Yes I understand. The first photo was a practice run on an outdoor enclosure. From there on is the build for the indoor one. I used flex seal to waterproof the planter, and something similar to this...
I have it zip tied to one of the branches in the back behind the overgrown schefflera/philodendron.
I had to look pretty hard to find him too:rolleyes: Zoom in tight
I'm not 110% happy with it as the live wall curled on me when it cured, and it needs a pruning.
I use a Govee temp/humidity monitor, so I can track multiple enclosure. Probe is set in the center just below the area where he goes to get his UV.
My opinion-- You should drop the mid-day down to just a quick 20-30 seconds. You want to give it a chance to dry out a bit, and veileds do better with lower humidity during the day.
I would also consider modifying your morning and evening mistings to coincide with your lighting schedule
As an...
One of the nice things about bio. The CUC is on poo patrol. You'll just have to knock it off the leaves, and occasionally give the plants a heavy misting to rinse off shed, grates, etc.
The CUC will stay hidden under the leaf litter for the most part. I have never had one get out of my enclosures.
Another thing you might want to consider is drainage. How are you going to get the excess water out of the bottom?
If you feel like a bit of a drive. Bridges in Snohomish is always well stocked. I am there weekly for crickets. They also have horn worms and silk worms. Just have to catch them when the shipment comes in before they get too big.
Where in Washington. I'm a bit north of Seattle and might be able to help with a well stocked pet store. Aside from that Rainbow Mealworms is usually pretty good shipping up here though a little slower the last few months with the covid s$%t.
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I used these to build a sort of framework that supports the foam for the water feature in the Paludarium build. Can try to dig up some photos of the process later.
I am not sure if dragonstrand ships to UK, but wouldn't hurt to ask. If not you may be able to come up with something similar made of wood.
Smaller sticks you could just poke in to it once its cured, and they would stay. For bigger things I foamed in a few pieces of grape vine, and used those as...