thenettiger
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Hi everyone!
So I have a bit of experience with planted tanks and have decided to try my hand at a terrarium...
So I made a terrarium or something of the sorts yesterday. Got DOOA Neo Glas air 20x20x35, DOOA Magnet Light G, and the DOOA stand which doesn't really matters and the DOOA Lid. I used DOOA jungle base and soil... and yeah maybe I topped off with a bit of Amazonia soil because I needed a bit more soil lol... so I've attached a pic of the terrarium, Colorado sand at the front, seiriu stones infront of the soil, then base, soil, Azalea wood. Now on the plants I used Buce, Taiwan Moss mini, Utricularia Graminifolia, and some orchids. Here are my questions:
1. As you can see I have quite a bit of water I there to create the illusion of a river bank. Is this still called a terrarium? If not, what is it?
2. As I have two metric tons of water in there, when I woke up this morning, I found white mould on the wood (which I actually boiled before so.. weird?) And treated with peroxide solution. I had the lid on now the lid is like half off. So this is the question... should I keep the lid off?
3. Well if I take the lid of and do a daily spray of wabi mist and plain water... is it going to sustain the Buce and moss or is my Buce and moss going to dry and die at the top?
4. Would UG grow in this situation? I'm actually quite worried about it...
5. Can I add carnivorous plants like sundew and Venus fly traps in the substrate as well? And if I can must I keep the lid off?
6. Did I make something unsustainable?
Really looking forward to some help on this! Thanks a million!
Edit: apologies I forgot to mention I used zero terra tape to preserve the look of the wood. Please let me know if that's a big mistake or if I can get away with it by spraying water daily on dry looking areas?
Netti.
So I have a bit of experience with planted tanks and have decided to try my hand at a terrarium...
So I made a terrarium or something of the sorts yesterday. Got DOOA Neo Glas air 20x20x35, DOOA Magnet Light G, and the DOOA stand which doesn't really matters and the DOOA Lid. I used DOOA jungle base and soil... and yeah maybe I topped off with a bit of Amazonia soil because I needed a bit more soil lol... so I've attached a pic of the terrarium, Colorado sand at the front, seiriu stones infront of the soil, then base, soil, Azalea wood. Now on the plants I used Buce, Taiwan Moss mini, Utricularia Graminifolia, and some orchids. Here are my questions:
1. As you can see I have quite a bit of water I there to create the illusion of a river bank. Is this still called a terrarium? If not, what is it?
2. As I have two metric tons of water in there, when I woke up this morning, I found white mould on the wood (which I actually boiled before so.. weird?) And treated with peroxide solution. I had the lid on now the lid is like half off. So this is the question... should I keep the lid off?
3. Well if I take the lid of and do a daily spray of wabi mist and plain water... is it going to sustain the Buce and moss or is my Buce and moss going to dry and die at the top?
4. Would UG grow in this situation? I'm actually quite worried about it...
5. Can I add carnivorous plants like sundew and Venus fly traps in the substrate as well? And if I can must I keep the lid off?
6. Did I make something unsustainable?
Really looking forward to some help on this! Thanks a million!
Edit: apologies I forgot to mention I used zero terra tape to preserve the look of the wood. Please let me know if that's a big mistake or if I can get away with it by spraying water daily on dry looking areas?
Netti.