50x30x30cm root cavern
This is my very first rarium build and i’m quite please with how it turned out, it has everything i wanted, it taught me a bunch of lessons as well
i will list my main expenses belowwww
- 23 April: just bought this off facebook marketplace place it was a mius 50x30x30 with a drainage hole, week aqua lights and it’s smart misting system for around 3,000 baht (93usd)
27 April (no pics) : i sealed the tank extra and built the waterfall pump spaces, false bottom and the structure with divider grates, then i siliconed and foam sprayed everything
2-3. 28 April: everything solidified so i shaved the shine off and tested out the water fall system and filled in a bunch of holes
5th May: i finally got shipped these roots from vietnam and could finally finish the hardscape and siliconed on the peat moss/sphagnum mix
12th may: i let the silicone on the mix dry off of a week, (initially i took it in my room earlier but it gassed off in my room and my throat got really irritated ps: WAIT) I started to plant it with some plants i had in my other aquarium.
6/7. 14th may: the rest of the mosses and plants came and it looks pretty good, well to me.
Tank + mist + light — 3,000 baht (92.70 USD)
Expanding foam (900g) — 256 baht (7.91 USD)
12L sphagnum moss — 112 baht (3.46 USD)
1.15kg coco peat — 79 baht (2.44 USD)
2 tubes of silicone (only used one) — 205 baht (6.33 USD)
3 × 30x30 cm dividers — 60 baht (1.85 USD)
5W water pump — 71 baht (2.19 USD)
Roots — 168 baht (5.19 USD)
3 kg of stones — 135 baht (4.17 USD)
1 kg of sand — 28 baht (0.87 USD)
Total — 4,114 baht (127.11 USD)