My new Vivarium

chuckae4xj · #1 (**permalink**) 11-14-2006, 08:05 PM

Here is a couple of shots of my newly completed Vivarium. Well we all know it is not "complete" Thanks for looking.

Rainfrog · #2 (**permalink**) 11-15-2006, 03:36 AM

is that a 29 Gallon tank?

chuckae4xj · #3 (**permalink**) 11-15-2006, 05:26 AM

It s 40 Gallon tall.

Landon · #4 (**permalink**) 11-15-2006, 07:47 AM

looks sweet! and WELCOME to vivariumforum!!

it looks like the soil is down close to the water line, but it may just be the pic. just make sure its well above the water line ve some sort of drainage or itll get soggy pretty quick, and thats not good for plant roots

do you plan on adding some climbing plants? if so itll look a lot better. good luck!!

chuckae4xj · #5 (**permalink**) 11-15-2006, 12:24 PM

It actually has a false bottom, I put black duct tape across the front to hide it. Really can;t see it in the pic though.

brettlt · #6 (**permalink**) 11-15-2006, 03:15 PM

I like the stream going down to the pond. It looks nice.

Landon · #7 (**permalink**) 11-15-2006, 07:52 PM

cool its hard to tell when its dark, but the water line just looked a little high. its a very nice tank though. have you built others before?

chuckae4xj · #8 (**permalink**) 11-15-2006, 08:23 PM

Thanks for the kind words. I will try to get a better pic of what I call "Hide a mess".
This is my first, I have wanted to create a terraium for years. I decided I would go ahead and start one. I really did not just want to have plants sitting there, so I looked around to see what might go into a terraium. I think when I saw the first picture of a dart frog I knew that I had been bitten. Ofcourse it was not longer a terraium, but a vivarium. I now have started two 15 gallon tanks that I plan on being verticals, no pictures yet since they are just what you would say "on the drawing board".

Tindomul1of9 · #9 (**permalink**) 11-15-2006, 11:27 PM

Looks great! I like it. Is that a fogging system or a misting systerm?

chuckae4xj · #10 (**permalink**) 11-17-2006, 06:23 AM

Tindomul1of9,
It is an ultrasonic himidifier. The one that looks like a frog

I got it at the
local Goodwill store.

Landon,
You were right about the water height, it was too high. The substrate got all soggy. I have lowered it some, so will see what it does now. I have not put the frog in yet because I wanted to make sure the temp and humidity was stable. The water level was not something I had thought about watching out for. Thanks for pointing it out.