Hey guys, having been inspired by Mellowvision's sculpey build, I decided to try making a clay wall paludarium myself. Here's the plan:
1. Clean up the mock I set-up.
2. Get more fimo clay, and try to mix multiple colors. Doing one color didn't look as nice as I wanted.
3. I also need to buy some more silicone (I'm trying to find GE sillicone 1, or aquarium safe)
4. Figure out how I want to run a filter, and if I want to include a waterfall.
5. Bake the clay wall, and silicone it into place.
6. Get plants, potting soil, and lighting squared away. What kind of plants are good for hanging on the dry walls? How about plants that are good sticking out of the water, and ones that are good for completely dry land. What kind of lighting do I want?
7. Figure out what to do for stocking. With about 1 gallon of water, 3-4" deep, what am I looking at for fauna? I was thinking ghost shrimp, although it would nice to be able to keep some fish or even some amphibians. (I don't know of any that would work though)
8. ???
9. Profit
Let me know how this sounds, I can use lots of help! By the way, I will be recording every step of this process, let me know if you want to be mentioned in the credits!
Thanks,
Cam
1. Clean up the mock I set-up.
2. Get more fimo clay, and try to mix multiple colors. Doing one color didn't look as nice as I wanted.
3. I also need to buy some more silicone (I'm trying to find GE sillicone 1, or aquarium safe)
4. Figure out how I want to run a filter, and if I want to include a waterfall.
5. Bake the clay wall, and silicone it into place.
6. Get plants, potting soil, and lighting squared away. What kind of plants are good for hanging on the dry walls? How about plants that are good sticking out of the water, and ones that are good for completely dry land. What kind of lighting do I want?
7. Figure out what to do for stocking. With about 1 gallon of water, 3-4" deep, what am I looking at for fauna? I was thinking ghost shrimp, although it would nice to be able to keep some fish or even some amphibians. (I don't know of any that would work though)
8. ???
9. Profit
Let me know how this sounds, I can use lots of help! By the way, I will be recording every step of this process, let me know if you want to be mentioned in the credits!
Thanks,
Cam