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Good afternoon. Looking to install drainage for water removal from a false bottom. A lot of bulkheads seem pretty large which inherently raising the retained water in the bottom and that just wastes more space it seems. I was considering using the smaller 1/4" tubing stuff like what MistKing...

hey, I currently have a dart frog vivarium with a leca drainage layer and and exo terra frogs and co sub stratum as the substrate. My plants are growing well and the roots reach into the leca. Im planing on building a second vivarium and I want to use the exo terra frogs and co sub stratum as...

I accidentally shoved some substrate behind my barrier so it is in contact with drainage layer. Its just in the one spot. Will this cause any serious wicking issues??

Sorry in advance, I feel this might be a long post by the time I am through with it. I realized I really missed having a vivarium. Although mine will sadly never see frogs I have started the purchasing process of a new one! I made a few tanks a few years back with probably not the worst but...

Context: I'm building a setup in another thread, and I want the dominant part of the drainage layer to be an eggcrate-based false bottom platform. But I don't particularly like the way it looks from the side of the tank (this is an Exo Terra), and I don't want to spray paint the interior to hide...