jeff kushner
Well-Known Member
I'm still waiting for Matilda's new "Tiny home" to arrive. When you pay 32 bucks delivered for a 20 gal glass aquarium, apparently, you have to wait while it is being fabbed? Didn't I order that on the 19th? I'm teasing of course.....the cool thing is the stuff I've learned about "formation" in an aquarium. They use the pink or blue closed cell insulation board, fab the general shapes and heights of various surfaces, then they use the foam insulation that you buy at the Dollar store and layer it on the walls for effects under a waterfall. It seals all joints and allows damming for water....then while still wet, sprinkle with dirt...Wa LA!
I'm thinking of incorporating some of this in Matilda's winter home but more the spray for separating the different substrates. It's a cool material when installed on a wall, because of the nooks and crannies it supports mosses, algae and fern growth. She's a turtle and is she wants to dig a hole, I want her to be able to dig, not hit styrofoam board so I'm not think of it for any part of her base but we'll see.
I'm planning on dividing the 24" width into slices, each the 12" depth of her home. By using the foam dams between spaces, I can minimize substrate migration...and keep it nicer, longer. We'll see how that goes. I don't think she's going to care that I want her to have a well kept home if it's going to be in my bedroom....but she sure loved that concierge service that came with living indoors!!
jeff
I'm thinking of incorporating some of this in Matilda's winter home but more the spray for separating the different substrates. It's a cool material when installed on a wall, because of the nooks and crannies it supports mosses, algae and fern growth. She's a turtle and is she wants to dig a hole, I want her to be able to dig, not hit styrofoam board so I'm not think of it for any part of her base but we'll see.
I'm planning on dividing the 24" width into slices, each the 12" depth of her home. By using the foam dams between spaces, I can minimize substrate migration...and keep it nicer, longer. We'll see how that goes. I don't think she's going to care that I want her to have a well kept home if it's going to be in my bedroom....but she sure loved that concierge service that came with living indoors!!
jeff