Lamb
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Hello!
I put together this 20 G long stream tank for an adult P. ruber. Any ideas for how to better cover up the rest of the plastic liner? I'm considering some live moss that I could place such that it hangs in to the water along the edge. I may need to get more flat rocks to hide more of the tubing as well, and I'm not sure that I'm done setting up the large pool.
The first image is of the tank from above. The second is the same image, but I've drawn in where different things are. The black shape represents the tubing that moves water from the pool and pump, up the hill and to the beginning of the stream. The tubing is held down by the large rocks. The blue line represents the flow of the water, and the water exits the tube from beneath the white, large rock in the corner. The stream was made by shaping the stream bottom into the substrate, lining it with plastic liner, and then covering it with large gravel. I soaked the liner for a few days in water prior to using it. The red circle represents a buried PVC tunnel half filled with moss, and each red x represents bark under which there is, or will be, lots of live moss. The third image is just the tank from a different angle.
There is a raised, false bottom on the tank to help keep the weight down. It's probably 1 to 1.5 inches high. I created it from eggcrate and short pieces of wide PVC pipe. The large pool at the right side was created with a slanted piece of glass. The substrate is a mixture of fir and sphagnum mix (bought at the pet store), a little bit of potting soil, and coarse sphagnum moss. The ferns are native, and hopefully they'll do well. I'll likely add more ferns or other herbaceous plants later.
Let me know what you think, or if you spot things that might arise as issues later on. I wont put the Pseudotriton in the tank just yet, because I may still make modifications.
I put together this 20 G long stream tank for an adult P. ruber. Any ideas for how to better cover up the rest of the plastic liner? I'm considering some live moss that I could place such that it hangs in to the water along the edge. I may need to get more flat rocks to hide more of the tubing as well, and I'm not sure that I'm done setting up the large pool.
The first image is of the tank from above. The second is the same image, but I've drawn in where different things are. The black shape represents the tubing that moves water from the pool and pump, up the hill and to the beginning of the stream. The tubing is held down by the large rocks. The blue line represents the flow of the water, and the water exits the tube from beneath the white, large rock in the corner. The stream was made by shaping the stream bottom into the substrate, lining it with plastic liner, and then covering it with large gravel. I soaked the liner for a few days in water prior to using it. The red circle represents a buried PVC tunnel half filled with moss, and each red x represents bark under which there is, or will be, lots of live moss. The third image is just the tank from a different angle.
There is a raised, false bottom on the tank to help keep the weight down. It's probably 1 to 1.5 inches high. I created it from eggcrate and short pieces of wide PVC pipe. The large pool at the right side was created with a slanted piece of glass. The substrate is a mixture of fir and sphagnum mix (bought at the pet store), a little bit of potting soil, and coarse sphagnum moss. The ferns are native, and hopefully they'll do well. I'll likely add more ferns or other herbaceous plants later.
Let me know what you think, or if you spot things that might arise as issues later on. I wont put the Pseudotriton in the tank just yet, because I may still make modifications.