How to make a scaped nature terrarium

How to make a scaped nature terrarium (hanging roots terrarium)

This terrarium build is inspired by a tropical Ficus tree that I came across recently during one of my travels. It had long hanging prop roots reaching the ground that looked stunning. I am sure the tree is at least a 100 years old.
I selected the biggest jar I had available at home which is about 3000ml and got to work. As usual I took my time to create a hardscape to resemble a tree with long hanging aerial roots. I used a thick piece of driftwood from one of my dismantled fish tanks as the main trunk of the tree and glued together thin pieces of detailing wood to create the hanging roots. The main driftwood had marks of Nerite snail eggs. I could have scraped it off but I thought it looked cool and natural. I used super glue and filter floss for joining the pieces. I also applied a coat of aquasoil mixed in water over the filter floss to hide the joints. It would get washed off a bit over time but the tinting will help to keep the joints discreet I feel.
Once the hardscape was done I laid down a lava rock false bottom in the jar followed by a layer of activated charcoal. I proceeded with adding the substrate and placed the hardscape. Next I covered the ground with moss and proceeded with planting.
I used the following plants for this project-
Anubias nana
Bolbitis difformis
Marcgravia
Fittonia green
Peperomia prostrata
Ficus pumila minima
After the planting I added some finer details with thin pieces of driftwood, gave the terrarium a thorough misting, dropped in some springtails and closed it off.

Material buying links:

For soil mix-
Coco peat - https://amzn.to/3LimYjF
Dry Sphagnum moss - https://amzn.to/3LjGhJG
Sand - https://amzn.to/3N3oA2i
Pine bark - https://amzn.to/3ottKKC
Aquasoil - https://amzn.to/43Tmzf2

Timestamps:
0:00 - Creating the hardscape
1:27 - Laying down substrate layers
2:24 - Ground cover with moss
2:54 - Planting the terrarium
4:02 - Adding finer details
4:51 - adding Springtails and closing off

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