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>>317813 1. Tank. Mine is a 20 gallon high, but I tried this out in a few 10 gallon tanks for practice. I highly recommend doing this, because you WILL fuck it up the first time. But for the final product, bigger is better.
2. Make the background. From my research, I found that most people were making their background/rock walls/waterfalls/ledges/whatever out of expanding foam... usually Great Stuff Gaps & Cracks foam filler. It's yellow, and once it cures you have to seal with it epoxy to make it fish safe, and then you have to silicone some moss/coco fiber/sand/whatever to it to make it look nice. That's a lot of work and time, so I got some black pond/waterfall crack filler instead, which is basically the same, but doesn't expand as much, and you don't have to seal it because it's fish safe.
Lay the tank down so that whatever side you're working on is on the bottom. This foam shit is horrible and it gets everywhere, but it does the job. Make sure you wear gloves, and try very hard not to get it anywhere in the tank that you don't want it to be. Then quickly stick some driftwood pieces into it, and throw some moss or whatever onto it before it dries. You have mere minutes. Then let it sit for 24-72 hours (depends on the brand), to let it cure.
I used a blowdryer to blow away the excess moss (I have sphagnum moss in mine).
I decided I wanted a shelf-like land portion in mine so I could get the most out of the water portion of the tank. Some people like to do a ramp-style that slopes into the water. Whatever makes you happy.
I foamed a ferret corner litter pan into the back left corner (I did that before I put the moss on). The pan is secure enough that it won't fall.
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