Paludarium How To

The type of the substrate mostly depends on the animals you are planning to keep.

Paludarium how to. Once the plants are in place it s time to add the water. I created this to house freshwater fish along with some fauna and flora. I have built multiple aquariums and paludariums over the years and thought this would be a good place to do a step by step instructions on what i did note.

The first stage and one of the cleverest bits. A plaudarium can typically be thought of as being separated into the canopy which is the top layer the land and then the water. Every paludarium needs the proper lighting setup.

More wood goes down hiding the tanks behind. So do your research beforehand. Water works and circulation inside the paludarium.

After your tank is fully cycled you can add your inhabitants. We can use the same water in the aquatic or the aquarium part in the paudarium to make an artificial rain by using pump and drilled plastic pipes with small holes the pump will pump the water to the upper pipe which drilled with a tny holes to diffuse the water. I install a shelf at the waterline level to hold the land.

Large mopani wood is strategically placed to create the waterfall with petrified wood placed around it. The more technical paludarium involves creating a land area. As with a regular aquarium you ll need to cycle the tank to establish the proper bacteria which will break down ammonia and nitrites.

Firstly clean the land portion of the paludarium by trimming the dead leaves of the plants. The elements of a paludarium should flow together but there is also a bit of a separation between them. How dean set up his paludarium.