Thanks for the quick response, but I'm assuming those methods only work for soft backgrounds, what if you have a 1" thick layer of cement as a background?I've yet to keep a bromeliad alive in a vivarium myself(mostly due to lack of circulationI think), but many people use toothpicks, pieces of paper clips, or fishing line to hold it to the background.
hot glue doesn't hold up well in moist environments, from my experienceDunno for sure but maybe only hot glue or silicone for broms (which would just add to the curing/airing out time before continuing the build or adding frogs), not sure about the orchids.
ok that sounds like a plan.Gorrila Glue works for me. I use a little spaghnum moss as the glue is setting to cover it so when its dry the moss covers the glue
that's for that bit of info, I didn't know that.Not sure if it makes much of a differenceforbroms, however you said Epiphyte not Lithophyte.
Lithophytes are plants that attach and grow on rock surfaces.
Epiphytes are plants that grow on wood/bark.
So that may be your problem.
its Quikrete Mortar over foam.Is it concrete over styrofoam or pure rock? should try to drill a small whole in the rock.
do you guys still have the old "grey' formulation in Florida? The reason i ask is that they banned an ingredients in the grey formula a few years back, in some states, and never had much luck with the new "white" stuff.I use Liquid Nail on my outdoor mounts. I do not know how it would do indoors, I know it has no lasting smell and just looks like hard plastic when dried.
I cast my own backgrounds out of plastic and drill holes into it for the toothpick method. Works great for me! Drilling that cement IN the viv is going to be a real pain. Good luck with it, man!Thanks for the quick response, but I'm assuming those methods only work for soft backgrounds, what if you have a 1" thick layer of cement as a background?