{"id":34180,"date":"2021-07-09T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petcare.econlux.de\/building-a-paludarium-part-4-the-technology-for-the-rainforest\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T18:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:18:15","slug":"building-a-paludarium-part-4-the-technology-for-the-rainforest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petcare.econlux.de\/en\/building-a-paludarium-part-4-the-technology-for-the-rainforest\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a paludarium, part 4: The technology for the rainforest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Previously, we had designed the back wall of our paludarium and directly incorporated the necessary niches in which we want to place our terrarium plants for the desired rainforest feeling. Now the next step is to lay out the plants. But first we had to install the technology! Because first we have to find out or define where we have to position the basking spots for our crowned basilisks in our terrarium… Translated with DeepL.com (free version) <\/p>\n\n

This article is part of a series. Here is an overview of all episodes published so far: <\/strong>\u261b A rainforest in the living room: building a paludarium<\/a>\u261b Building a paludarium, part 2: The base structure<\/a>\u261b Building a paludarium, part 3: Equipment and interior design<\/a>\u261b Building a paludarium, part 4: The technology for the rainforest\u261b Building a paludarium, part 5: Creating a jungle<\/a>\u261b One Year Later: the Paludarium With Casquehead Iguanas<\/a><\/p>\n\n

So in this episode, we’ll start by installing all the technology for our \u2018rainforest in a terrarium\u2019. And in this context, we can finally show you in detail all the nice things we have received from ECONLUX for our paludarium project! <\/p>\n\n

\"Overview<\/a>
Overview of all terrarium technology, photo: Marc Fabian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

For the lighting, I started by building a light box from veneered shelves. In the end, everything looks nice and tidy. We also covered the glass terrarium with gauze. We then installed our lamps and other terrarium technology in the self-built light box. <\/p>\n\n

\"Light<\/a>
Light box for the Paludarium, photo: Marc Fabian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

I’ll show you exactly how I built the light box in the following video:<\/p>\n\n

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