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There is a lot of good info here Emersed Growing Here is a good example World's Oldest Terrarium / Sealed Bottle Ecosystem by David Latimer

That would depend on if you have any living creatures in there? If not, you could turn everything off, put it under natural light and seal the top, should be good for 50 years or so …. Or at least that seems to be the record for a sealed terrarium !

Hi @REDSTEVEO, I dont know if I have, I had a quick search but did not find anything! I have put togher loads of similar tanks in the past, there are a few issues based around the front glass condensation so you need to have good venation and then you are limited to the plants you can keep...

No it was a few years before that one!

Sorry Tom I can’t find any pictures, I am sure I have posted some of my setups where I lined a whole tank but it is not easy to find amongst all the other pictures. I have also just placed pieces of capillary mat in shady areas of my garden where there is naturally a lot of wild moss, It gets...

Not to hand but I think i might of posted pictures on the forum a few years ago. If I find time i will have a search later.....

All I have used is standard capillary mat from my local garden centre, it seems to work fine for me. I like to lay a piece out in the bottom of an otherwise unused tank, seed it with moss, ferns etc and put it outside in the summer, in dappled sun light with a sealed lid. After a couple of...

Wow your fern has grown extremely well in just one year! Mine is growing too but not as lush as yours...

Just making it up as I go along but something came together today as I had an idea ...... I collected a bucked of wild moss and a load of soleirolia then I mixed it up with sphagnum moss and yogurt. Then I rolled it up in a nylon mesh, twisted it all tight. Might work? I plan to make a fair few...

I have put a couple of buckets of rain water in the bottom, the capillary cloth seems pretty effective as it is wet for about 6” above the water level. When the drip system is working it will be well soaked and will add quite a bit of humidity. I actuality loved the baby tears stuff, I had...

Just making it up as I go along, but I have one limitation in that there will always be at least 2” of water in the bottom due to my overflow pipe position. I was thinking about using quite a bit of Christmas cactus and maybe that fibre optic grass stuff as both are in abundance in the garden...

A bit more progress....

Absolutely, I was forever trying to stop that drip torture! In the end that was my main reason for stripping it down! I have cut out channels that all lead back to the main trunk so hopefully that will sort that out. Also I was using a permanent drip wall but this time I will just have it run...

I fitted new capillary cloth and I have saved one tree, just modified it a bit to divert the water flow. There was a lot of annoying dripping going on so I have made a few groves to direct the water.

Not so great now!

I am afraid to say I have totally neglected the tank over the last few months! It lives up in my attic room where we spend most of the winter but hardly ever go up there in the summer. Anyway the baby tears stuff has just taken over and shaded many of the other plants into submission. Matters...

This is so much easier than dealing with underwater plants but I still have some algae

Talking of bonsai, I took this picture today, quite a difference from summer to winter!

The solerirolia ( if that is what it Is?) is growing rampant and spreading everywhere...

Hi Darrel, I am good at stunting plants, 45 years of bonsai experience! Getting lots of unwanted weeds though! Mostly, everything is fine with the exception of the air plants, most of them died before I worked out what was killing them. They seem to like being dry for most of the time with only...

Spot the slightly unwelcome guest!

It might not be filled with water but .... here comes the dreaded algae nevertheless.....

I need to thing about some water plants, maybe a tiger lily ?

I have the new air plants in place, I just took this picture a few mins before lights off, with just one light on... The jasmine decided to flower today, lovely smell if a little overpowering...

I don’t really know how they will fair, I would say they are getting more humidity than the average household one would but if that is enough for them to flourish, I don’t know? Yes I am spraying everything inside with plain rainwater at least once a day and more often three or four times a day...

Some of the wild collected moss and liverworts are showing some fresh growth

It all looks a little untidy at the moment but I have mixed up a load of local wild moss and tropical moss with a bit of yoghurt in a blender. I have spread it all over the place so we will see what happens.. I made this short vid for my own reference really but here you go..... (HD available)

Not not completely, I bought this https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01GNKRI4G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Well there is only one pump, which is my old grundfoss central heating pump that I have managed to repair! That one pump is actually powering those two external filters, it also powers 10 individual 6mm water feeds that go to varouse spots. One filter goes to a water fall that cascades down...

Here is a shot behind the scenes, not very pretty but busy and functional.....

I have placed a few bits of foliage in there but I feel most of it is just temporary while I gradually develop the theme....

I have been taking my time deciding on any form of planting and come the conclusion that the mass majority of plants have far too big a leaf size to look comfortable in the set up! However I did buy a jasmine today and I ordered 3 pots of riccia and a nymphaea Stellata I have set out a few bits...

Ha Ha I have cared for them before when I worked at a fish farm, I might of considered dart frogs but I can’t import them to Guernsey. I don’t really want the responsibility of any live creatures to be honest. This is the first time in my life when I have not had a pet of some sort but, I don’t...

Well I have the second tree in place, water in (15 gallons), drip system semi working and all the lighting in place. Not the best picture but that is the view from my attic armchair with just three of the seven lights on. Now waiting on mail order parts to finish the drip wall system and the RO...

Straight out the shed with these pictures after the first coat of resin and Mahogany dust with a bit of cypress for highlights

I like that Marcel...... roots in the water sounds fantastic!

Here is the back of the tree with the water feed pipes visibly and then the with them hidden by the gun foam. As this side will never be seen I was not particularly bothered about how it looks but nevertheless i applied the foam in a very delicate manner paying attention to the form and...

Here is the structure this morning, you can see how the gun foam has expanded and set. I set to it with a craft knife to obtain a basic shape I liked... I made two holes to take plants and added some air line to get some water to various spots on the tree

I would like one particular specimen plant to be a main feature, I want to mount it on the new tree but I really don’t really know what it might be? I can make a hollow section in the tree to accommodate some soil and roots but I think I would prefer an epiphyte or at least something that shows...

It is just standard polurathane house insulation foam, the screws are just temporary while the gun foam sets and acts as a strong glue. I need to leave it overnight to set and I will remove the screws before the next stage.

I have started making the tree for the other side, hopefully the picture shows the first stage but please ask if you want more details...

Your tank looks great! Is there a reason you don’t want a glass top? I have found it really differcult to keep most of our regular aquarium plant in anything other than 90% + humidity. That is not to say it can’t be done of course just that I have struggled myself. If I really want fast...

Thanks, I will have a sump type thing behind the tank with several pumps powering numerous air line feeds that will dribble water down the grass and some type of spray system too. The bottom will be filled with water so I should have quite high humidity. I am thinking about breaking down my...

Well I have the tank in place and the lights working, I just need to think about plants now.... I just placed a couple of potted ferns in there but that is not th look I am after....

My present set up has a closed front and very high humidity but after a few years I am fed up at looking into a steamy glass box I want to have an open front and different plants. I have been useing windscreen de mister but it only last around 3 days and then needs re treating. I think orchids...

l have started to decorate my new Paludarium box, I built it from plywood and completely glass fibred the inside. Approx 1m x1m x 60cm. The water filled part will be 15cm high. It will have a glass top but no front doors so I will have to choose the terrestrial plants carefully.. I am very much...