KA’AETÉ • CABINET TO LIVING ECOSYSTEM

Convert a cabinet into a paludarium or vivarium

Can a wooden cabinet become a tropical paludarium or bioactive vivarium? KA’AETÉ documents a real cabinet conversion into a living ecosystem with land and water zones, plants, microfauna, arthropods, arachnids and a small fish world.

Paludarium, terrarium or vivarium?

A terrarium generally focuses on terrestrial habitat. A paludarium combines terrestrial and aquatic zones. Vivarium is a broader term for an enclosure designed as a living habitat. KA’AETÉ combines these ideas while focusing on an interconnected ecosystem.

What does a cabinet conversion require?

Water-resistant surfaces, an aquarium section, ventilation, lighting, humidity and condensation control, drainage, animal-proof openings, structural support, safe electrical installation and maintenance access all matter. Follow the real build and the engineering decisions behind it.

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Images from the world of KA’AETÉ

Seeing comes before understanding. These images connect plants, micro-life, water and animals into one living system.

Echte natuurfoto van een beek in dicht groen bos

Macodes petola met donkere fluweelachtige bladeren en opvallende goudkleurige nerven op een vochtige bosbodem.

Illustratie van Selaginella uncinata met iriserend blauwgroen blad in een vochtige bosomgeving.

Echte natuurfoto van een bidsprinkhaan tussen groen blad

Dichte groene mosbegroeiing op een vochtige tropische bosbodem; exacte soort niet vastgesteld.

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