@hannahworley3336 Thankyou so much, if you have any friends etc that you think would like my content I'd Super appreciate the help growing the channel.
Ok, love your work. Some suggestions for you. F off the misting go for a resevoir with a silicone tube and a wick for moss wall watering. You can do a trough or pipe as the "spray bar" on top of the moss wall. 1/16 inch holes every 1/2 inch along the bar/trough bottom of course. 1 strand of a 4 strand yarn (acrylic) pushed through each hole with a little tail sticking out the bottom 1/8th of an inch. Water flows down the tube gravity fed and floods the pipe the wicks control the speed of drops. Too many drops make the wick tighter in the hole. Not enough flow loosen the wick smaller diameter yarn. Use silicone tube so you can avoid a bulk head fitting on the resevoir. Drill a hole 1/64th of an inchsmaller than your tube. Cut a long tip on the tube that you can put through the hole and grab from the inside. Pull the point tube so there is a stretch to it and pull into the hole. When you release the silicone tube it goes back to shape and seals the hole job done. I use HDPE containers for reservoirs, milk jugs, buckets, etc. The plastic doesn't crack or leach chemicals. This has worked no leaks through glass and plastic for 4 years. Auto fill the resevoir with RO water and an irrigation or dish washer solenoid on a timer. Or just fill it with a spray nozzle from the mister. Plants for the floor hydrocoytle (aqarium plant) creeping jenny (not sure if you can get it there) common annual pot plant here it comes in a chartreuse green. Niether will climb like the fig but will clamber up to maybe 12 inches. Behind the sphagnum topping you want to stuff the hex holes with a wicking substrate. Peatmoss works great tree fern fiber would also do kind of ok. You need the retention of the peat since its vertical. And the wicking to spread the water evenly. Lock it in with live moss or dry sphagnum. Plant pilea sp. In the moss walls and a butterwort or two for any gnats. Do the ceiling planting with a less vigorous grower or it will push itself off the shelf more pilea or even a trailing suculent of some kind. Dichondra I think. The creeping fig will get up there, within a year it will be climbing the ceiling of a 4 ft tall viv. I just make a precipitation ceiling on my vivs so i can water everything with rain drops vs mist. And a fogging at 20 minutes 3 times each night. If you want to really amp up growth rates put a heat mat on the outside of the wall so it makes the soil 70-75⁰F your lights might already do that. Hit me up for questions or to tell me off 😂
@dshobe720 thanks for the tips I have been thinking of trying a reservoir that the misting system fills. I have a moss wall in another enclosure that just has misting nozzles pointing at it and it works great. But always a million different ways to do things.
@CopperheadCustoms I am in North Carolina on the coast. Anoles and squirrel tree frog. I used to keep more but got out of it. Still I kept plants all along. I'm just north of sub-tropical as far as temps go maybe a week or 2 of 20⁰ F with long spring and fall times. Oriental is the closest town to me if you want to Google earth it. I'm eventually planning on a green salamander enclosure because cliffs are one of my favorite environments. The personality of anoles and their constant activity is why I like them. I have seen lots of cool snakes and turtles road cruising home or to work. Corn snakes, rat snakes, mud snakes, green snake, king snake, timber rattlesnakes, five lined skinks spotted turtles, eastern box turtles, eastern mud turtles, and snapping turtles. I am a handyman for work so I have liked to design vivariums for years. I also used to landscape which taught me about irrigation systems and plants. I'm 6 ft 2 inches and 275 pounds, so naturally I like small things like moss lol. Where abouts are you in Australia?
@CopperheadCustoms that's what I thought i remembered. Are you still working with the custom cage builder? Have you seen the pvc branches that are heated and shaped into pleasing perches then faux painted to resemble wood? Also exotic enrichment on Instagram makes this 3D printed hollow hexagon panel ball for ball pythons to use like a jungle gym. I would think a branch structure more complex would look better and feel more natural to a snake. Why not construct a tree or shrub? And since you have built a shrub armature out of hollow pvc pipes why not hook a humidifier hose into it and let it do some morning fogging through the branches.is that something your pythons would respond too?
This is so cool. I cant wait to see the progress and end result.
Very, VERY cool bro, this is gonna be epic! Can't wait for part 2
Thanks brother.
I’m always excited to see new stuff from you. Great work as usual.
@hannahworley3336 Thankyou so much, if you have any friends etc that you think would like my content I'd Super appreciate the help growing the channel.
Ok, love your work. Some suggestions for you. F off the misting go for a resevoir with a silicone tube and a wick for moss wall watering. You can do a trough or pipe as the "spray bar" on top of the moss wall. 1/16 inch holes every 1/2 inch along the bar/trough bottom of course. 1 strand of a 4 strand yarn (acrylic) pushed through each hole with a little tail sticking out the bottom 1/8th of an inch. Water flows down the tube gravity fed and floods the pipe the wicks control the speed of drops. Too many drops make the wick tighter in the hole. Not enough flow loosen the wick smaller diameter yarn. Use silicone tube so you can avoid a bulk head fitting on the resevoir. Drill a hole 1/64th of an inchsmaller than your tube. Cut a long tip on the tube that you can put through the hole and grab from the inside. Pull the point tube so there is a stretch to it and pull into the hole. When you release the silicone tube it goes back to shape and seals the hole job done. I use HDPE containers for reservoirs, milk jugs, buckets, etc. The plastic doesn't crack or leach chemicals. This has worked no leaks through glass and plastic for 4 years. Auto fill the resevoir with RO water and an irrigation or dish washer solenoid on a timer. Or just fill it with a spray nozzle from the mister. Plants for the floor hydrocoytle (aqarium plant) creeping jenny (not sure if you can get it there) common annual pot plant here it comes in a chartreuse green. Niether will climb like the fig but will clamber up to maybe 12 inches. Behind the sphagnum topping you want to stuff the hex holes with a wicking substrate. Peatmoss works great tree fern fiber would also do kind of ok. You need the retention of the peat since its vertical. And the wicking to spread the water evenly. Lock it in with live moss or dry sphagnum. Plant pilea sp. In the moss walls and a butterwort or two for any gnats. Do the ceiling planting with a less vigorous grower or it will push itself off the shelf more pilea or even a trailing suculent of some kind. Dichondra I think. The creeping fig will get up there, within a year it will be climbing the ceiling of a 4 ft tall viv. I just make a precipitation ceiling on my vivs so i can water everything with rain drops vs mist. And a fogging at 20 minutes 3 times each night. If you want to really amp up growth rates put a heat mat on the outside of the wall so it makes the soil 70-75⁰F your lights might already do that. Hit me up for questions or to tell me off 😂
@dshobe720 thanks for the tips I have been thinking of trying a reservoir that the misting system fills. I have a moss wall in another enclosure that just has misting nozzles pointing at it and it works great. But always a million different ways to do things.
@@dshobe720 what part of the world are you from and what species are you keeping?
@CopperheadCustoms I am in North Carolina on the coast. Anoles and squirrel tree frog. I used to keep more but got out of it. Still I kept plants all along. I'm just north of sub-tropical as far as temps go maybe a week or 2 of 20⁰ F with long spring and fall times. Oriental is the closest town to me if you want to Google earth it. I'm eventually planning on a green salamander enclosure because cliffs are one of my favorite environments. The personality of anoles and their constant activity is why I like them. I have seen lots of cool snakes and turtles road cruising home or to work. Corn snakes, rat snakes, mud snakes, green snake, king snake, timber rattlesnakes, five lined skinks spotted turtles, eastern box turtles, eastern mud turtles, and snapping turtles. I am a handyman for work so I have liked to design vivariums for years. I also used to landscape which taught me about irrigation systems and plants. I'm 6 ft 2 inches and 275 pounds, so naturally I like small things like moss lol. Where abouts are you in Australia?
@dshobe720 Victoria so bottom of the east coast.
@CopperheadCustoms that's what I thought i remembered. Are you still working with the custom cage builder? Have you seen the pvc branches that are heated and shaped into pleasing perches then faux painted to resemble wood? Also exotic enrichment on Instagram makes this 3D printed hollow hexagon panel ball for ball pythons to use like a jungle gym. I would think a branch structure more complex would look better and feel more natural to a snake. Why not construct a tree or shrub? And since you have built a shrub armature out of hollow pvc pipes why not hook a humidifier hose into it and let it do some morning fogging through the branches.is that something your pythons would respond too?