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title: Cliff face: a stone wall vivarium terrarium recipe
description: A hard sealed stone wall vivarium in a glass box of 38.4 L, with 4 plants and 2 mosses. a tall cube with soil banked steep against stone Every layer, plant...
url: https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/cliff-face/
---

Starter jar · hard

# Cliff face
stone wall vivarium

hard · Sealed · Glass box

A hard sealed stone wall vivarium in a glass box of 38.4 L, with 4 plants and 2 mosses.

[Open this jar in the simulator](https://glassjar.garden/?starter=cliff_face)

## The container

- Glass: Glass box, 30 x 30 cm, 45 cm tall, 38.4 L

- Note: a tall cube with soil banked steep against stone

- Lid: Sealed

## Layers, bottom to top

- [Lava rock (scoria)](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/lava-rock/), 3 cm (2.56 L)
- [Substrate barrier mesh](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/mesh-barrier/)
- [ABG mix](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/abg-mix/) (7.25 L)

## Stones and wood

- 4 x [Pagoda stone](https://glassjar.garden/guide/hardscape/pagoda-stone/), about 12 cm
- [Redmoor root](https://glassjar.garden/guide/hardscape/redmoor-root/), about 20 cm

## Plants

- [Creeping fig 'Minima'](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/ficus-pumila-minima/)
- [Peacock spikemoss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/selaginella-uncinata/)
- [String of turtles](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/peperomia-prostrata/)
- [Trailing watermelon](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/pellionia-repens/)

## Moss

- [Baby tooth moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/plagiomnium-cuspidatum/), about 20% cover
- [Java moss](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/taxiphyllum-barbieri/), about 10% cover

## Cleanup crew

- 150 [Silver springtail](https://glassjar.garden/guide/critters/sinella-curviseta/)
- 15 [Dwarf white isopod](https://glassjar.garden/guide/critters/trichorhina-tomentosa/)

## Water and light

- Water at build: 2850 ml, distilled or rain

- Watering: mist only when no morning condensation

- Light: 7,000 lux, 12 h a day

- Light source: LED bar on top

## How to make it

- Pour the layers, bottom to top: Lava rock (scoria) (3 cm), Substrate barrier mesh, ABG mix.
- Set the hardscape: 4 x Pagoda stone, Redmoor root.
- Plant Creeping fig 'Minima', Peacock spikemoss, String of turtles, Trailing watermelon.
- Lay the moss: Baby tooth moss over about 20% of the ground, Java moss over about 10% of the ground.
- Add the cleanup crew: 150 Silver springtail, 15 Dwarf white isopod.
- Water with 2850 ml (distilled or rain).
- Close the lid and give it 7,000 lux, 12 h a day: LED bar on top.

[Open this jar in the simulator](https://glassjar.garden/?starter=cliff_face)

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