My Emersed Terrarium? - "Lost World"

Over the last few days i have been thinking about a terrarium but using emersed aquatic plants & moss, I'm unsure what to call it so My Emersed Terrarium?

Anyway here are the details and a few pictures.

Dennerle 30L 30X30X45 Aquarium
Crazy Stuff expanding foam
Gorilla Glue
Exo-Terra Forest Bark
Exo-Terra Plantation Soil
Exo-Terra Jungle Earth
John Innes No.3

All of the above except for the expanding foam (£9.99) i already had in the garage from previous projects.

so we start with an empty tank



and a tin of expanding foam



then i mixed the Forest Bark, Plantation Soil & Jungle Earth to get different textures.



after brushing on the gorilla glue i pressed on the substrate mixture.



and let it dry.





as this is an experiment i decided on using my left over moss mix which contained.

Sphag moss to help with the moisure
Vesicularia dubyana 'Christmas'
Taxiphyllum sp. 'Flame'
Taxiphyllum barbieri 'Java'
Vesicularia ferriei 'Weeping'
Monosolenium tenerum 'Pellia'
Riccardia Chamedryfolia 'Mini Pellia'

and to my surprise i found the moss had been growing in the container over the last few weeks, the container was on the shelf under a t5 light unopened for all this time.



then i took the mix and rubbed it in.









after this i sprayed and sealed the tank with cling film.

For the plants im still deciding but thinking maybe crypt parva, Lilaeopsis brasiliensis, we will see.

full tank shot to follow as taking pictures today was hard as it was very sunny and i had light from all directions?

 

If the moss continues to grow like it did in the container I will be very happy

 

Full tanks shots




im also thinking about adding some root wood to the scape?

 

Cheers roy we are thinking along the same lines here, I do have 3 pieces of the root wood about the same size as in the picture but did not want to over do it was maybe thinking two pieces?

Should I add moss the the roots or mini pelia or leave as is?

I have the tank under a t5 plant pro tube but also added a 11w dennerle compact aswell to promote growth, to much light?

 

I agree with aging the roots was thinking of rubbing soil into it alittle aswell not to much.

I will have a play around with the root positions all from the ground or maybe one up and one down?

As for plants im thinking very small leafed ones here and there maybe a mini java fern crypts parva, nevellii the odd bit of glosso or hc, hair grass etc just thinking really and getting ideas as I dont really want a large plant to take all the attention.

 

"Lost World" it is

 

Thanks all

Ill get some images of the root wood later to give more of an idea

 

Im thinking more of a damp mossy undergrowth with the odd root / vine and single plants here and there

 

Some Inspiration

Images from google

 

I did think about chopping the wood up into single pieces and placing them randomly around / sticking them out of the background, this will also help to keep the depth with the odd root coming out of the moss.