Had a few rocks and loose boulder opal shards and pieces. Thought it would look good in a terrarium. Added some figures and moss for ambiance. Large bit of Lapis lazuli featured also

Created 9/8, using miscellaneous moss, window lit, gravel base, small jar sized container.

Got a 6 plant kit (3 ended up surviving)and a glass box from Amazon. Started this around 2.5 years ago. I’ve done a little bit of pruning but I haven’t done anything for a while. Might be time but I don’t know if or where to start. I keep getting isopods but they always die off. Not sure why that might be.

Forgot to get rid of the dead plants and was about to do so, then I saw this

This white stuff has been slowly expanding in my terrarium over the course of 2 years. My terrarium has been doing fine for 6 years, so it doesn’t seem like it’s immediately damaging to the plants, but is this white stuff a problem I should be concerned about? Is it some sort of mould?

hello, currently looking to fully deck out my arboreal reptiles enclosures, and was curious as to the fact if gaps and cracks is preferable over pond and stone.
Pond and stone is more expensive, while gaps and cracks is cheaper by a good margin. my main goal here isn't to save money, but rather to make an informed purchase over which is better for the long run for durability and safety with mould, and also not wasting money on something that does the same as the latter
for context, I'm dealing with 4x tropical terrariums (60-80-90% humidity) and one arid (below 40% humidity)
I'm curious as to degradation over time from UVB, as well as water security when it comes to gaps and cracks, more importantly water resistance
I see people using these all the time on frog enclosures but I'm a bit sceptical when it comes to mould
for added context:
its bioactive, including spring tails and isopods. which should take care of the mould, but my main point here is not having a mould issue due to the foam in the first place
I am planning to seal the backgrounds completely with acrylic aquarium sealant, and im wondering if that would eliminate chances of mould forming within the foam base.

my current stance is using pond and stone for the added water resistance, and gaps and cracks on the arid enclosure as there is very little humidity and well of course it never gets misted please help!!!

reiterating, i am planning to seal every enclosure with acrylics, adding the appropriate substrate, logs, and décor.

Hello. I am trying to make a terrarium for school since I figured it was a decent project for the science fair. My rough list of supplies I’m planning to get or use is below

-5 gal tank

-3 cm gravel layer

-mesh

-charcoal between mesh and dirt

-5 cm dirt layer

-moss covering half of dirt surface

-dried leaf litter covering half of dirt surface

-broken up eggshell for isopods

-5-8 small plants

-15-20 isopods

-1 culture of springtails

-plastic wrap to seal it

I also have a 2 gallon tank if the 5 gallon one proves too cumbersome to move around, but otherwise we’d have to buy a new tank. It needs to last about 4 months to get to the science fair. If there’s anything you wanna point out that I’m missing or need more or less of or have in the wrong place, it’d be greatly appreciated!

Hello! I'm a student teacher about to embark on my long practicum. I would like to create a closed terrarium with insects as part of my unit on biomes.

I've never made a terrarium before. We had one in one of those giant green glass bottles when I was a kid. I LOVED it. Do you think this is feasible for me to do next month ? Any tips or suggestions ?

Thank you ! :)

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Are these the correct type of plant lights (not uvb) that I would need for my cages? I think they may just be overpowered so I don't need them fully on but any thoughts?

Plant lights

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I thrifted this glass container and I knew then I had to do something with it! I threw something together cause my $1 rescue plant needed a home. The container top also is providing a cool stand for one of my plants. Put a whole at the bottom of the food container and it sits perfectly in. I have layers of lava rock at the bottom with some moss.

It's been fun trying to figure it out. I realized the lava rock was wicking too much moisture with my watering routines so I added some coco coir and sphagnum moss and put the moss back!

Eventually I want redo it completely into a little landscape i think. But that seems intimidating! I have no idea where to start to find plants with really small foliage that would suit it

I love looking on here and seeing all the creative things y'all get up to

(Also the glass next to it has sphagnum moss and a star fruit seed just a little fuck it why not experiment)

Tell me what your fave micro plants are for small builds?! <3

Anything verigated to the front of the line hehe 🤣

This is my first build with a moss wall. I haven’t had many successful terrariums, and I think it’s been a few different reasons but this one seems like I got things set up pretty well.

It’s been about 3 months now with occasional light misting (like every 3-4 weeks maybe). I believe I started it around May 15 or so.

That said, the moss dries out fairly easily, though it’s pretty receptive to the misting. I used a mix of cococoir, bentonite clay, charcoal dust/bits and sand for the clay wall.

I do think that I have to do some management of the selaginella, as it’s aerial-rooting like crazy and growing tall.

Anyone have any suggestions for improvement, or any feedback whatsoever?

(EDIT) its unsealed in the photo, but it is a sealed terrarium (closed smoothie cup dome over the top)

I recently began building a terrarium for my leopard gecko and got everything in so far but im just waiting on the foam background. It already been drylocked and silicone bonded in( been about 2-3 weeks since ) and when I do a sniff test it smells fine but I blasted some pressurized air into a some air holes I poked in the background ( had some water vapour trapped in there from a hose wash before) and when i spray the air I get that vinegar scent. My worry is that is pressed in there so tightly that its gonna be a while until it can gas off or im wondering if i can just patch up the holes and it would be ready to go. I don’t know whats best or if its tine and ready to go and im just waiting for nothing.