EMCookjb

I used a piece of pond filter sponge I had laying around. The sponge doesn't need to be thick, it just needs to prevent the tubing from clogging in case any substrate falls below the protective layer.

Replacing it? Good question. No clue. It won't break down, so that's not a concern. I check it periodically to see if anything is growing on it, which is doubtful since it gets no light. And the water gets filtered through the substrate, so I would guess a REALLY long time lol

Originally Posted by deranged chipmunk

This thread will be about something i get many questions on, water features. now, this isn't really a complicated thing to do, and there is not a single way to do it, but there are some things that need to be considered when designing and building one. and those are the things i will go over in this section.

a water feature can be as simple or as elaborate as you choose to make it, but every water features have the same common parts. a water reservoir, a pump and some tubing. that

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Originally Posted by John

A guide to the various waters:

Distilled Water is water that has been boiled to evaporation (steam) and then condensed back into water. This process is usually carried out a few times (evaporate and condense and then evaporate and condense again). By evaporating the water you leave any impurities (100% of salts, heavy metals, other nasties) behind and what you end up with is 100% H2O. This is the purest water you can acquire. Distilled water is good for misting terrariums because

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