I've always wanted to try one of this builds This one came up great! I had a good laugh when you tried to get the background into the cabinet! I had the same issue in my last foam build 🤣 Keep an eye on leaks apparently that's the only real weakness in these cabinets.
I really like that you prebuilt on styrofoam board and not directly on the glass. Good luck with your springtails and isopods! Looking forward to a follow up.
Thanks! What makes it super nice is the foam board isn’t even siliconed to the back glass. This way I can take it out for maintenance or easy moving if I ever need to! I’ll be back with an update soon!!
Thanks so much! It's definitely an awesome low-maintenance piece! I do nothing other than spray it down daily, but you could even automate that with a misting system!
dude this is awesome, i just know your channel is gonna have a massive grow in followers considering this is your first video, so much skill!! the terrarium looks sick🔥
Looks awesome. You can apply substrate directly to the wet expanding foam and skip carving and silicone. Ever Evolving Exotics does it on all his builds. Makes sense. The foam is stickier than the silicone.
Definitely could have done that. However, I decided against it as I wanted to have direct control over the shape of my background. Expanding foam tends to expand in directions you don't always intend it to, but that method would have definitely saved me a lot of time!
@@SaltedCarmel yeah I’ve been wanting to do something with my son.. a small ecosystem or something. This is great. I’d love to do a salt aquarium again but make it much smaller. Maybe 25 gal and after I move so I don’t ever have to break it down. lol. Subbed and looking forward to updates. I also noticed people mentioning these rare plants being sold at big stores for cheap all of a sudden. It’s all over Reddit. You know more about that than me but a heads up if not too late to find any. - Pete
@@peter-radiantpipes2800 Thanks for the heads-up! I'll definitely keep an eye out for those rare plants. A small ecosystem would definitely be awesome to make with your son. Maybe I'll make a small saltwater ecosystem at some point!
@@plant-a-holic The light simply rests on top of the terrarium. I used one of the glass shelves instead of the metal top to allow the light to get through! Hope that makes sense!
The cabinet was $78 from IKEA. I purchased about $50 worth of plants, but I also used some plants I already had at home. Substrate was about $30 and silicone, expanding foam, and foam board was around $40. I'd say this project is pretty easily done under $250. Hope that helps!
I saw his video on it, but to be honest it was just a way to have a larger enclosure for less than the price of any big-brand tank! SerpaDesign used glass panels to build his own, but I just used the whole shelf!
This is amazing! But will you please not change and go into the internet voice like how dr plants did? He was so calm and now he is like screaming and so annoying. I really enjoyed this so please stay this calm
