first time vivarium help

[bassplayer247]

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first time vivarium help

This is my first attempt at building a vivarium. please look at the pics and let me know what you think i can do to improve it.

-Anthony

[Sharkdude]

looks very nice.
what type of pump are you using for your water feature?
and where is it placed? accesible?

I am also new to viv's and currently putting together a medium exoterra.

[bassplayer247]

I am just using an exoterra mini terrarium pump. I have it accessible underneath a piece of slate at the top of the waterfall. It does not have a huge amount of flow, but it is enough to keep the water moving.

[whitesarana]

I don't know how much you like your slate on the edges of your water feature but you can go to an arts and crafts store and get a chunk of "earth clay" that you can use to mold your waterscape.

Also, do you have an reptiles or amphibians in there?

[bassplayer247]

yeah, we have darts in there, we had to change the water feature a little bit and add rocks to the pond so that we dont have accidental death. Thanks for the tip, we will look into "earth clay" for our next one.

[Waterkeeper]

I like how you put gravel between the FB and the glass.. Did you use anything to keep the gravel from eroding down into your pond?
and is that a red krinkle in the front left of your tank? that plant grows like crazy in my terrarium.. I even keep some alive completely submerged in my aquarium.

Nice Job!

[whitesarana]

where do you get your false bottom... ive been looking every where for it.

[Sharkdude]

where are you located Whitesarana?
I get mine at Home Depot, in the lighting section. Its called 'light diffuser' and comes in 2'x4' sheets. Also called plastic 'egg crate'.

[Smitty]

Would you be able to submit a pic of your filter and the slate slab? I'm also attempting to build a vivarium for my Fire Belly newts and my mystery snails