My vivarium project!

[ZacharyLeesWife]

Because I'm a sucker for punishment, I decided to design and build a 55 long half wet half false bottom dry vivarium with a waterfall rock wall. I'm still unsure of what the inhabitants will be! Butis the progress so far...
Supplies for the first stage-

The cork round and net pots are in place, starting with foaming it-

Carving and covering foam-

More pics soon, I think I'm at the max for pics on one message!

 

[ZacharyLeesWife]

The fun part, carving and painting all of the dry side is done! I built airline tubing into the net pots for drainage, they run down into the false bottom which is egg crate. I have a few net pots that slide in and out so I can access the bio balls in the bottom.

 

[ZacharyLeesWife]

The start of the wet side!

The structural support for the waterfall wall-


The tubing-

I was at a loss as to how I should get a decent waterline without the seal showing on the front of the glass, a mix of clear silicone and moss seemed to work well. It's watertight at least! And the foam is carved on the waterline side.

 

[Navymancdf]

Have you decided what your going to put in it yet?

 

[ZacharyLeesWife]

Have you decided what your going to put in it yet?

No idea yet! I'm leaning towards a dart frog tank, but cresteds or day geckos are tempting too. I have a waterfall wall and about 2 gallons of water built in, so between that and it being a long tank my options are a little bit limited for the lizards so I'm leaning towards frogs. Any suggestions are soooooo welcome!

 

[ZacharyLeesWife]

Finished the hardscaping!!! I still have to let it off gas for a while and trim down the waterfall tubing, but I'm pretty tickled with the results so far!

The rock wall before paint

The waterfall wall after paint-

The waterfall after shading with details added-

The almost finished product-

 

[Navymancdf]

it is coming along nicely