Making a tank and was going to use cork board, layered and covered in silicone coated gravel. But have begun to worry that the cork board might disintegrate or the glue will leak?

Has anyone done this before? Will the silicone coating provide enough water proofing to nullify this issue?

I have a plan for a paludarium

A paludarium with one side resembling a tropical forest and the other side a tropical grassland(savannah) a deep river separating the two. each of the different areas mentioned I was hoping could have their own ecosystem and food chain in place

the animals I am going to populate it with will not have co-existed in the wild and each will fill their own roles in the ecosystem by natural selection(those who aren't fit will go extinct or fill a different role)

Hi all, I recently made my first paludarium in my 20-gallon tank, and I’m overjoyed with it!
To get to the point, I have a few plants that imitate trees and grow well above the tank's height, and the back of the paludarium also reaches the top of the tank.
I understand that springtails and isopods are essential for a paludarium, but because of the plants and the background, I can’t put a lid on the tank.
Any tips on how to keep springtails and isopods from escaping?

I'm a complete newbie so I have a few questions. Yesterday I got the larger ÅKERBÄR greenhouse from the well-known Swedish house.

I also got Styrupor, Beumarkt's own tile adhesive, sealing rubber and acrylic. The plan is to seal the (door) with the rubber seals and make it leak-proof at the bottom with the acrylic.

It should be a plant tank with high humidity because I'm very interested in that. I now wanted to make a back wall out of Styrupor.

I would cut the wall so that it fits in well and then take it out again for further processing and then attach it later with arcly when it is finished.

Now I don't read anything clear there, hence my question.

Once I've finished the wall that I like, I would probably apply a few layers of tile adhesive to it because of its structure, according to the internet. Afterwards I would like to apply a nice color, but I'm still unsure whether a light one would be better or a dark one, as the plants might show up better with a dark one.

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Now the question is, do I have to seal it once I have painted the tile adhesive? I don't find anything consistent there. Some say yes, because it attracts water and at some point the tile adhesive soaks and dissolves. Others say no if you just use sand instead of paint. Or you can probably use varnish, which doesn't matter to the plants as long as no animals get in. Many people also say that you have to seal it with wood glue or resin. So I won't be conclusive here.

I think sand might look nicer and the crabs could burrow in there, but I'm worried about it clogging my pump for the waterfall

I'm not sure the volume of my container or the percentage of water; it's 16" to the lip and 13" across the widest points, and a hexagon. There's 3" of water, but only an inch is above the substrate and even then only in 1/3 of the container.

We put springtails in when it was built, but I have seen zero sign of them since then, but I'm not sure what to look for besides the springtails themselves. There is charcoal in the very bottom and some potting soil behind the fluval.

The Monte Carlo is growing in and just above the water, but the leaves that have died in the transfer process are just sitting there rotting. Is there anything that can be done about this besides trying to scoop it out?

I have an aquarium that has miniature ramshorn snails and Malaysian trumpet snails In excess. I keep wanting to transfer a scoop of snails over to the paludarium, but feel like sending them over there just to die is a little cruel. Even if they are pest snails.

Could a few snails live in such small quarters? Will they actually eat the dead leaves? Does anyone have any better ideas besides the obvious of manually.

Link to pics, because I didn't realize the help flair removed them.

I'm in the research stage for my first paludarium, and I'm caught between tree frogs and vampire crabs. I really like the design of this tank (and want a water area for shrimps to go in mine), but from everything else I've read this seems like there'd be too much water for tree frogs. What do you think?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xBPjLvNUP7k&t=599s&pp=ygUdVml2YXJpdW0gZm9yIHdoaXRlcyB0cmVlIGZyb2c%3D

I’m thinking of making my 54l horizontal tank a paludarium of sorts. Is it too small for any animals to keep long term?

It’s an Eheim Aquastar 54

As i said in the title i want any ideas for a reptile (preferably not snake and under 70$) it will be a 450L paludarium (50 cm high) and about half will be filled with water and fish in it. So i wonderd what kind of reptile/frog would be good for something like this and that would be active during day. :)