300gal plywood paludarium project

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
I have 7 total Nu-Clear/Ocean clear filters myself. I agree with you. Funny you don't see to many folks on here using these filters?

Good stuff, can you post up a full tank shot? How's the background holding up under water? Probably to early to tell. Looks real good!
 
agreed with the tank shots, any idea what you want to do for stocking and vegetation?
 
Thanks. I drained it to add in the sand. Once that's done I'll fill 'er up and post a full tank shot.

Still not 100% sure of plantlife and stocking. The lower portion will have anubias nana and java fern 'trident' mounted on the fake roots. The upper portion will have riccia, moss and selaginella covering the ecoweb and hopefully a bunch of ferns. I might also mount some bromeliads on the big trunk on the right. I'd also really like to have some sort of nepenthes pitcher plant but I'm not sure if I have the right conditions for one. Overall, I think it's going to be a challenge finding plants that will adapt to the really wet conditions.

For stocking I'm going to move in a bunch of clown loaches, but besides that I'm not sure of inhabitants.
 
you should consider some of the other loaches as well, i think a few dojo loaches would look cool being that their so long, watching the wind in and out of the roots would be neat, and some of the other loaches are really pretty, with their greens and tans. would match the color scheme youve got going up top. what about some carnivorous plants? like the ones that roll up on themselves when an insect lands on them. just come thought..... one last thought.... 3 words.... poison dart frogs..... not poisonus in captivity because in the wild it is their diet that makes them poisonus
 
This is looking great! As far as plants go, don't forget that many aquarium plants naturally grow emersed and are tolerant of the damp. Crypts, swords, hairgrass, Java fern, Ludwigia, Lysimachia, Hygrophila, Sagittaria, Bacopa, Anubias, Bolbitis, Saururus, Lobelia, etc. are all submersion-tolerant marginal plants.
 
what about emergent plants, plants that start in the water and the leafy greens emerge out of the water
 
Great suggestions, tscharf and Noto. As far as emergents, I was thinking it would be nice to get some sort of lilly/lotus, but I don't want it to completely overtake the water section. Might do some sort of floater instead, but I think the lilly would look best, and the stems would give the fish some more cover. I might add in a couple of hydrophyte's riparium rafts in the back so that plants can start out growing there and hopefully work their way up the background.

I'm going to try some of the java fern trident and riccia emersed. Bolbitis would be cool too. Pitcher plants would be my carnivorous plant of choice if I can get one to survive in there as an epiphyte - I love the way those things look.

I may add in some more loaches. I like the look of kubotai. For long fish I was thinking I might get some sort of spiny eel (not fire or tiretrack - I think they grow too big) or some ropefish. I'd like to get some dolphin morymids too if I can find them and maybe archers. My wife thinks a stingray would look great in there and I agree, so I'll be keeping my eyes open for a male hystrix.

I think dartfrogs would be awesome (I've been posting this build journal on dendroboard as well), though there's a lot more water in the setup than is typical. Once some floating plants get established it would probably work out. I also don't want to deal with breeding fruit flies in my apartment right now. Maybe some time in the future.
 
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