My First Setup

[ApxWingman]

So I decided I would start a new thread and show my build with all my pictures and the progress. I had to redesign it after a pump stopped working, so I will show the progress of that , and how I changed it.


This is the tank that I am using. It is a standard 20 gallon tank that I picked up on kijiji for a cheap price.


I bought some eggcrate from home depot and a couple cans of great stuff, and started to work. I also got a exo terra (I think) waterfall kit and an exo terra fogger on kijiji, as well as some random stuff like fake plants and rocks.




I covered the entire background with great stuff and let it dry and then put more on. My goal here was to make it come out a bit so I could carve a cave into the background.


For my background I used silicone and bought a bag of All Thing Things cocofibre substrate. I put the silicone on the background and while still wet, applied the cocofibre. In this picture you can also see the cave that was created. Also provides a spot to hang out on the top. You will also see that I have covered the eggcrate in a mess material I was able to get from work for drainage.


This is the end result after putting cocofibre substrate for the flooring.


After some consideration I changed the layout to give more room for the herps to move around. The cave was sticking to far out and taking up some well needed land area.
I was able to pick up some driftwood from the nearest Big Al's






After the GS cured I again applied the cocofibre to cover up the gs.


And again the end result.






This is where the pump in the waterfall stopped working. After many attempts to fix it, I decided to go a different way, as I had to nearly take the whole thing apart just to get at the pump. So I decided to get a canister filter for easy access, as well as to open up the water area, as I know the FBTs like the water. I left the left side of the tank alone as I liked the finished product. I added some aquarium rocks as well as the larger rocks to help the FBTs get in and out of the water with ease. Here is the finished and final product.








I have now added 2 snails (hard to see as they have black shells)



I also added a bamboo plant into the water section and covered the substrate and log with moss. Here are some pictures of the FBTs (yet to be named)