My new highland/ultra terrarium setup

[sean32laf]

Here is a terrarium ive been working on for awhile and is still not yet finished. It uses a high powered peltier cooling system to drop the temp down to around 50*F or lower at night. It can get up to 80 during the day. Using T5 lights and a small metal fan for extra circulation at night. I also installed a rain system using plastic tubing and a koi pond pump. So far it appears promising for a suitable naturalized growing environment. Goin to add several kinds of mosses to grow on the walls and floor. Any advise on what else i can do to improve it?

[natevincent]

Looks nice! What are the plants you got growing in there?

[sean32laf]

1 rajah
2 villosa's
2 clone 1 hamatas
1 seed grown hamata
1 BE hamata cutting
1 maxima X TM
1 ventricosa X TM
1 clone 2 TM (all red)
1 macrophylla
1 jamban
1 lowii from mt trusmadi
1 lowii from a diff location, its the slower growing of the 2 aka slowii
1 sibuyansis X hamata
1 singalana from tujuh
1 burbidgeae
1 burbidgeae X edwardsiana
1 kasiana X alata
1 veitchii x platychila

All nepenthes at the moment, goin to add some treated live forest mosses as well a couple more nepenthes. Ive got the temp stable now so they should all start looking really good in a few months

[sean32laf]

oh yeah i also got a cutting of (rokko X dyeriana) X ventricosa red in there as well

[natevincent]

Wow! Im jelous! If you dont mind me asking, How much did this all cost you? (for the setup)

[sean32laf]

probably around 350, the aquarium i got for free, as well as the wood i used for the canopy. Its not a cheap setup, but not a real expensive one either.

[natevincent]

O Thats not to bad! Id say its worth it!

[sean32laf]

heres an update to what ive done, almost finished. Instead of the bulky tubing i was goin to use for the rain system i got a cooling mist system instead. Works great and hooks right up to the reverse osmosis filter. Ive added live tree moss to create a living wall for the background. There is a person in the sell/trade section selling this moss. Your plants will love it in the terrarium, just make sure you have plenty of air flow.

[azgrower12]

seems pretty cool.
But what about long term space?

[sean32laf]

since it will take a couple years at least, i got some time to build something more accommodating for the long run

[PHaze]

Wow that must have been quite a big project. Looks great.

[natevincent]

Keeps getting better and better! lol. Were do you get Live sphagnum from?

[sean32laf]

I got some live Wisconsin sphagnum from ebay in the spring last year and just grew it. My nepenthes and ceph's love it

[peat]

great looking setup. what materials did you use to construct the back drop? and also what kind of misting system did you switch to?

[sean32laf]

for the backdrop, i just used great stuff spray foam, black and tan caulk, and coco bedding. The misting system i use is a patio misting system, has 7 nozzels, works great, will bring any hot(80*F+) environment down 20* as well