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I posted a few days ago with some questions, and finally just decided to dive in and build my first viv. It's a 10G tank, and even though I know I really didn't need to, I built a false bottom because I wanted to figure out how to make one for when I eventually turn my 20L into a frog tank . . . I put a layer of gravel over that because I really didn't like the look of the plain FB and I also wanted to have a shallow drainage pond on the right side of the tank, which I made out of flat slate stones, gravel, and river rock.
I used a cocofiber background for this one, but I don't think I'd use it again--it's kinda sticky and not terribly attractive, but I had a bunch of it lying around and wanted to make use of it.
I took a couple of hunks of cork bark curls and siliconed one to the left side of the tank (it's kind of hidden by the plants i the pictures) and there's one siliconed to the back of the tank against the cocofiber, too. Up on the right-hand side, I have a little piece of cork curl that looked like it might make a nice planter for a hanging plant, so I siliconed that in as well, and I'm hoping to find something nice and lush to plant in it.
Well, here's my unplanted tank . . . more pics when it actually gets some greenery! If anyone has any good plant recommendations, I'm all ears.
I dry fit it with the driftwood and a couple of potted plants I picked up at Lowe's to get an idea what it'd look likw with some greenery, but the finished product ended up totally different than I thought it would.
Now I just need to get some plants . . . I placed an order for mosses and a couple of creeping plants and broms . . . for a first shot, I'm fairly pleased. I wish I'd figured a way to better use the vertical space in the tank, but none of the wood I have burls the right way for that. Maybe I'll go out shopping for wood again this weekend.
Looking up from the "pond" area.
I used a cocofiber background for this one, but I don't think I'd use it again--it's kinda sticky and not terribly attractive, but I had a bunch of it lying around and wanted to make use of it.
I took a couple of hunks of cork bark curls and siliconed one to the left side of the tank (it's kind of hidden by the plants i the pictures) and there's one siliconed to the back of the tank against the cocofiber, too. Up on the right-hand side, I have a little piece of cork curl that looked like it might make a nice planter for a hanging plant, so I siliconed that in as well, and I'm hoping to find something nice and lush to plant in it.
Well, here's my unplanted tank . . . more pics when it actually gets some greenery! If anyone has any good plant recommendations, I'm all ears.
I dry fit it with the driftwood and a couple of potted plants I picked up at Lowe's to get an idea what it'd look likw with some greenery, but the finished product ended up totally different than I thought it would.
Now I just need to get some plants . . . I placed an order for mosses and a couple of creeping plants and broms . . . for a first shot, I'm fairly pleased. I wish I'd figured a way to better use the vertical space in the tank, but none of the wood I have burls the right way for that. Maybe I'll go out shopping for wood again this weekend.

Looking up from the "pond" area.
