Hey FF
After reading through multiple forums over the last month or two, every chance I got, I decided to take the plunge and build. I love doing this kind of stuff. At first I was going to buy a Zoo Med 18x18x24 (I like how the whole front door swings out) for a red eyed leaf frog viv, but a co-worker of mine told me about a free 10g in her building laundry room. She actually said it was a terrarium so I didn't think plain old 10g. At that point I decided to save the zoo med idea for now and practice my first build on a free 10g. I carried it home on 3 subways from Manhattan to Queens and then walked 1/4 mile to my tiny studio apartment. Ok, so here it is....... BTW I rarely order anything online so I had to hunt everything down.

My first was finding egg crate. Not so common, even in Manhattan. Right next door to my work is a business that closed down. Their front awning had egg crate (Light Diffuser) so I asked the landlord for some and he told me to take what I wanted. It was getting ripped down eventually. I love FREE.

Showing the false bottom with my siphon porthole.






This is my tool bench


I tried to cut my own glass from scraps I had, but it was too thin to use.......


So I had it cut for $20, 1/8" thick. I also had trouble finding the "Living Hinge" for the door, so I ordered it from a local pet store. He couldn't get it though. a few days later i left my apartment to walk the dog and I saw a huge 40-55 gallon tank out in the trash. Way to big for my studio, but it had a nice glass lid with the hinge I needed. Score! I should call this the "lucky build". BTW, I also made a glass lid for Burt, my pacman's 10g, with the left over hinge and it's original glass that I cut to size and sanded.


Less talk more build.....




My free planter pots. Urine specimen cups from work with drainage tube attached






Second run with the GS foam.




I left some other build pics on my camera and phone, so I'll cut to the chase Gravel around the false bottom, coco fiber substrate, fake vine from petland.....




ReptiFogger $42 Amazon....



Why the last 3 are sideways, I don't know. I can't seem to fix it.

Thanks for watching.

Let me know what you guys think? Good or bad.