Rays Carnivorous Terrarium Build

[Raymond]

Hello all!
I believe that today is the day I show the project I've been working on all summer. Using a 18x18x36 exoterra terrarium I've started my "show off" setup for people who come by (that would come by if covid wasn't a thing). Here is just a montage of the build thats been filled with plants from Labine and Willy! The water feature is behind the soil since I want to have a drip wall and maybe place a ton of live sphagnum moss in the water reservoir. Its about 70% done and if you see anything that could improve on it it, please tell! cotton balls and sphagnum on the rocks to redirect water, going to swap that out for other mosses later on.

Hope the Tillandsia can survive in here, first time growing them.

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[plantant]

It looks stunning already, and maybe in the water reservoir, if it has enough water, you could put some Utricularia in! Also, what are the species that you put in?

 

[Sib]

when I threw a couple tilli's in my dart tanks they hated it and rotted out. neps did great. on the back wall you could even cut the "rock" to expose the front half of the net pot and let the moss grow through to cover the pot... gets good water/air that way

 

[bmorris2112]

looks great

 

[Raymond]

It looks stunning already, and maybe in the water reservoir, if it has enough water, you could put some Utricularia in! Also, what are the species that you put in?

I knew I forgetting something, the back plant is a utricularia longifolia from willy tall right nepenthes stenophylla from labine, middle back nepenthes rafflasiana from willy and the rest are assorted neps from labine!

 

[Raymond]

If anyone is wanting to build something similar the cost of the background was $34 in foam, silicon, and sand (spray paint for additional colour). $20 water pump.
$20 sphagnum moss, $50 grow light. Everything else was supplies I had on hand.
Edit: not shown is the cost of repairing my tank after I broke it.

 

[thebrain.161]

Whoa, that looks pretty cool! Well done!

 

[EricG]

That is a fabulous build.

Love to see more pictures as things grow out.

 

[Raymond]

been a few months and here is the terrarium all grown in! Gotta say Labine's Neps are growing super well and all had great leaft jumps! Haven't even fed em! I did add the ventrata, heli, and broms in a later time when I went to the reptile expo.
utrics not doing well so I gotta change those out for something, maybe some more broms. Due to some personal stuff I've really been down in the dumps, but seeing this tank and having my plants around really does help the mentality!

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

Very artistic. Hope you're feeling better.