My First Water-Based Terrarium

[Tripe46]

My aim was to build a water based terrarium that breaks down easily for cleaning/maintenance. This was my first attempt and a lot of it was slapped together,(unevenly cut PVC, careless use of silicone etc) as I grew tired of going to the pet store/home depot every time I had a new idea or wanted to change something. Overall I'm happy with it, I still need to find something to cover up the areas where you can see the PVC/egg crate. Everything inside can be disassembled in 5 minutes, except the gravel but I plan on using a shop vac for that if I decide to set the terrarium up the same way.

This cage is not great for crickets as I'm sure you may imagine. They can hide in the rocks and small cracks around the planter box, or end up in the water. However I try to wait until the tenant (Maurice) is in the plant area and then release a cricket or two, he usually does not hesitate to munch. I also put two small feeder fish in the water which have since disappeared. To my surprise Maurice spends lots of time in the water.

Anyone know if letting him eat feeder fish is a bad idea?


Brief rundown of equipment used:

35 gal heating pad (back of cage)
5 gal water heater set to 80
Reptofilter - waterfall/pump/filter
Reptiflow 200 - Circulation pump
10.0 UVB - for the plants
All live plants and moss

And the pics:

[clownonfire]

That seems like hours of pleasure! Congrats! I<m sure you are happy with it being finished.

Eric

[Ribbitmethis]

Wow! Very pretty. I love the addition of hard lines with the wooden box frame... adds a really interesting break from the natural lines.

[Tripe46]

Wow! Very pretty. I love the addition of hard lines with the wooden box frame... adds a really interesting break from the natural lines.

Thanks! I was really on the fence about the box, after I built it I though "man this is going to look stupid" but once it was in the tank I didn't mind at all. Plus it makes it sooo easy to clean.

[Frogking]

nice build!