r/terrariums

Hi, wanted to build large vivarium in my new apartment. The skeleton would be made with aluminum v profile 40mm40mm, insulated with styrofoam and outer walls made with thin pvc sheet. What do you thing about current structural integrity? The desired dimensions would be 150cm x 100cm x 200cm. Please don't hesitate to share your additional tips or ideas, cheers!

link to 3d model: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/8cZOG55Kect-vivarium?sharecode=NVGxStm-9y1dwh_yPHsS9gchZOC5LFMUwofUL6qWKYo

I got this lovely round glass, & am placing it on a shelf so like the small tradescantia & ceropegia woodii drape down. Got another 2 tradescantias & one begonia (b. Mazae nigricans) at a plant swap & want to put it in.

(The spider plant has been repotted elsewhere, I liked it as a baby but it grew out of its mini pot) I also have a small papyrus but I think the others like dryer conditions compared to the papyrus. I would also love to add a small asparagus fern to the back, not sure it would tolerate it though!

I want to fill it less - so it's not as much just another pot - and have leftover beach sand, gravel & houseplant potting soil. Will this do for layers?

For context, this is on a smallish Philo Birkin that I've kept in a glass cloche for around 3-4 months and haven't opened it to water it at all until today.

It sits on a shelf about 3ft from an east facing window that gets bright sun for 4-5ish hours in the summer, plus grow lights for when the sun disappears above my building.

My gut said springtails just because of the terrarium conditions and I assume they're on the leaves because the soil is bone dry now and there's often condensation in the mornings at the top of the cloche, where these leaves touch the glass.

But I still want some more opinions juuust in case I'm wrong.

Any advice for these tanks that I’m selling?

Thought I'd be fun, I see a lot of people's have lights but idk how realistic these lighting additions are. I wanna get some mushrooms in this one. :)

Just found it outside on my pepper plant, was wondering if it would be ok to add to a small terrarium? I know probably not but just wanted to see. Baby bunny is unrelated just thought it was a nice pic

First one in a long time, made to resemble the local dry area here in croatia. Think it turned out good.

I have a fern in there that isn't doing too hot, but otherwise everything else is green. It moves around the enclosure.

EDIT: thank you all ❤️ I'm going to love my lil new amoeba 🫶 glad to know my terrarium isn't suffering!

Hey I bought a live moss cave from from petco it says its for terrariums and was wondering if anyone can help me identify the moss?

I feel as if she did an amazing job and as someone who has been making them for close to a decade it brings me so much joy to bring her into this hobby!

What's this in my terrarium? Is it mold?

I put a vine root from a store there. What am I supposed to do with it? Won't it destroy the plants?

(I have bromeliads there. Hemi-closed terrarium, cca 10 l, made a week ago)

The one in the jar is Francine. I made her about two months ago and I didn’t know what I was doing. She looks more like a planter than a terrarium but I’m still happy with her overall!

The one with the geometric container is The Rainforest which I made about a month ago. I planned her out a bit more and did more work on making a scene with more hardscape.

I just got the lights today as I will tend to get a flashlight and stare at them for what seems like forever lol. Not sure if I’ll keep these lights in particular but if I do then I’ll find a way to make them look better and more permanent.

I’m hoping that Francine will last me a really long time while The Rainforest is more of an experiment. I used a lot of materials around here and love seeing what I get! I got a couple mushrooms, local springtails, a tiny spider, some sort of interesting looking fungus and the plants seem to be doing well! My poor moon valley lost a leaf so he’s recovering but he’s hanging in there!

What do you all think?

Est-ce qu'on pourrait me dire s'ils sont comestibles où quels variétés sont mes champignons ?