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(Check out my New Paludarium Project)
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Paludarium Definition* * (A Paludarium is an artificial biotop living,
reproducing as faithfully as the wild and untamed,
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Presentation of the Project
Project status : Completed
The "skeleton" of the body tank in 3D
Dimensions: 47,24 in wide, 23,62 in high (without caches), and 29,53 in deep.
The desired result in 3D simulation
It will focus on the waterfall, then a waterfall / river
on three levels, malaria angle made of extruded polystyrene and plexiglass.
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That's it I'm finally launched, after long
thought about the different techniques for the box, exit the PVC I decided
to make extruded polystyrene entirely (except the bottom course of wood
that will support the weight without bending).
Implementation and bonding plates.
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Created in MPE (polyurethane foam) rocks and the waterfall gradually take shape.
Meanwhile I finished painting the outside of the body in
black matt.
Here are all covered rocks the two layers of mortar.
The rocks once painted.
The texture detail (with moss to give an idea once all
covered)
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- I put two layers of felt of 300 gr/m²
on the pvc pipe (drilled) installed on the ceiling, connected to the small
pump and it starts to irrigate all the good tissue.
A first small fern stipe sandwiched between two fabrics.
Addition of small stones in MPE fill in the blanks for the rocks.
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- Yes you heard correctly, the LEDs on the
ceiling is finished, I decided to remove them (also from step "Mur Vegetal"
the pictures are lit with neon turbo 4x55 Watts.
Aluminum foil installed under the ceiling for better reflection of light.
Power: 4x55 Watts, as saying that this is much more
powerful than previous LEDs. Addition of the moss, all lit in this new gallery.
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- To hide the lighting part and take care of
our pupils nice, I made a custom grid view to preventing or minimizing
light loss.
The optical grid thus consists of thin strips of PVC, all placed parallel without ever crossing to avoid losing the light on the center of tank.
The blades are not bent, it is the objective
of the camera that twists slightly wide-angle perspective.
One month after the installation of plants,
while continuing to grow nicely,
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- I painted the front of the
optical grid in black, for a maximum fade the effect of glare and it's
very effective. The light output is not reduced to the extent.
It remains for me to fix the tape parallel straight lines
in small plastic brackets to hide them without losing their luminous
efficiency as in the diagram below.
Viewed from the side
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- Here I received four new ferns, so here are in place.
Blechnum Spicant
Polypodium Vulgare
Polystichum Munitum
Matteuccia struthiopteris (the right in its
adult form) While the overview, I also added some branches of Areca top right.
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Without the blue LEDs.
Here is the Matteuccia struthiopteris now she literally
exploded since its installation last month.
The mosses cascades started to grow.
On the left, the fronds of the fern Microlepia Speluncae are coming out,
Here the cutting of pothos in 3 out new leaves. And finally an animation of the relief, to better understand the depth.
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Last month I had a concern at the
shadow at the bottom right generated by bracken fern (struthiopteris). So
I moved to the very bottom right, it is sufficiently large and powerful
light to go back. (It is more shade, and has adapted well).
Overview, I added the moss on the large central branch.
At left, Helxine quadrupled in volume and begin to hide the felt fabric.
The Orchid has lost its flowers in the month, the benefit of the shoot of a new leaf.
Full HD 1080p video - 2:32 min
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Months have passed since the last update, here is the colonization of the plant as it is after seven months.
The Pothos crawled out all along the central branch, the Helxine to cover
all the upper parts
The orchid has yet again with flowers, but two new leaves.
The alocasia does not stop making new leaves larger and
larger.
The area surrounding the waterfall we were colonized by harmoniously Helxine
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A year passed since the installation of plants in the paludarium, some disappeared, others are rather quickly rained. I purposely left to the natural proliferation of all. There is particular invasion by the Helxine.
Next step: Let nature at work...
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