37 Column with Cork Tree

[Mike]

I posted this on another forum but figured I would share it here for anyone interested. Although it wasn't for a frog tank (Lygodactylus williamsi), I had some cork laying around and tried to see what I could do with it. I started with a Perfecto 37 gallon column tank, 20"x18"x24" and used over 50 pieces of cork bark, plus foam and silicone, to recreate a tree trunk. I blacked out the back of this tank from the outside, and left the sides open to make this tank viewable from 3 sides on my coffee table.

First I joined a few pieces to make them look like tree roots, right here there are about 20 pieces of cork bark.







Then I collected some tree roots to use as branches and sterilized them in the oven.











..and some of the inhabitants:

male


eggs


newly hatched young

[Ebony]

Wow! Mike, That's the most amazing set up Ive seen. Thanks for sharing.

[Tom Highum]

Mind if I kinda copy that idea?

[birdsflybackwards]

Mind if I kinda copy that idea?

I'm pretty sure he has it patented, but you would have to check.

[Mike]

Yeah sure that's why I posted it, although I'm going to do another method for another tank using carved foam (not expanding, something that water can pass through) and clay so I'll post that next when I'm done. I try to use a different landscaping method / design with each tank I make so they don't look the same and keep the collection diverse.

[Tom Highum]

Carved foam? what kinda clay/ do you have to bake it?