56 gal aquarium to terrestrial terrarium conversion

[beckdg]

fantastic start.

[Epiphile]

Looks grand- Elvis is indeed spoiled.

[fallenangelfyre]

got the first coat of grout on today:





all the little doo-dads:


humid-hide:

[beckdg]

lovin' it so far.

[jpstod]

Excellent work so far

[Dwent]

wow! i really love the look of this grout! keep up the good work

[fallenangelfyre]

Originally Posted by Dwent

wow! i really love the look of this grout! keep up the good work

yeah, i like it for the desert-themed terrarium. most people use non-sanded grout and you get a more cleaved, rainforrest type stone. i am using a sanded grout with some light carmel color. reminds me more of sandstone which is what i'm going for with the desert theme. will also hit it with some acrylic paints in yellow-orange-dark brown-red later to get a more realistic color scheme rather than one solid color.

p.s. in the process of applying the second layer of grout now.

[froggsong]

lookin' good! I can't wait to see it finished.

[fallenangelfyre]

finally an update later today-

[fallenangelfyre]

ok, so not the most exciting update but hey, at least i made some progress. got the fourth & i'm going to say the final coat of grout on today. started the process of cleaning up the glass as well. i'll let this cure for a few days and then i'll start painting. as i've never painted a faux rock-wall before i'm going to do some experimenting with the humid-hide i made that is ready to go tonight. might use up my left-over styrofoam to make some more hides, too. apparently or leo is a female (whoops) so now the girlfriend wants this new much larger tank finished so she can get another female leo, and more hides are in order.
















^the guts of the styrofoam will be hidden by masking & painting the glass black