Oops i did it again...jacksons china cabinet enclosure

Sunnysenorita

Sunnysenorita

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Ok converting furniture into bioactive cham mansions is way too fun! I'm 90% done this one, my dude Tito seems to be enjoying it. I need to trim that excess pond liner and paint the bottom cabinet black(dont worry, low VOC paint and right next to open window). I'm also still waiting on my 36" 6500k plant light. I have a staghorn fern I'm going to mount on the back toward the top and I need to get some leaf litter in there today, otherwise it's done! I'm getting a juvenile veiled tomorrow, but I'm running out of space for china cabinets ??
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originalgangle said:
whats the backing?? And can you describe the drainage system used? Im working on a similar project, right now!
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I painted the whole inside, including the back, with 2 coats of drylok. Then I painted on gorilla glue and pressed coco fiber and sphagnum moss onto the background. The gorilla glue expands so you have to keep pressing it down for the first 20 minutes or so after you apply it. I did another bigger enclosure like this for my panther and for that one I wanted built in planters on the background so I used great stuff foam then silicone and coco fiber. Gorilla glue is DEFINITELY the way to go unless you absolutely want built-in planters.
For drainage I used another members idea of putting a length of 3/4" pvc pipe with small holes drilled in the bottom 2 inches and stuck it down into my drainage layer. If water ever does build up, I can just put an aquarium vaccum hose down the pipe and siphon up the sitting water. My other bioactive enclosure has the same thing and it's been running for 2+months now and I haven't had any sitting water yet.
 
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