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Sterilite 50 gal tub vivarium finished...pics

jmorris May 25, 2005 04:08 AM

here's the finished product with Kurt, the very horny male henk, enjoying it. I used Great Stuff to "glue" a sheet of fake cork bark (made of stryrofoam for discus tanks) cut to fit perfectly into the back (bottom) of the cage (Sterilite tub). HTe branches are oak. The plants are: dracenea, pothos, and a small fern you can just barely see at the bottom of the first pic. The pothos is in a planter made of the same fake cork bark stuck to the side with the same foam. I will be lighting it with a 42 watt 5100K screw-in CF bulb in a standard polished aluminum clamp-lamp. Low light plants and I don't want them outgrowing hte viv too fast. The soil is a mix of large orchid bark, coconut husk chunks, peat moss, sphagnum moss, and sand, all on a draniage bed of egg crate covered in fiberglass window screen. It's beeing fed the fog by the same Sunbeam ultrasonic humidifier which supplies the big viv.

Jared
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With great power, comes great responsibility.
-Ben Parker

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guttersnacks May 26, 2005 01:15 PM

Thats great looking, but Im most interested in the front. How do you seal it all up? Can you post a pic of the front when it's closed, or topped, or however you would say it's sealed up. Does it have any kind of support to keep it from flopping over side to side?
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Tom
TCJ Herps
"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"

guttersnacks May 26, 2005 01:22 PM

n/p
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Tom
TCJ Herps
"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"

harlanm May 26, 2005 01:50 PM

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1.1 Gargoyle geckos
1.1 leucistic leopard gecko
0.0.1 asian golden tree frog
1.0 oriental firebelly toad
0.1 european firebelly toad
1.0 albino betta
1.0 orange tabby
0.0.1 asian painted frog
1.0 broad headed skink
0.0.1 fowlers toad
1.1 red eyed tree frog
1.1 red eared sliders
476.769.47 feeder crickets

jmorris May 26, 2005 09:55 PM

Something a local guy used to make... nto sure how, but I think he made a rubber mold of real cork, and sprayed expanding foam into it. Just a guess though, and unfortunatly he dosen't make it anymore as far as I know. At least I know he got out of discus, moved away, and I lost touch with him. Sorry I don't have more info.

Jared
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With great power, comes great responsibility.
-Ben Parker

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