He does some great scapes with land features and it has inspired me...
A little while ago I got some sheets of perspex/acrylic from by brother inlaw... they're offcuts, but big offcuts - 100cm x 32cm and 71cm x 88cm
This leaves plenty of room for imagination in terms of building a new tank.
My constraints are:
I need a new lid for the Qtank (32x20 should do it)
I need a new lid for the 40L tank (roughly 30x45 or slightly shorter)
So with that in mind, I started using trusty old MS paint to draw out my plans for cuts. several iterations of designs have been made:
30x30x30cm tank with spare for lids
or
70x23x23cm tank with a divider for breeding (no lid for this)
or
30x30x30cm tank + 30x20x20cm tank (but no lids)
Finally, I think I've settled on the following design:
Roughly 30x40 base with 50-60cm rear and 30-40cm front, with sloped sides and a hinged lid(s) on the slope for access. Just need to make the most pleasant proportions to the eye...
This should allow me to create 2 new lids for the existing tanks.
So here is my project for the next week/however long it takes... To build a paludarium!
I have ordered myself a 600L/h pump off amazon which will do nicely for a waterfall. Also ordered some eggcrate and correx for getting some structure and a filter media housing. @fr499y supplied the rocks for hardscaping (Thank you!
)I'll plant it with what I have (Anubias, Bacopa carolina, java moss, hygrophilia siamensis), but will may need to add some plants for the land part.
Not sure what to keep in it, perhaps just shrimps, or I was wondering about some temperate species of fish.
Maybe some small critters on the land section that are unlikely to get in the water, or ones which readily multiply and fall in the water, feeding the aquatic population.
There's my vision, just hope it doesnt turn out like Homer's barbecue
