SeanCJ
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I was hoping to set this up for a trio of young parsoni, but today's financial climate wouldn't allow it. I had the money saved up, but things happened and that money was needed more importantly elsewhere. I'm still very depressed over not being able to get the parsoni. I was about to scrap the hole project, but, I was able to trade in some of my old salt water equipment for a trio of quadricornis which now call this home.
Its a 4 foot by 4 foot by 2 foot tall acrylic aquarium with a completely open top that used to house a salt water reef for many years. After many years of saltwater, I finally got bored with it and wanted to get back into my older passion of chameleons. So, I turned the tank into a vivarium.
A 3 1/2 foot tall tropical is the center piece with many smaller tropical plants surrounding it's base. Lots of ferns, bromeliads, vines, etc..
The light box, suspended above, has 4 48" UVB bulbs and 2 70 watt 4000 K halides. I have a misting system manifold in the light box with 4 fine mist nozzles.
The peat moss substrate will be covered soon with more ferns and ground cover tropicals.
Temperature is 75 at the highest basking spot and 65 near the substrate during the day. Temp drops to around 60 at night. Just right for the quads.
Humidity can be kept around 70% to 80% with intermittant misting.
What you see is temporary as I plan on adding another 30" to the height and enclosing it with sliding acrylic doors and a canopy. There will be a screen top and small fans installed on the back side for intermittant air circulation in between mistings. I'll be building a new canopy to match the stand I built as well. Once its fully enclosed, I may add a few small day geckos for a bit more activity, but not sure about that.
Its a 4 foot by 4 foot by 2 foot tall acrylic aquarium with a completely open top that used to house a salt water reef for many years. After many years of saltwater, I finally got bored with it and wanted to get back into my older passion of chameleons. So, I turned the tank into a vivarium.
A 3 1/2 foot tall tropical is the center piece with many smaller tropical plants surrounding it's base. Lots of ferns, bromeliads, vines, etc..
The light box, suspended above, has 4 48" UVB bulbs and 2 70 watt 4000 K halides. I have a misting system manifold in the light box with 4 fine mist nozzles.
The peat moss substrate will be covered soon with more ferns and ground cover tropicals.
Temperature is 75 at the highest basking spot and 65 near the substrate during the day. Temp drops to around 60 at night. Just right for the quads.
Humidity can be kept around 70% to 80% with intermittant misting.
What you see is temporary as I plan on adding another 30" to the height and enclosing it with sliding acrylic doors and a canopy. There will be a screen top and small fans installed on the back side for intermittant air circulation in between mistings. I'll be building a new canopy to match the stand I built as well. Once its fully enclosed, I may add a few small day geckos for a bit more activity, but not sure about that.
