aquarium

Hey there! Ive had a simple terrarium made from an apothecary jar for about 5-ish months; The only plants that I had/have in it are a U. pubescens, and a U. fulva (sulked during winter and is now officially dead :-( ).. the U. pubescens seems to like it and is now (finally) spreading around a...

Hello everyone, First of all, great forum. I come here often and enjoy all the tutorials and pictures, it's very interesting and helpful. Ok, so I'm in kind of a predicament. I bought an aquarium where I am currently keeping a couple species of Drosera seedlings, attempting to germinate some...

So just setup an empty 55 gallon aquarium to use as a highland terrarium,temps are nice without any added cooling.75-80 F day temps,and 60-65 F night temps,which from what Ive read as long as Im not trying ultra highlanders those temps are almost perfect.I plan on adding more plants and more...

On December 16th I finally found the time to finish my new highland tank It is a 120 gallon aquarium (48"x24"x24") with a 6" false bottom. I drilled the rear back left corner and placed a 5.75" tall drain pipe which flows into a sump which is cooled with a 1/4HP aquarium chiller. I have yet to...

For a while I used a 10-gallon tank with water (distilled) at the bottom and an aquarium heater for my Ampullaria and Bicalcarata. The plants were perched atop upside-down flower pots; they're quite young so this setup worked. Recently, however, I acquired a great many more adelae (which also...

Hello there! I'm both new here and to growing CPs, but I've always been fascinated with them. Anyways, I lied a little - I'm actually very confused and worried about how my Ping is doing... =/ I've never really had much experience with plants. The last time I had to take care of any plant was...

Hi everyone, these are my first posts on this site. I want to share my newly built nepenthes "mini greenhouse." Its a 33 gallon rimless aquarium with a custom made glass top. I have suspended T5 lights over it. My purpose is to have a collection of "micro neps." Therefore I am focusing on the...

Hey guys! So I have a bit of a problem on my hands. I have no room for hl plants anymore: (yes that is an aquarium heater in a cup. No I don't think its dangerous and yes it does work well) 10 gal is just not working. So I was thinking about getting a grow chamber, but I am not going to pay...

Close-up photos of the underside of a hillstream loach (family Balitoridae) as it clings to the inside of the glass in my aquarium—you can clearly see internal structures such as the heart and skeleton. These fish live by clinging to the surface of rocks and submerged objects, grazing on algae...

I was walking past my aquarium yesterday and saw this little pond snail suspended in the water. When I looked closer I could see that the snail was veeeeery slowly sinking and had its body extended as if it was trying to reach the bottom. I grabbed my camera and took a few photos for my blog...

My dad, after seeing some of my succulent terrariums, decided that he would commission me to create a 10gallon terrarium for his car repair shop. In total I spent about $210 on the whole thing including the lights. Not bad considering the price of the plants I put in it. They are mostly...

I don't know if this topic has been covered before on this forum. But I though I would share the idea! I was looking for a simple drip system to water my darlingtonia's without flooding my other plants. The system I came up with was inexpensive, simple, the water is kept cool. I came up with...

Hello everyone! I'm still pretty new here and new to growing CP's so I have a few questions about this setup I just threw together yesterday. I posted a similar thread on "flytrapcare" and figured I'd just copy most of it to here because you can never get enough advice. I've kept many a reptile...

My betta fish died. I've been rethinking about re-using the tank as a little CP garden, but I didn't know if rinsing with RO water would be enough to get rid of any bacteria,minerals,dechlorinator, etc. Or if the light fixture would work even for something as basic as D.capensis or D.spatulata...

Hello lovely people of this forum. I ordered this lovely plant(Ultriculiaria Graminifolia) for an aquatic planted tank I've recently set up. I've done a fair amount of reading and I'm confident I know what to expect. Until just recently when I discovered this forum I had no idea what the...

Im looking to set up a 10 gallon aquarium as a highland terrarium. Here is one of my ideas for the terrarium let me know what you think any advice or wisdom would be greatly appreciated. I have never had any highland plants so this is all experimental. I have a couple of doubts about if it will...

I received my second hamata 11/09 and the lower leaves are slowly yellowing. I realize that this normal but I am only watering about every 7 days and am thinking it might be too long. Both hamata's are next to each other with the first received on 10/31 and being about 1.5 inches across growing...

I have read quite a bit on line about other people's ideas and experiences and have decided to go with a thermo-electric set-up for now on my small five gallon aquarium and later after they are bigger with the refrigeration system out of my old dorm style fridge in a larger set-up. First I am...

Hi there, I am getting ready for the upcoming cold weather and wanting to make some room in the garage. At a church sale I bought some aquarium gear and have decided that I do not want to keep it. I had thought about keeping one power filter and some of the filter cartridges (and there are...

Hey everyone! So for the holiday season I am making a sundew terrarium for a friend. I'm wondering what would be a good topdressing to cover the peat/sand mix the dews will be planted in. My friend is going to display the tank, so we were thinking of something showy. So far I (with the help of...