My first vertical conversion attempt

[Sunshine]

It's getting there...

[deranged chipmunk]

Oh yeah! It looks much gooder with the wood in there! I like the purple color.....gonna keep it? Lol you really carved the krap out of that waterfall huh? Lol what are the plans for plants? And did you water test yet?

[Sunshine]

It's not supposed to be purple. It is probably the walls in here since they are purple, or the bad lighting in here. As far as plants, I have a creeping fig i am putting in the pot above the waterfall, and a pink cryptanthus going in the pot below. I have a snake plant that I want to put behind the branch. The right side is too boring but I don't know what to put there.

[deranged chipmunk]

You could go with a nice climbing vine on the right. Or, plant something like a wandering jew in the top pot and plant the fig low on the right and let it climb the wall. Or, you could attach some sort of epiphyte to the right side wall. Hmmm, maybe a climbing ivy on the right? Need some aquatic moss for the water feature? Oooooohhh.......let me know how moist the soil is next to the water feature is. If it gets fairly damp, i'll hook you up with a cryptocoryne zukalli. It's a bit rare in the aquatic trade, but i have a spare one in my bed bully's tank that just refuses to grow.

[Sunshine]

Where can I get aquatic moss? I've never heard of that before. As for the substrate, I think it will be pretty moist. I wanted to ask you, I couldn't find any epoxy in any of the hardware stores, but i was looking at this Minwax polyurethane sealer and this guy came up to me and said the 'spar urethane' was what people use on their boats. He asked me what I needed it for- he didn't work there so I thought it was strange- so I told him I was using it to seal a waterfall in a viv I was making. I could barely get a word in edgewise so I was wondering if you knew if it was safe to use (on the waterfall) with the frogs.

[FriedrichsFrogs]

so far that looks really cool, congrats! i like purple too, it looks almost blak lighty. you did a great job with the foam + carving + coloring, looks really good. lookin forward to the final result keep it up

[Sunshine]

Thank you Jay! I am almost done. I just planted it and I think it looks really good so far. Unfortunately I seem to have misplaced my phone, which is what I use to take the pics and get them on my computer so I can upload them here. I want to post a pic of it so bad

[FriedrichsFrogs]

lol workin thru the night on this one? dont worry itll turn up soon enough

[Sunshine]

No I actually should be sleeping since I have to go to Peoria (where I used to live) and get some more of my **** to bring back here. It takes 3 hours to get there. The only thing left on the tank is to wait for the sealer to dry on the waterfall, then fill with water and add rocks and it will be good to go

[FriedrichsFrogs]

sounds like a pain! cant imagine what u pay in gas for that. Peoria? is that in rhode island? So its just the waiting game for the most part for the tank, gotchya. I just began foaming my tank i got from chipmunk monday. I took 1 picutre, camera died, cant find the wire to hook it up to the computer to upload pics...gooo figuuure!! 1 way or another ill get them on here. anyway ill begin carving probobly sunday, (workn tomoro 9-9).

[Sunshine]

sounds like a pain! cant imagine what u pay in gas for that.

Too much!! Peoria is in Illinois. It is about 3 hours away. I can't wait to see what you've done so far! 9-9 is too long! Is that a normal shift for an EMT?

[FriedrichsFrogs]

Ohh ok, i was thinkin of that Family Guy episode, where Peter makes his house the country of Petoria. Still sucks it takes 6 hrs of driving, not including all the labor involved. yeaa well it tends to differentiate from company to company in Philadelphia as EMTs. 9 out of 10 times tho you'r looking at a 12+ hour shift no matter who you work for. My company only offers 4-4 or 9-9. Personally i love the 4-4, 12 hours of work and u still have the rest of the day to do watever, 9-9 kills your whole day

[Sunshine]

I love Family Guy!!! Yeah I would take the 4-4 shift too. I hate getting up in the morning, but it's better than spending your whole life at work! I worked really long hours as a dog groomer. I love grooming, but the hours suck.

[UncleChester]

It's not supposed to be purple. It is probably the walls in here since they are purple, or the bad lighting in here.

It looks like a white-balance problem with your camera/pone. Auto-white balance can often go wonky under any kind of fluorescent lights and will especially be wonky if you have multiple light sources on of different colour temperatures.

Unfortunately I seem to have misplaced my phone, which is what I use to take the pics and get them on my computer so I can upload them here. I want to post a pic of it so bad

Did you try calling yourself. Looking forward to an updated picture.

[Sunshine]

Yeah, my camera on my phone isn't very good and the light I had on top of the tank was a 10,000K fluorescent light. (It came with the 50 gal. I have my FBTs in) The lighting in here sucks so I needed some extra light. I plan on calling myself today I think I dropped it in my friends car though and he is at work today. I wish I had his number memorized. Oh, I want to ask you if spar urethane would be to ok to use to seal my waterfall? Probably not, but I am running out of choices.

[Pluke]

Looks really cool so far, Sherry. Can't wait to see it when it's finished.

[Sunshine]

Some more updates... I need to figure out something to cover the egg crate and window screen... I am welcome to ideas

[deranged chipmunk]

Sherry, that looks great! Sorry i missed this. You did a fantastic job!! What did you decide to do with the screen?

[Sunshine]

I have no idea what to do. I am in the process of making some 'rock' shelves for the frogs to climb on so the right wall isn't so boring. Do you know about how long it takes for the creeping fig to start creeping?

[deranged chipmunk]

It will take a while for the fig to start creeping. Just be patient and watch for new growth (bright green). Btw, i like the wandering jew up in the corner. i would suggest building a rock wall outside the viv for the screen area. A little silicone, a few rock, then just put it in. You can even build a mock up area if you have any egg crate left over.