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Corner paludarium (900 l)

UllavL

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In October 2013 I started a paludarium with a water segment of about 160 l. It’s now inhabited by 2 species of dart frogs (dendrobates auratus and ranitomeya amazonica) and below the waterline mainly Green neon tetras, Marbled hatchetfishes and Checkerboard cichlids. Thought I share some pictures of the building process and growing stages. Some pictures include explanations, in Swedish :) , Google translate is advised.

The tank is 150 cm high. Here is a sketch of the the shape of the tank seen from above.
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The base consists of XPS Styrofoam (covered in black silicon and xaxim), some epiweb , xaxim plates and Ben´s Rainforest Background Modellier Torf.
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Newly planted...
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A Swedish description of how the water system works...
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And just some random pictures taken during the last year...
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If you wonder about the lack of water segment pictures it's due to a serious cyano problem. It's just a mess... :( I'm going to try a blackout in a couple of days and see how that works...

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UllavL, this is truly inspirational! Your tank too X3NiTH. I particularly like the grey stone 'wall' under the water line to the left (Vanster?) side. I've been considering using the tile mats with stones already fixed on for this purpose. I wonder if it would be a useful way of growing an Anubia wall, without the mesh (like yours X3NiTH). Any thoughts?
 
Yes left = vänster :) I glued the slate stones to the wall using silikon. Wished I had put more effort into it than I did but I wanted to start planting. Now it looks good, but it could have looked great if I had put in a few hours extra work. Then you probably could have done a incredable looking anubias wall!


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nice, I been wanting to keep dart frogs for a while for their colours but also for the planted paludarium but i need more research into this
 
nice, I been wanting to keep dart frogs for a while for their colours but also for the planted paludarium but i need more research into this
Join Dendroboard forum... The only disadvantage is that you will add a vivarium (or more) to your collection of tanks. It's an amazing world for people like us that love plants and all kind of critters. I have two tanks and I'm pretty sure my next one will be a vivarium from tropical plants and mosses (too much time lately watching how these setups work...)

Jordi
 
Just a picture I wanted to share. It's an Utricularia sandersonii blooming close to the lights. Know it's not a great picture but I really love this species. Think it probably would grow nicely on branches and such sticking put of the water in aquariums as well. I think I'm going to try it in my next tank. Anyone tried that?
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