my first build - custom cabinet build

[Johnb43]

Thanks for all the kind words!

Really nice job John. Thank you for sharing. Where in the states are you? If you add some strong leafy plants, and you can put just about anything in there. I'm a dart frog guy so I'd add a bunch or bromeliads, vining plants and a few broad leafed plants and I'd put a bunch of ranitomeya variabilis in there.


Beautiful job and. Love the distressed look. My living room furniture is the same way.

I live right outside philadelphia. You think ranitomeya variabilis would be good in such a vertical enclosure? I read that there aren't really any true arboreal darts, and that any species would really need more of a footprint than this

[deranged chipmunk]

i think this enclosure just screams for tree frogs. red eyes would be idea due to their lower humidity requirements. the less humidity in there the better. some nice, tall, strong leafed plants and a couple broms and they would be in heaven. i think darts like leucs would be cool, but i would be concerned about the high humidity required for them.

[Mentat]

Awesome build, congrats !

[Jenste]

I am unbelievably impressed!

[J Teezy]

looks good the only thing i question is your fan. Correct me if i'm wrong but to me it looks like the air will come out the bottom of it? If so, i think you should have had it come out somewhere in the middle of the structure aimed at the front glass.

[Johnb43]

Yeah, it's just coming out the bottom. I did it this way to make it as invisible as possible. Looking at it in person, there's no way to tell its under there. Even having it set up this way, it's clears the moisture off the glass much quicker than when it's off. So it is doing its job to a point. I just wanted some airflow while keeping it invisible. If I decide I want more, there's room up top still

[Johnb43]

I should also mention that the fan helps a ton with distributing the fog. When the fogger is on it just creates a rolling fog on the bottom, which looks beautiful, but I wanted it to fill the whole tank. I realized last night that after a couple mins of the fogger and the fan being on together, the whole tank fills up with a nice fog. So my plan is to run the fogger for 15 mins, then have the fan come on and run both for 15 mins, and then run just the fan for 15 to clear up the glass.