I'm looking to make a walk in vavarium with large water feature, and multi levels.

[Tyson]

Anyone know how to make them and can give me some advise? overall area will be 100 square feet, and have its own exaust fan for summer. Any help would be great, thanks

[flybyferns]

Anyone know how to make them and can give me some advise? overall area will be 100 square feet, and have its own exaust fan for summer. Any help would be great, thanks

Hi Tyson,
This is a dream of mine.
I have actually looking at small glass greenhouses .
My dream plan would be to actually install it in the basement of my home.

check it out:

my favorite
Mini Greenhouses, Start, Grow Plants in Small Glasshouses
4ft x 6ft Greenhouses - Greenhouse Warehouse
Halls Supreme 4ft x 6ft Greenhouse

below - just a page of images-- some are huge--- but you can get the idea

small glass greenhouses - Google Search

Pipe dreams!

[Tyson]

nice! one guy in another forum said to use a shower bottom, because it will contain the water really well if its done right, I think I will be using two of them, with a plexi seperator that goes only a little way up. That way I can keep both my pixie's in there, going to make the water a about 3 feet deep, and have a large area with coconut for him to dig in, and a ramp to easily get out of the water

[flybyferns]

Tyson,
What a great idea!
Two entire shower stalls could be rigged up?
Create a screened top.
I wonder if they could be joined corner to corner? ( instead of stall to wall)
Sump pump! Plumbing and all-- for drainage!
How exciting !!!

[Tyson]

if you used the entire encloser, would be easy to put a layer of imitation rock on the serface, for the water to fall down off of or, just use the bottom treys, and build them into part of the room, ect. either way would work great.

[IrishRonin]

Well first off, what are you planning to keep in there? How do you plan to view it, is it gonna be walk in only or is there gonna be a glass/plex front? So i have built a few LARGE vivs, for monitors and large snakes. If its gonna be permanent the you can go buy this stuff at home depot called resin, in black or grey, you can make a foam buck and then roll it on and when it dries pop it out or you can coat the floor itself in it. Once its dries its non toxic and water proof. As far as the ledges go I've used fake rock pavers cause there flat and light as well as grape wood trunk pieces, also I go out and hunt for unique pieces of wood all the time so... then of coarse clean it (bleach,burn,boil the 3 B's) and then I use butterfly bolts (tugger bolts) to anchor them to the wall. Id be glad to give you more advice but again it all depends on what you plan to keep in there.