Julien9566
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Hi guys,
I recently picked up an old aquarium (dunno the volume but it's quite large) in my garage and I saw a lot of terrarium in Youtube recently and I had the urge to try making one out of it !
However, I tried to read / watch a few stuffs, but since I don't do well with plants in general, I got kinda scared and I need advices before starting this adventure.
Oh and if it has any significance the aquarium has built-in lights in the top part.
I wanted to put plants, a bonsai, some hardwood and moss in it ,the terrarium would be closed.
I watched a lot of video of SerpaDesign and Asu Green on youtube and got inspired by their work. But I don't even know if these stuffs can go well / grow together and I really lack the knowledge on these stuffs.
I was also wondering if creating an artificial waterfall in a separate part on the middle with a pump would be ok, but I thought maybe not cause that would probably raise the humidity level too high ? It would not touch the plant / soil however, I was thinking of building a container and put the pump in it and make it big enough so that the water coming down from the waterfall would arrive in it. Do you guys think it would work ?
Do you guys have any advices on what to use OR avoid in these categories ? :
- Plants : I don't know a-ny-thing on plants or what types should I use ? I heard tropical ones since the terrarium would have a lot of humidity since it's closed.
- Bonsai : I heard it has to be able to tolerate wet roots, a lot of humidity since it would be closed, like ficus one ? Should I keep it potted ?
- Moss : I don't know anything about that either, I just heard I had to use multiple types of moss.
- Hardwoods : On this topic I heard I had to put springtails into the terrarium since they feed on mold, and these kind of decoration can grow mold ?
- Lights : Would you guys recommend buying a timer so that I can control the timing of light exposure ?
- Maintenance : Don't know anything about that either - complete noob
- Installation : Substract / soil etc... any advice would be gladly taken
Once again, since I definitely lack the technical knowledge on this subject, I probably said a lot of dumb stuff, but I'm willing to learn !
In advance, thank you very much guys for your advices and your time !
Oh and don't feel obligated to answer every topic, advices on anything is still helpful to me !
I recently picked up an old aquarium (dunno the volume but it's quite large) in my garage and I saw a lot of terrarium in Youtube recently and I had the urge to try making one out of it !
However, I tried to read / watch a few stuffs, but since I don't do well with plants in general, I got kinda scared and I need advices before starting this adventure.
Oh and if it has any significance the aquarium has built-in lights in the top part.
I wanted to put plants, a bonsai, some hardwood and moss in it ,the terrarium would be closed.
I watched a lot of video of SerpaDesign and Asu Green on youtube and got inspired by their work. But I don't even know if these stuffs can go well / grow together and I really lack the knowledge on these stuffs.
I was also wondering if creating an artificial waterfall in a separate part on the middle with a pump would be ok, but I thought maybe not cause that would probably raise the humidity level too high ? It would not touch the plant / soil however, I was thinking of building a container and put the pump in it and make it big enough so that the water coming down from the waterfall would arrive in it. Do you guys think it would work ?
Do you guys have any advices on what to use OR avoid in these categories ? :
- Plants : I don't know a-ny-thing on plants or what types should I use ? I heard tropical ones since the terrarium would have a lot of humidity since it's closed.
- Bonsai : I heard it has to be able to tolerate wet roots, a lot of humidity since it would be closed, like ficus one ? Should I keep it potted ?
- Moss : I don't know anything about that either, I just heard I had to use multiple types of moss.
- Hardwoods : On this topic I heard I had to put springtails into the terrarium since they feed on mold, and these kind of decoration can grow mold ?
- Lights : Would you guys recommend buying a timer so that I can control the timing of light exposure ?
- Maintenance : Don't know anything about that either - complete noob
- Installation : Substract / soil etc... any advice would be gladly taken
Once again, since I definitely lack the technical knowledge on this subject, I probably said a lot of dumb stuff, but I'm willing to learn !
In advance, thank you very much guys for your advices and your time !
Oh and don't feel obligated to answer every topic, advices on anything is still helpful to me !