40 gal brackish setup

froghobbiest · #1 02-03-2011, 04:24 AM

Was up everybody..ive been on here quite a while and im just now posting but id like to say thanks to everybody on here you all have given me great ideas and i love all yalls tanks..now to the good stuff lol...im building a 40 gal brackish set up that will house some red clawed crabs and hopefully sometime in march ill get some indian mudskippers...my 40 gal was housing firebellied toads and guppies...started with 2 guppies now i dont kno how many i got...but here are pics of before and what i have done so far.

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froghobbiest · #2 02-03-2011, 04:27 AM

more pics
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froghobbiest · #3 02-03-2011, 04:44 AM

and here is what i have done so far...
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ive put the GS foam on it but couldnt get a good pic right now...ive had it curing all day so in the morning ima start carving and puttin on the silicone...also i got my idea from pufferfan's post on his 10g brackish crab set up...im also haveing trouble finding a big bag of sand for a reasonable price but ill update later and thanks for viewing

froghobbiest · #4 02-05-2011, 10:20 PM

well i had a minor set back...when i did the foam i made it to where i can easily pull it out but i didnt count on it floating IMAG0291.jpg
but its ok because i didnt like the way the silicone turned out..it said light gray but it was more of a cream color so i didnt like it although i did waist 5 hours an about $30..but here are pics of it now...the light gray silicone it gon be used to line the little creek and the rest is going to be black..i might add eco earth the the land part idk yet...or i might add it to the back and have it transition to sand toward the front

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froghobbiest · #5 02-08-2011, 12:04 AM

here are updates
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froghobbiest · #6 02-08-2011, 12:07 AM

an more pics
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froghobbiest · #7 02-11-2011, 03:28 AM

here are links to see a video update
YouTube - My paludarium pt1
YouTube - My paludarium pt2

froghobbiest · #8 02-14-2011, 09:01 PM

another video update
YouTube - My paludarium pt3
YouTube - My paludarium pt4