10 Gallon 70/30 Tropical Pacman Vivarium Build

[Poly]

Ready to start covering the background with silicone and coco-fibre!

I used GE II Window & Door brown and black silicone.

All set up.


Water entery ramp done, drying:


Background done, drying:


Waterfall ledge, I left it bare, just silicone, I think it looks more like rock like this than if I had of covered it with coco-fibre. The moss is sheet moss, hopefully it catches!


Three types of ivy.





Chlorophytum "green orange fire fash":
This plant will provide the main ground cover, and according to the ASPCA it is a safe plant to have around dogs and cats, so I don't think it is a problem for frogs!



Money Tree:
I bought this for my Tomato frog vivarium to be planted in front of the waterfall. It's about 17" tall.


Exo-Terra "Small" Glow Light:


What it looks like when you shut the light off:



Lights up the 10 gallon with a nice erie moonlight for about 3-5 hours after the light is shut off.

Went to my local pet store, and they couldn't order the Repti-clear F150 or the tree fern background panels for another 2 or three weeks, so I may try to order them online somewhere... really wish I was old enough to get Paypal, only another 1 and a half though!

Royce

[frogluver]

You've done a nice job Royce! Love the ivy plants......and the money tree is super! Your pacman is going to love it

And that's an awesome lamp, where did you get it? ;P

[Poly]

You've done a nice job Royce! Love the ivy plants......and the money tree is super! Your pacman is going to love it

And that's an awesome lamp, where did you get it? ;P

Thanks Autumn! Yeah, I love them too, that's why they came home with me lol Honestly, when I seen the Money tree, all I could see was it in front of a water fall barely visible in fog... so it came home with me too!

It's an Exo-Terra "Glow Light Porcelain Clamp Lamp", I just got the small one for the 10 gallon, but you can get large ones up to little over 10" across if I remember correctly. They look great at night!

[frogluver]

Thanks Autumn! Yeah, I love them too, that's why they came home with me lol Honestly, when I seen the Money tree, all I could see was it in front of a water fall barely visible in fog... so it came home with me too!

It's an Exo-Terra "Glow Light Porcelain Clamp Lamp", I just got the small one for the 10 gallon, but you can get large ones up to little over 10" across if I remember correctly. They look great at night!

Haha....plants have this kind of super power of persuasion, don't they lol! I can see the Money tree just as you described.....beautiful!

Man, Exo-Terra always comes out with the "coolest" products for terrariums......

[Poly]

Picked up some nice Malaysian Drift Wood today:
Piece one:




Piece two:




All my pieces of GS have been brushed off of excess coco-fibre and are fully cured.

Entry ramp:


Waterfall ledge:


Background:


Figured I was going to finish the rest in tree fern pannels, but I'm not waiting another three weeks from them to be able to place an order for the panels, so I have went ahead and made my "side ground" (lol) out of GS to match the background.

Same as the panels, I would have had to wait 3+ weeks to have an order plaved for the Repti-Clear F-150 filter/pump, so instead I bought a Repti-Flo F350 pump, should power the waterfall nicely. I'll just have to change the water more often.


It's funny because the pump is almost the size of the water section!


Thanks for looking!

Royce

[J Teezy]

you using eggcrate FB or hydroballs?

[Poly]

you using eggcrate FB or hydroballs?

I had assumed by the above photos, in the first post of this thread I had made it clear that I made an egg crate FB...

False bottom supports, 2" ABS pipe couplers with holes cut in them for water drainage.


Egg crate cut, testing how it will fit.


70% land 30% water.


Frame made, couplers siliconed in.



False bottom completed, just needs an extra layer of window screen so the horned frog can't accidently dig up any rocks.

[J Teezy]

where you putting the pump under the eggcrate or i nthe pond?

[Poly]

where you putting the pump under the eggcrate or i nthe pond?

The pump will be in the water section that is seperated by the plexiglass divider. It will be under the entry ramp, covered in large river stones, though it will still be able to draw the water through them because they do not pack like fine aquarium gravel would. I'll have a line from the pump running on the bottom of the water section, up to the side of the tank, where it will spill the water on to the waterfall ledge.

There is a line in the false bottom that comes out of the tank to pump out water buildup in the false bottom.

[Kristen]

Waterfall ledge:



Royce

I really like the waterfall ledge! I like how you didnt put the coco-fibre on it, because it makes it looks kind of wet already (from how glossy it looks) and more rock-like. good job!