50 Gallon - Progress

[Leefrogs]

great cover up, it'll be awsome when your moss grows in!!

[DonLisk]

Hey Don, thanks! I'm still waiting to plant the climbers. I'm really happy with the amount if floor space they will have, and the plants so far. And yes, the guzmania. sp is pretty sweet! But I am psyched about the Alocasia "Polly".

Cheers friend.

Eric

Is you creeping fig out of control already on the other viv? Mine has groen a ton in a short time and already trimmed it back twice.

[MikeM670]

And one last one for the road.

Those guys are gonna be hard to find in that jungle! Nice job.

[clownonfire]

We're going to equip them with ankle bracelets.

As for the creeping fig, yes, it's doing really nicely in the 29G. Not out of hands though. I'm really happy that the oak leaf fig is also doing great.

I should tell you guys that I am not manual, not at all. There's a chance a hammer will break when I hold one. And last time I tried putting up a picture on the wall, I did 7 holes. I kid you not. These are real achievements for me. Whenever I start one, Sara cringes. Will the screwdriver rust in my hands? Will the viv spontaneously combust? I'm very proud of mine. My best bet is to build ones that will develop with time.

I have another empty one which I should start in a few months... See if I can manage not to break that one too...!

[Grrrit]

Great look, I'm a big fan of the cork bark. love the plants as well. could you tell me what kind of plant the one with the spear shared leaves is? It was green and a white/cream color leaves.

[clownonfire]

Great look, I'm a big fan of the cork bark. love the plants as well. could you tell me what kind of plant the one with the spear shared leaves is? It was green and a white/cream color leaves.

Hi Grrrit! It's an Alocasia Polly (Alocasia amazonica) commonly known as African Mask. Thanks, Grrrit!

[Grrrit]

No prob! Thanks for the info, that plant looks sweet. Now I have to build another just for it

[clownonfire]

I bought three Exo-Terra circulation pump for the waterfall system. All three can't do the job, and are very noisy. I have some aquarium filters and one of them runs silently and pushes the water to the needed height. It took a bit of silicone and some patching, but seems like it will do...

[Grrrit]

Was it the 200 pump?

[clownonfire]

Was it the 200 pump?

I bought the 200/250/350. The 200 was cute, barely any water coming out. The 350 did work, but the noise it made was just not realistic.

Do you know any other trick? Thank God for the filter I had...

[poison beauties]

Nice work Eric, Terribs are big Darts, I mean big Darts so maybe some more larger plants may be needed. Alocasia, Philo's, Anthuriums, Broms. The more the better. They wont get lost in there and likely will climb all over it. While floor space is good anything they have to climb on to pearch, call and otherwise sleep on increases floor space which is a good thing.

Michael

[clownonfire]

Nice work Eric, Terribs are big Darts, I mean big Darts so maybe some more larger plants may be needed. Alocasia, Philo's, Anthuriums, Broms. The more the better. They wont get lost in there and likely will climb all over it. While floor space is good anything they have to climb on to pearch, call and otherwise sleep on increases floor space which is a good thing.

Michael

Thanks man. I'll be waiting for that big box of plants. And these very big terribs.

[clownonfire]

The waterfall system is now fully functional. I had a bit of touching up to do whereas where the water should have gone through the false bottom so it wouldn't get lost in the terrarium. Now the water circulates perfectly and is being recycled over and over again. The Exo-Terra Repti Clear F150 is what's being used to circulate the water. Much stronger to my surprise than the Repti Flo Circulation Pump 350.

[Grrrit]

Wow I'll keep that in mind! How high up is the exit of the tubing?

[clownonfire]

Wow I'll keep that in mind! How high up is the exit of the tubing?

I would say about 14 inches.