Vivarium built, now what

[no694terry]

Here's a link to my progress, its about 290 gallons if full of water. 24" x 72" x 46 1/2" High

https://picasaweb.google.com/terrytu...eat=directlink

Anyway, Tonight i'll be sealing all the cracks with caulk and applying two coats of Sherwin Williams Duraplate 235 potable epoxy. And then creating the landscape inside with great stuff.

One question i have is that if I have a waterfall/stream from 3 foot high and about 6" of water inside heated to 75-80 degress, will i need any other fogging or misting. I plan it to be a rain forest type vivarium with a couple tree frogs and anoles.

and one more thing. is there an alternative to silicone when sticking to coco fiber to foam. I'll have over 36 sq.ft. and well thats a lot of silicone. Any paints or spray glues perhaps that have had good results

[skrew]

Use the coco fiber with Titebond III wood glue. I have started using that over silicone recently and it works way better. Mix the glue with the dirt until the coco fiber is pretty saturated with the glue. Then just pack it on top of your surface. Give it a few days to dry and it will be like a hard shell.

[EvilLost]

you said "rain forest type" but that doesn't say alot....if you mean 90%+ humidity, then you will definitely need a misting system...but I'm still curious how you'd water your plants


how are you doing the landscape exactly? what plants? gonna need a lot more info but off the bat i'd say you will def need some form of misting system to water your plants and most likely to keep up humidity at a near 100% level.

[no694terry]

maybe rain forest was the wrong term. im just looking to build the best system for tree frogs/anoles. i started a new tread on the project on the terra-construction forum. I'm going to just keep that one updated rather than back and forth. Thanks for input, right now i need it.