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Build a paludarium on your phone.

Carve the stones. Draw the wood. Grow the moss, pour the water, let the frog move in. Then share how you made it.

Open on your phone Free. Add it to your home screen, works offline.

You make every piece.

Nothing is a stock model you drop in. Stones and wood grow from what you draw, the way they form in nature.

Draw a ring, get a stone

Nine kinds, from slate to lava rock. Swipe straight through to cut it. Age it and it weathers inward.

9 stone kinds · real size in cm

Draw a line, grow a branch

Six woods. Graft, prune, bleach. Each one reads your line its own way.

6 woods · spider wood, manzanita, cork…

It lives on your clock

Frogs climb what you built. Fish slow down at night. Moss grows by the day.

Night is 20:00–08:00, your phone's time

Four steps, one finger.

  1. Tank size and front glass
    1Pick a tankSize, front glass, stand.
  2. Hardscape library
    2Build the hardscapeDraw stones and wood, set them in.
  3. Moss brush
    3Moss, plants, waterBrush moss on, raise the water.
  4. Animals
    4Let them move inA frog, a betta, guppies.

Every tank is a recipe.

Open one on your phone and keep building.

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Questions

Is it phone only?

Yes, on purpose. Every tool is made for one finger.

Do I need internet?

Only the first time. After that it works offline.

Is it free?

The first version is free.

iPhone or Android?

Both. It runs in your phone browser; add it to your home screen.

Start with the demo tank, or an empty one.

Open on your phone

Demo tank · Palubox

Slate cliff

A stacked slate cliff, one spider-wood root bridging to the other bank, moss on every ledge.

Open this tank on your phone You get your own copy. Change anything.

What's in it

  • StoneSlate, hand-drawnLayered, one bedding direction× 21
  • WoodSpider woodOne stroke, an arch× 1
  • MossChristmas mossOn ledges and the root× 10
  • PlantFernTucked into cracks× 8
  • VinePothos vineDrawn down the wall× 3
  • WallCork bark wallRight side, brushed on
  • BedFine sand, flatWater about a third up

How it was built

  1. 1Tall tank, black backdrop, flat fine sand.
  2. 2Brush the bark wall up the right side.
  3. 3Stack slate from the bottom up, bedding aligned.
  4. 4Draw one spider-wood root across to the left bank.
  5. 5Moss on the ledges, ferns in the cracks, vines on the wall.
  6. 6Bring the water up.