xTimx
Arachnoknight
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- Dec 30, 2012
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alright so lemme start off by saying; This vivarium is for DART FROGS. yes i know this is an arachnid board, but a few people on here wanted me to start a forum post for the viv build. i am also doing this give you guys ideas on what you could do for a vivarium but i am also VERY inviting for other ideas from people like you! so lemme know what you think i could do for this build and the such!
PLEASE READ AS I POST ALONG!
so with out further ado. here is the slow build!
120 gal plywood vivarium.
Plywood is 3/4" Bubinga plywood (GORGEOUS WOOD)
the whole thing will consist of it being an open front vivarium. Complete with a water fall in the back right corner trickling into a pond, and a snaking river exiting it and flowing diagonally to the front left corner of the vivarium where it will enter another pond. In the back left corner i will have some driftwood sprouting outwards. I am also planning on putting some fake mushrooms into the tank as well.
Got it home and here's the awesome look of it!
pic of the sides of it
so here's a prospective shot on how big the tank is going to be! the dimensions of this tank are 4x2x2' or 48x24x24"
ALL glue'd up!
About a week ago i found an ad online, for some driftwood for sale. went down and took at look at it.... uhhhhhh yeah......HUGE pieces!
So i picked up my share for.............. 14$ lmfao. just gotta wash it down, bake it, and all shall be gooood
so here's some of the pieces that i picked up and i just set them into the tank for some ideas on what i could do!
so just yesterday i went out and bought some Weather shield flex. this stuff will be rolled on, in the inside of the tank, covering it all up! will be siliconing the corners as well before hand.
I also bought my egg crate to create the false bottom, and to mold and shape my two ponds and my river. i bought pond liner to make the river and the two ponds as well, and will be siliconing them onto the egg crate. the only water that will in the tank is in the ponds and the river.
The waterfall will be made from slate rock. I'm still deciding on a design for that.
the front left pond will have a drain and the water will be cycled back into the waterfall etc.
I will also have another drain in the subfloor where there will presumably be no water. but it'll be there just in case as there could be run off from the substrate.
i also bought some spray foam, and the pond pump. still have to buy more stuff. but its a slow build cuz of limited funds!
so stay tuned!!!
if you have any Qs. lemme know!
Cheers!
Tim
PLEASE READ AS I POST ALONG!
so with out further ado. here is the slow build!
120 gal plywood vivarium.
Plywood is 3/4" Bubinga plywood (GORGEOUS WOOD)
the whole thing will consist of it being an open front vivarium. Complete with a water fall in the back right corner trickling into a pond, and a snaking river exiting it and flowing diagonally to the front left corner of the vivarium where it will enter another pond. In the back left corner i will have some driftwood sprouting outwards. I am also planning on putting some fake mushrooms into the tank as well.
Got it home and here's the awesome look of it!
pic of the sides of it
so here's a prospective shot on how big the tank is going to be! the dimensions of this tank are 4x2x2' or 48x24x24"
ALL glue'd up!
About a week ago i found an ad online, for some driftwood for sale. went down and took at look at it.... uhhhhhh yeah......HUGE pieces!
So i picked up my share for.............. 14$ lmfao. just gotta wash it down, bake it, and all shall be gooood
so here's some of the pieces that i picked up and i just set them into the tank for some ideas on what i could do!
so just yesterday i went out and bought some Weather shield flex. this stuff will be rolled on, in the inside of the tank, covering it all up! will be siliconing the corners as well before hand.
I also bought my egg crate to create the false bottom, and to mold and shape my two ponds and my river. i bought pond liner to make the river and the two ponds as well, and will be siliconing them onto the egg crate. the only water that will in the tank is in the ponds and the river.
The waterfall will be made from slate rock. I'm still deciding on a design for that.
the front left pond will have a drain and the water will be cycled back into the waterfall etc.
I will also have another drain in the subfloor where there will presumably be no water. but it'll be there just in case as there could be run off from the substrate.
i also bought some spray foam, and the pond pump. still have to buy more stuff. but its a slow build cuz of limited funds!
so stay tuned!!!
if you have any Qs. lemme know!
Cheers!
Tim