.60 for sodium bentonite.

Haven't quite decided what I'm putting in, but leaning towards leucs. I will certainly have a few larger plants in there, but I'm going to try to have mostly smaller ones to create a little more texture and more micro zones for the frogs to choose between.

My next project in there is to perfect my misting system. I'm just not quite happy with how it turned out so I'm looking to get a MistKing system. I need to have the pump be inline (no reservoir). If anyone is able to offer some help/suggestions with planning it I'd appreciate it. Looking at the MistKing site, there are a lot of choices for the various parts. What are people finding most useful?

froghobbiest · #**104** (**permalink**) 06-30-2010, 06:55 AM

This is awesome. Ive read through the whole thread and I have always dreamed of doing something like this but as somebody said earlier im also in college and stay in an apartment so I lack the space..Now my dad has a huge garage but I doubt he'll go for something like this but it would give me a reason to go over there more

On another note Im about to start a project with a 40 gal breeder for my Fire Bellied Toad and you have given me some ideas on the background. Ima have to look around my local stores to see if they sell any grout.

CrazyAirborne · #**105** (**permalink**) 07-23-2010, 03:01 PM

Any Updates on this awesome build!!!????

NickBoudin · #**106** (**permalink**) 07-23-2010, 06:19 PM

I think most people here will recommend using a reservoir for the mist king system only because it will last the longest/preform the best when used with RO water. I know a lot of people will just use dechlorinated tap water, but I think that for the longevity of the misting nozzles it's better to use RO water from a reservoir.

On another note, maybe look into some sort of RO pre-filter before it gets used in your in-line pump if you decide to go that route.