My new enclosure (still work to do)

[Barak666]

I don't really have others pictures of the water system, but it is quite simple, an overflow (black), a plastic container under it where is the submersible filter and the pump (and a UV sterilizer as soon as the budget allow it). So the pump bring back the filtered water to the tank (blue thing)

I intend to planted it for the plants to use part of the wastes (natural filtering) and with water changes as need. For the substrate, I was not thinking it would hold so much moisture, it will end up into my dragon enclosure, is the Aspen a better choice?

I'm still looking for the perfect piece of driftwood around here, it will serves as separator between dry and wet parts.

For the temperature gradient, over the aquatic part, it is a 26W CFL bulb for plants, so not to much heat and evaporation. On the other side it will be an incandescent light (Wattage to determine, will try 60W at first). Under this lamps, I was thinking of adding a plant style schefflera or another piece of wood to allow the snake to choice better is needed temperature. I need to find my 2 feet double neon to end the lighting part

The back box will hold floor-covering plants (I get a try)

The dry side is 38" long in the back, 30" in the front 24" wide.
Is it not enough?

At worst if the aquarium doesn't work well (too wet or anything else), it will ended up with a dry substrate and an hide or something like this

With this information do you have other interrogations and amelioration idea?

[Barak666]

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[Barak666]

Concinnusman, you convince me to try the fake plants, so here what it look like with plants (I still have to change the substrate, I will do it as soon as I receive my order).





The wooden snake is 20" long. I intend o put more fern leaves, but I will have to wait, I take every ones they had

[ConcinusMan]

I don't really have others pictures of the water system, but it is quite simple, an overflow (black), a plastic container under it where is the submersible filter and the pump (and a UV sterilizer as soon as the budget allow it). So the pump bring back the filtered water to the tank (blue thing)


The dry side is 38" long in the back, 30" in the front 24" wide.
Is it not enough?

At worst if the aquarium doesn't work well (too wet or anything else), it will ended up with a dry substrate and an hide or something like this

With this information do you have other interrogations and amelioration idea?

I was just wondering about the thing on the back wall. Was that intended for planting? BTW, I think you'll find that the fake plants was good idea. You don't have to worry about the plants needs (you can place them under hot lights and they don't need water/soil) and so much easier to clean. I would have went with a filter system that pulls water through a layer of sand and/or pebbles on the bottom. (under gravel filter) is that what you did?. One established, beneficial microorganisms in the gravel under the water act as a filter, a very good one.

The more I see the setup, the more I'm thinking you should use fir bark substrate. Setup looks really nice. I think it would look much better with cork tiles for the back, but they're not cheap.

[Barak666]

Yesterday I rinse the aquarium with hot water and at the end of day I notice a small leak, so I will finally forget the aquatic part. I wasn't surprise, so it will end up to be the cold side with fake plants and other hides. For water, I have bought a 2L Pirex container. I will put my pump and filter into the closet up to the next project. Will take a picture soon

[Barak666]

Here what it is look like today. The aquatic part is dead, and I find that a skull is a good representation of death, so that why I put it into the new cold side







The biggest looking lamp is a 26W CFL bulb and the smaller one is a 60W incandescent bulb. The temperature seem to stay at 19-21°C near the skull and 24-25°C on the plants just under the 60W bulb, is that correct as temperatures? The substrate is coconut husk.