When we repainted the kitchen, Jay knew it was the perfect time to redo his aquarium (since he had to drain it to move it anyway). We had only a single fish living within it's darkness anyway (which we tried to save during the move, but it was too much stress on a very old fish). Rather than clean the tank and set it right back up, Jay decided to remodel it and turn it into a paludarium.
(He also made a planter to hang above it with a cedar board he cut from the yard AND made a new wood hood to cover his new lighting system)
Once it was complete, he added a lot of the tank items he already had on hand, then scavenged the yard for a few more cool pieces of rock and wood, made a planter box out of slate tiles, and hiked around our ravine to find some plants (which we later added to with some air plants and resurrection fern that we purchased). After it had settled for a week or so, he added some fish (neon tetras, rasbora, kuhli loaches, and catfish), shrimp, and snails. Once he has the aquatic fauna stabilized, he'll be adding some salamanders and/or newts. It's looking really nice and the whole family (including the cats) are enjoying stopping to watch the animals roam around the tank!
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