Vertical Conversion of “Zilla Critter Keeper” for tree frogs

[frogluver]

WOW Lynn fantastic job so far....bravo! I really like your painted tree trunks, very nice! You've made great progress!

[flybyferns]

Hi All

So the readings on the probe ( temp/humidity ) monitor is at a -- good start!
The heater in the water area ( "froggy spa" )is set at 74 degrees F.
( No red eye tree frogs in there yet) burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I need to add a little heat for the rest of the cooler months.

4pm today -readings - just before an automated mist-below



Here is what I have to deal w/ in my chilly basement with out any intervention/ below . What a pain!



Thanks for looking !

[flybyferns]

Update............Reverse glass painting .

The hand painted tree trunks are done on both enclosures.
There were many layers of paint. It was hard !
Each one is different from another.

Sorry for the glare!















I'm just waiting for the silicone to dry a little longer in the conversion.
Next weekend I will be moving them all in this vertical conversion.
The A. callidryas will be there temporarily while I clean and silicone the planters in the larger enclosure.

Soon 'Boggie' ( A. moreletii) will have her own new apartment !

Lynn

[flybyferns]

BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS



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in the back of the car -after having the hole drilled in the top







front door - ON



front door - OFF

[helm96]

Lynn, that looks awesome. Your little ones are gonna LOVE IT! You did a great job there and you have set a spark now to do a vert conversion. So many ideas rolling, just no painting trees for me! My artistic abilities lack there!

[flybyferns]

Lynn, that looks awesome. Your little ones are gonna LOVE IT! You did a great job there and you have set a spark now to do a vert conversion. So many ideas rolling, just no painting trees for me! My artistic abilities lack there!

Thanks Will,

I got the idea from a video I watched on painting aquarium backgrounds.

The glass painting technique took a bit of practice getting the layer thing right.
Details have to go on the glass first.
Then every time you add a color / the color (looking from the inside) changes .
There is really no artistic ability needed. Believe me- I have none.
I draw like a 3 year old.
I practiced on some picture frame glass first.
I scrapped 2 or 3 off the enclosure glass ! But, eventually got all 13 tree trunks done!
The paint is applied in sort of a combination of: dabbed, wiped , brushed , sponged and smeared
The more wacky the paint layers the better!!!
Some places are even partially scraped off and then paint reapplied.

I did it to avoid an interior background so I am able to keep the inside glass clean!

I can just imagine what someone could do if they were artistic.
I would love to see what Autumn or Heather could do.
A solid back painted beautifully- would be really awesome!

Lynn

[frogluver]

Wonderful work Lynn!! I can already see that your frogs are going to love it! I like your choice of plants too....very nice!

Was it hard working with spray paint? I've never worked with spray paint before, but it would be fun to give it a try!