No room for more - what do you do?

[Wrebbitrocks]

make your windows bay windows, "borrow" bread crates from behind stores , and use your guest room NOT for guests also drive ways and porches can be enclosed. summer outdoors, and use the flowering ones for decoration in the living room/bathroom/dining table/ nightstands. you may fit some more

[keithrs]

I was looking at a 1100 gal full wall tank the other day..... They wanted 1700 for it.....

[Vanda lover]

Originally Posted by Wrebbitrocks

make your windows bay windows, "borrow" bread crates from behind stores , and use your guest room NOT for guests also drive ways and porches can be enclosed. summer outdoors, and use the flowering ones for decoration in the living room/bathroom/dining table/ nightstands. you may fit some more

Great ideas! I do have a basement guest room with small windows. A few t5's would solve that. I have been eyeing our lovely front porch. If we enclose that, the cymbidiums would be very happy. We need to enlarge the one South facing window in my art studio. It's where most are crowded in right now with their Sunblaster.

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Originally Posted by keithrs

I was looking at a 1100 gal full wall tank the other day..... They wanted 1700 for it.....

I can picture a whole lot of miniature rain forest in there.
A little waterfall and some froggies would be so cool!

[Orchidreamer]

I buy small plastic baskets that can fit on my windowsill, and I hang them from my window. I also hang some individual plants from wire or handmade thread hangers.

Here's the most populated window:

[Vanda lover]

That's a good idea. I have a window that looks a lot like that, except that I have vanda baskets.

[Paul Mc]

Ooooh, where did you find that tank at Keithrs? I'm looking at a few companies that do custom made work, but the issue is that I would have to have this massive thing shipped to me! I suppose if I could get a glass cutter to do all the glas cutting for me, I know how to use terrarium glue and test it. Lighting would not be an issue, and neither would temperature range as it would be on an outside thick brick wall space.

The only issue is - where the heck am I going to put the furniture that's there?!!! LOL.... Serious, running out of space in this house! LOL...

[silken]

Originally Posted by Paul Mc

The only issue is - where the heck am I going to put the furniture that's there?!!! LOL.... Serious, running out of space in this house! LOL...

Have you considered moving??

[Paul Mc]

Oh yes - that has been in my mind - gotta do what you gotta do for you chids, lol...

[Paul]

Originally Posted by keithrs

I was looking at a 1100 gal full wall tank the other day..... They wanted 1700 for it.....

That's actually a pretty good deal. (And the options for an attractive set-up with that much room could be staggering!) Maybe you can have "Santa" deliver it for you.

[keithrs]

Originally Posted by Paul Mc

Ooooh, where did you find that tank at Keithrs? I'm looking at a few companies that do custom made work, but the issue is that I would have to have this massive thing shipped to me! I suppose if I could get a glass cutter to do all the glas cutting for me, I know how to use terrarium glue and test it. Lighting would not be an issue, and neither would temperature range as it would be on an outside thick brick wall space.

The only issue is - where the heck am I going to put the furniture that's there?!!! LOL.... Serious, running out of space in this house! LOL...

I saw it that the saltwater aquarium store(I was picking up a new terrarium and some Ca supplement). It was 15'x6'x2' and made from 1" think acrylic plastic. It was in closed in black melanin. It would probably cost you two arms, one leg, and back to ship it and have some help to install it. It was glued together and enclosed....

I'm not sure how your handy skills are but, I would make it myself out of 1/4-3/8" acrylic. 1" is way over kill for a terrarium. Plastic is fairly easy to cut with a skill or jig saw. Maybe if you wanted to enclose it with wood you could hire a finish carpenter to do that..... The tank would be the cheap part.... You would have to put lighting, humidifier, misting system, temp control, materials to set it up.... so on. But I think it well worth the expense.

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Originally Posted by Paul

That's actually a pretty good deal. (And the options for an attractive set-up with that much room could be staggering!) Maybe you can have "Santa" deliver it for you.

Yes sir... I thought that was a very good deal, a steal in fact!

I actually bought a 70 tall for $120 with top and a 2 tube T-5 light.

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