I will climb into the aquarium and claim this unexplored land as my own. I will name it... Francis. Move along, this is my Forest now!

But yeah, that looks really nice

XD
It looks so comfy in there.

And warm! Once I managed to fit in it will be my private little land and I will be its supreme ruler. Huarr huarr. Looks like a little frog or something similar could use this as a lovely new home!

Looks cool

Looks good!
Would be an awesome setup for some stick insects or something.

This is weirdly relaxing to look at

very neat looking :) add some frogs or toads and you are all set but then you have to water / feed em :P

Yeah, lol. I wouldn't mind feeding em, but it'd be keeping them IN that would be the issue. The top has aquarium access holes in it where the filter should go, and a feeding access port. lol. I'd have to work out some way to keep those closed off if I wanted to put a frog in there. X3

could just use some mesh or screening to cover it and also allow air in. but yeah they would want to escape :P

well toads can't do much for climbing if you wanna get some of them. i had some before, they're super sweet and funny.

i wonder if there is any way you could stage this mini garden and take photos so that it looks like a real world place. If you can do that that would be SO FUGGIN COOL!

That would be cool, but i'm not entirely sure how I'd even go about doing that. lol

This looks so amazing!
But it's missing something! ;n; You need a bug or...or...a reptile? amphibian? something!! D: xDD

My grandma used to have a similar terrarium with little plastic mushrooms that made it look sorta like a scene from Alice in Wonderland.

One day I'll figure out how to make one and put it on my desk at work.

Lol. I just grab stuff out of my yard or whatnot. They're pretty easy to make. You can get a container and those little plastic mushrooms at your local crafting store. :)
The moss you can pretty much pick up anywhere in the woods or in your back yard or whatnot. Its pretty easy to find when you start looking. :)

i loooove your little live setups. I was really into this for a while and haven't been researching it much at all lately, but when I see your pics I get all excited again about doing something again one day.

i love terrariums!

Have you ever tried using a sponge filter? What I do at home is run sponge filters in my shrimp tank (Covered in different mosses etc) And then lay some most onto the filter. The moss then over grows over the filter, I then on sell the enter sponge part, then replace the sponge and start again :D (Though I'm talking submerged mosses etc)

I'm not sure regular garden variety mosses would grow well on sponge, because they need the fertilizers in the soil to actually thrive. Maybe a mud soaked sponge, but then that'd be awkward to store anywhere.

I use aquatic mosses and plants, stuff you would use in a fish tank though. I also use mesh and line the bottom of the tanks with it (Over the top of gravel or soil)

my aquarium moss is tied to lava rock with sewing thread. Works pretty darn well, but I've got weeping moss, so it tends to string out from time to time, and I end up having to trim it back. Lol

I've got some Java moss and Ferns on my lava rock. Makes a nice addition for my fighting fish to enjoy :D

Ahhh I love it!

It would look so pretty with a little fogger attached to the top and some little colourful dart frogs!

Love that moss!

You HAVE to get an orchid mantis to go in there, awesome set up :D

Yes... this is a fertile land, we shall thrive here. We will rule this land, and we will call it... erm... This Land.

Awesome!

Oh, that is really beautiful and interesting! So you just basically water it and it stays alive? Is there a risk it gets mouldy? Just curious. ^^

There is a risk of mold if there is insufficient air circulation within the container, but if that starts to happen I can always pop off the lid. (the lid has air holes anyway)
Yep, pretty much all you do to it. Water it and put it in a mildly sunny place. To much sun will kill the plants, but mild/partial sun will be fine. Mine is sitting in a dawn facing window, so it gets morning light and shade from the harsh evening sun.

Oh, well that makes things clear. ^^ I could actually try building one of those things myself.

I wonder if some small invertebrates could survive in it? Like in a little ecosystem... Maybe earthworms? Haha, just thinking. Since the moss keeps growing and there will be dead moss, there would be nutrition for worms too... :3 And worms make the soil even better for the plants to grow on. And some small, herbivorous beetles. They aren't very easy to find, tho, and there isn't much information available about what do such creatures need for living, besides a forest environment... I only know that the small species with tiny jaws are herbivores and eat seeds. I think many of those species don't even have a name. Science doesn't know much about them... Or so I think, because I never find them in books that are about bugs. Only the big carnivorous beetles get introduced. Well, they're handsome animals, but the little guys are also interesting. :/

Getting a little carried away here. I hope it doesn't disturb you. ^^' This "contained forest" thing just is quite inspiring.

I need this for my desk at work. o.o