RETF Custom Terrarium background - Advice and tips needed/welcomed

[DigitalPunk]

I was out of town on a business trip and got back last night. Before I left I covered the mold in glue and cocofiber and let it dry ( I only let it dry for about 6 hours) then I attached it to the side of the tank. The reason for the short dry period is I was only aiming to cover the hard to teach areas good before getting it in the tank and fighting to fill in all the cracks. Here is how it looked while the spray foam was setting up.

I went to bed and woke up before my flight out of town and covered the spray foam in glue and coco fiber so it could dry over the 3 days I would be out of town. I snapped a picture of it on my way out the door.

So last night when I got home (after kissing the wife and kids and saying high to the 4 RETF and the MinPin. I sat down and cleaned the tank out some. Got all the fiber off the bottom of the tank and used a paint brush to knock most of the loose coco fiber off the walls. I naturally uncovered a handful of spots that needed some touch up so I addressed those. I then filled the bottom of the tank with water and began testing the water feature.

Now this is where I discovered the little pump i bought it more powerful than I gave it credit for. The pump made it look like the wall was peeing into the bottom of the terrarium. I adjusted the pump to the lowest flow setting and tested the valve to pump water out of the tank. Unfortunately I was right and I will need to plug the waterfall whole in order to force water to exit the tank. This isn't a huge issue, but a design flaw non the less. Next time I will put a valve on the waterfall so I can shut it off and force water out of the tank. To address the stream of water coming out of the wall I added a bit more spray foam around the whole and the plant pot to direct the water where I wanted it. This morning I tested the water again and it is looking much better. I took a short video of it, but will post a screen shot from the video here.

Over all I am fairly happy with the waterfall. I may do some carving on the foam tonight to try and control the flow a bit better, but out of fear of making it worse I might just leave well enough alone lol. I drained the tank and covered the new foam in cocofiber and glue. If all goes well I will be doing a final cleaning of the terrarium and will start installing the last of the false bottom and planting the tank.