Step by step naturalistic viv setup

[wyatt003]

the hydroballs are covered so that the small pieces of substrate don't fall down and rest in the water. I used a plastic weed screen for this purpose in my viv. it comes on a large roll at a home depot type store, or i think zoomed or exoterra sells smaller peices of the mesh screen made for their vivs. I followed about the same process on my viv. here's a pic-

 

[PiTi]

Ahhh,ok,got it now. Thanks wyatt003. BTW, nice viv .

 

[wyatt003]

thanks!

 

[wayne89]

you are GOD you just sumed up 3 days of reserch into one thread thank you.:yahoo:

 

[AeroWRX]

Good job. this was a great read

 

[thebluejackal]

This is all extremely helpful!

I was just wondering, though . . .

Where do you get good dried bamboo? I'm wanting to incorporate some into my viv as some nice climbing structures, but I'm afraid of any possible chemicals put on the stuff you can find at craft stores, etc.

Also, are there any common brick-and-mortar chains that carry hydroton/hydroballs? I bought large pebble aquarium gravel for the drainage layer, but I may take it back in order to get hydroton.

 

[rhino43grr]

kind of a dumb question regarding lighting and color temperature...

does using multiple cfl bulbs increase the color temperature (i.e. does using two 2700k bulbs = using one 5400k bulb)?

i would assume that color temperatures are independent, but figured i would ask.

 

[PiTi]

asking doesn't hurt
2700k bulb will emit yellow light, while 5400k produce light that looks more blue and is more natural, so go for the latter; two 2700k bulbs will still emit yellow light, as (I assume) in your living room