Before and After.

[foxfish]

I started a little project a few months back.
I bought a large container form Amazon, I made a little pump house and filled it with cat litter, underneath there is a heat mat and above a single 50w LED flood light.
I planted a few B&Q house plants and a sprig of Soleirolia soleirolii.
There are still a few bigger plants left but I have moved a few outside for the summer and others got smothered by the rampant baby tears.
It drinks about one litre a day and that I just add with a jug.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

and others got smothered by the rampant baby tears.......

<"Mind your own business">, but it never does.

cheers Darrel

 

[Hufsa]

Amazing 🤩
Now hook it up to a fish tank, and youll have the sickest filter in the world 😎

 

[foxfish]

Amazing 🤩
Now hook it up to a fish tank, and youll have the sickest filter in the world 😎

I have thought about standing a shrimp vase in the middle and just let it overflow….

 

[Luciën]

Project looks cool. I think it wil be hard keeping the shrimp in the vase if it flows over.

 

[foxfish]

Thanks mate, I would just put some stainless steel mesh over the top but it wont happen until the Autumn anyway.

 

[mort]

Is that a poinsettia in there foxfish? I'm pleasantly surprised it likes those conditions if it is.

 

[foxfish]

Yes I do believe it is, I just got a few plants out of a garden centre skip, like a lucky dip of half dead plants ….the polka dots things went mad and I have cut them down twice.

 

[mort]

Nice plants for free. The spotty plants are begonia maculata which do great in terrariums and used to cost a fortune. The rhaphidophora tetrasperma next to it was also very expensive but less now, it'll vine and grow quickly which you could turn into a vertical element if you have the space.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

.the polka dots things went mad and I have cut them down twice.

Like @mort says that is Begonia maculata, they are sought after as house-plants and sell for ~£12 a plant.

cheers Darrel

 

[foxfish]

I started a little project a few months back.
I bought a large container form Amazon, I made a little pump house and filled it with cat litter, underneath there is a heat mat and above a single 50w LED flood light.
I planted a few B&Q house plants and a sprig of Soleirolia soleirolii.
There are still a few bigger plants left but I have moved a few outside for the summer and others got smothered by the rampant baby tears.
It drinks about one litre a day and that I just add with a jug.View attachment 189673View attachment 189674View attachment 189675

Update…..

 

[PARAGUAY]

Not bad ,looks fantastic, to say some were free plants, now's a good time to look in garden centers for bargains ,plants blown about over winter