{"id":928,"date":"2020-04-11T21:13:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T19:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paluweb.nl\/?p=928"},"modified":"2020-05-24T09:45:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T07:45:05","slug":"paludarium-2-5-small-but-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paluweb.nl\/?p=928","title":{"rendered":"Paludarium 2.5: Small but nice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yes I admit. I have been building a paludarium without writing about any of it..! So trying to make things right, here is my current setup.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

My last post on the current paludarium was around building a new cabinet under “some new paludarium”. Well, that paludarium was actually completed quite a while ago, and here it is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paludarium 2019 (or version 2.5). 50x50x120cm, 30cm of water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So this paluadarium has been running for over a year already, in fact almost two years at the time of this writing. It was inspired by my wife: “Designing something you want will take years. Why not build a simple version that you can enjoy NOW while designing something new?”. And I did just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Keep It Simple? Well ehh..<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Well maybe not THAT simple: I (re)used many electronics and code I already had build in Paludarium 2015. So I had quite a nice setup almost ready to go anyway. Here is a quick peek on the stuff in the cabinet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Under Paludarium 2.5. Still quite busy, but it keeps the inhabitants happy \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Taking a look under the paludarium, you can see on the lower left there is a 6L supply of osmosis water with a pump on top. This is for the rain. Top left shows part of the external filter (Eheim Professional 4+ 350). On the right there is a 12V power adapter, a Rapsberry Pi, an Arduino Uno and some relays and IRF540 FET output PCBs (readily bought from Ebay).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of this magic allows me to control everything I need to for a simple setup: There are three high power LEDs on top (1x warm white, 1x natural white, 1x RGB+cold white). An array of 5x40mm fans on top blow fresh air into the paludarium. All controlled by PWM so I can dim the leds and speed-control the fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even with this simple setup I manage to do nice day and night lighting, and getting the moisture above 90% at night and around 60% during the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inhabitants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Inside there is, as always, fish. 20 tetras (Paracheirodon axelrodi<\/em>), 6 Pygmy Corydoras (Corydoras Pygmaeus<\/em>), 6 marthae hatchetfish (Carnegiella marthae<\/em>) and some leftovers from all over \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But by far the most interesting addition is creatures living on land. I’ve never had those before and I love them: Red eye Maki frogs! (Agalychnis callidryas<\/em>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red Eye Maki frog stuck to the front window. Usually alseep during the day, but this time he woke up early \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yes they smile. They do! Notice how wide open his eyes are; when taking this image it was already very dark.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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