55G Fire Belly Toad construction

[Kayhold]

Tomorrow I start my FBT construction, and I want to document it here.
Unfortunately, I have my first issue.

I couldn't find glass long enough to divide the tank lengthwise like I want. I do not want a false bottom, I want a divider that keeps water out of the dry land.
I ended up going with plexiglass, since I was able to find it in 48".

I just found out silicone won't hold up and I will eventually have a leak.
Since I'm on a budget and I already spent the $30 on the plexiglass, looks like I will have to find some way to make it work.
I am pretty deadset on the way I want to divide it, because I love clean lines and I want it to mimic a rock wall, with water below it like this:

or this:
Aquarium? Terrarium? Paludarium? Vivarium? Hmm...

The second is ideal, I am going to also check home depot tomorrow for the tiles I want to line my divider with.

I am considering gorilla glue, to hold it in and then silicone over the GG to plug any pinholes and then finding another way to attach the rock cover to my plexiglass wall.

Regardless, tomorrow I am going to GG the eco-earth to the tank, and try to figure out how to make my divider work.

[Kayhold]

Since this is a temporary home, I went ahead and used silicone. I used some egg crate behind the plexiglass to brace it, and filled it with water overnight. Its not leaking, so I'm going to go with it for now.

I am now waiting for my gorilla glue background to dry, but it didn't really expand. I used 2 4oz bottles and used a spray bottle to moisten it, and it just didn't do much. a few hours will tell how well the eco-earth stuck to it.

Will update with some pictures later.

[Kayhold]

I ended up not taking pictures of the whole build, but I did finish it. I had enough material left over to re-do a 30 gallon I had sitting around, as well.
the completed 55 gallon:


Still working on the 30g some, not really happy with my water feature, but its my first attempt at one. Its for anoles or tree frogs, so its all dry with a water fall/pond but the false bottom I used takes up so much vertical space, I am considering scrapping it.