finished working on my redone set up(still have to add leaves but that's a task for later). It's home to a mix of powder isopods and a TON of springtails. Plants used are nerve plant, peace lilly, silver satin pothos, a bunch of random moss I collected outside. This whole setup was pretty cheap, the plants being most of the cost. I got lucky and found the terrarium itself by a dumpster. The foam backing, silicon, wood, and cork were the other big costs, but overall not bad.
Second slide is my two springtail colonies. First was from petsmart, but I added some sphagnum moss for moisture retention. Second one I made my own using some leca, some more moss, and a fine mesh repurposed from some garlic (washed first) I want a ton of them for my setup since I have a bad fungus gnat problem and heard they can outcompete pretty well.
Third slide was two of my isopods. I've never seen powders get stripes like that. Cool!
I had initially built everything a month ago but I realized that I hadn't done it very well and decided to redo from scratch, which meant I had to collect all my items and plants from it and store them in buckets and bags for a few days while the silicon from the backdrop dried. i am very thankful to still have a thriving isopod population and an abundance of springtails. Also glad my plants didn't die while waiting.
Let me know if you see anything wrong or have tips to improve!
by EnvironmentalEmu3290
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