Two new vivs. two different methods of BG.

[CrazyAirborne]

Well as soon as i found the joy of building vives, after making my Hex Vive, i picked up this tank free from CL, cuz i knew i wanted to make a full BG with a water fall. My hex vive turned out nice, but i never did a BG with it. So ive been working on this thing for about a month or two. i kept finding little spots that i needed to re-silicone. I pretty much hate silicone now and maybe it was also cuz i only used peat moss to apply to the silicone that i kept finding small spots missing. either way. its turned out nice in the end. Im also moving across the ocean in a few months so there was no way i wanted to spend lots of money on wood and plants that i wont be able to take with me. so I made PVC WOOD, and also recently found some cool wood out around my house. These both are native vives, since the large one is going to house Grey Tree frogs, and the 10g upright is home to my emerging frogletts right now. im thinking they are Peepers.


building in progress. i ended up cutting out the corner of the FB for the little pond.







i still need to make some sort of latch to hold the door closed.



waterfall is powered by a homemade canister filter/pump. its working good so far. and it was fun to build.




since all the latest threads are about clay BG's I did my duty and went to Walmart and got some special kitty KL. let it soak for a bit, thru in some peat moss, and Wal-Ah!! cool BG that seems to be holding up really nice, and MAN WAS IS EASY!! I then found a neat piece of driftwood, (hole thru the center, kinda hard to see) and bam. 2 day vive. its now home to 4 frogletts, with about 10 more tads left to morph. I dont have any pics of the frogletts yet, but ill grab some soon. after making a BG out of clay, i dont think ill ever go back. I tried out a Junglebox.net vertical kit on this one. My 10g was apparently a couple mm off of their kits size, so i had to dremel a bit but i made it work and it was handy not having to do all the leg work to make the front like i did with the bigger one.

the banana is for the fruit flies :P



this isnt anything special, i just need something for the frogletts. but i did find some really nice moss out back that i pressed into the clay and i really hope it starts spreading.


and yes, thats grass. i just thru it in there to fill up the space a bit and give the little frogletts something to climb on. it wont be a permanent fixture.

[Grimm]

I dont wanna say I told you so but.....GS/Silicone sucks now in comparison doesnt it :P

Nice looking vivs btw...The moss is what makes a viv imo and you have a bunch of it...Hopefully it all stay alive and spreads!

[CrazyAirborne]

thanks and yes, i love moss!! it really can look awesome once it gets going!

[CrazyAirborne]

o i got a question for you guys. as you can see in my large vive, i have 2 hoses going in the front, one go straight up to the waterfall, the other immediatly turns down into the water right there in front. since my water fall is in the back and the return hose is there in the front, do you think ill have enough water circulation so i wont get stagnant? when i look at the water in the pool in the front, i dont see any movement whatsoever. fresh water has got to be moving thru tho right? since me inlet and outlet hoses are in opposite corners? hope that makes sense.

[CrazyAirborne]

[CrazyAirborne]

and these are the little guys who enjoy climbing around on the grass




better pic with the grass cleaned up a bit.
on the top of this one, those white clips came with my junglebox conversion kit, to hold the glass closed. Any ideas where I can get more of them? I dont even know what they are called.

[beckdg]

water looks clean... i see no issues.

you can get those clips at any hardware store. they're commonly used for wall mounting frameless mirrors.

[CrazyAirborne]

awesome beck! frameless mirrors! duh! i coulndt think of any applications! ill check it out today!