18x18x24 AGTF Build Journal

[deranged chipmunk]

Found this beauty at Home Depot, and it's the perfect size of what I'm looking for:



Also, my miniature (more like micro, lol) african violet came in today from violetbarn.com, and it's going to definitely be put on the wall it's so small:



It's even prettier than I thought it would be, and I can't wait till it blooms.

And what's got me real excited is that after making $85 selling stuff on craigslist, I can finally afford the actual tank, and should be picking it up this afternoon, so expect updates to start coming quick.

On the mini, not sure if you know this or not, but don't plant it in a pot larger than 2". The mini's will actually suffer in anything larger.


Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world ~ Nelson Mandela

[jarteta97]

Thanks Bill, I think you already mentioned earlier, so I was planning on using a 2" pot, but a reminder always helps, no matter what the case.

[jarteta97]

So, I went to Lowe's today, just because my dad was taking me with him to exchange a sink we bought. While he's doing his thing, I go into the garden section to browse their selection (don't we all ) And I was pretty freakin surprised at the selection they had in terms of vivarium plants.







If I had the space in the vivarium, I would have grabbed that rex begonia in a heartbeat.

On an unrelated sidenote, I started my great stuff background tonight after the tank passed the leak test.

[DigitalPunk]

looks good. Don't forget to add drain holes in the pots. You can just jam a straw up into them or use a screw driver to make a hole into the bottom of the pot.

[jarteta97]

Will do Paul. I'm about to head to Lowe's in about 30 minutes to an hour, and may want to pick up some plants. I still have some room over the pond portion of the tank on the left, so does anyone have any suggestions for plants that could go there (and that could be found at Lowe's)?

[jarteta97]

I was working out in the yard today with the family, and I noticed some really awesome mosses that I could use help identifying.







The moss in the second and third pictures really looks like sphagnum moss IMO. And I really love the look of the moss in the first picture. Is it pillow moss?

[Bombina Bob]

I find this moss out in the woods every now and then, I call it "pillow moss" despite not knowing the species.