Vivarium for A.mavortium.

[grius]

Hi all.

Yesterday i started buildning on a vivarium for tigersalamanders that i have been planing a while now. Not much done for the moment because i have to wait untill my epotex aqvarium sealing arives next week, however i thought to start a thread with some pictures and short explanations what i have done so far.

Inside dimension: 120x70x55cm lxwxh. For water/drainage i have a small leaning on the bottom so water can drain down to a bucket under the vivarium through some holes. And this is what i need sealing for, to make plyfan waterprof. On top i have some kind of balcony plastic floor, as i will cover with insects net later for substrate/drainage.

I have both screwed up and glued all wood with Casco SuperSet to make it extra stable. It is a wery good glue/silicone that i have used to other constructions. For inside i shall use aquarium silicone.





Regards.

[Epiphile]

Looks like you're off to a good start.

[froggsong]

Looks nice so far! I always love seeing your work. You have quite a talent for this.

[grius]

Originally Posted by froggsong

Looks nice so far! I always love seeing your work. You have quite a talent for this.

I know you do: ) we will se how it turns out. It is quite an easy construction with fake hills made of foam/plates and foam from can, and tree branches from bottom to topp, maybe some stone parts not decided yet. I want a forest look with plants like ferns, moss(need much light thou, but i shall see if i can find LED with enought amount light) and some other hardly species with forest look.


"Epiphile"

I think so too, exciting to see how my false bottom works, and if the rake is enought..

[beckdg]

fantastic start.

[grius]

Update.

A few ours later with metal band chimaira on the computer this is the foundation result with the foam(cell plastic plates) or what you call it.

The stone parts need most work.

And a tipp for those who dont own a vacuum cleaner, like me for the moment. Blend dirt or sand with the foamcrumb and it will be easy to sweep the floor clean!



I also need to purchase light, rain systeme and termostat to controll cooling.

This Rain systeme says to be a really quite modell.
http://www.dusk.se/e15.jpg

Digital Hygrostat and Termostat for both cooling/heating and rain. Seem awesome..
Dusk Tropic

I hope it turns out something like this when finnished.. I had to make a few changes thoug to get ridd off unuseful spots that the salamander would not be able to use.

[grius]

Hi all.

Maybe it is time for an lite update, but since my last post it have not happen so much.



This is work from today, tomorrow i will put the second and last layer of Epotex Aquarium sealing. I have also saw out 4st holes so water can drain from the substrate, but more about that later.


More carving at my landscape.

Here you can see oak leaf, cypress mulch, peat, cocos fiber and moss. I will blend peat/moss/cocos and leaf as substrate, and on top of that a blend with leaves/cypress to get that forest look, i hope!


Moss that im trying to keep alive.

And some tree branches.

This construction may take a wile to get finished, just so you know

I will continue at monday.
Regards.

[grius]

Update..

Quick explanations.



Cocos/moss and leaf blend on a thick layer black silicone. I also build a cave with same substrate and a cork lid, but both the cave and the flowerpot on the right will be covered in substrate. Branches in place and one rock almost done, only some work with the surface and all paint.

Drainage so the plants cant get it to wet.


And false bottom.

Regards.

[grius]

The first stone without paint.



Regards.

[Epiphile]

Looking great as usual, grius.