Amphibian Racking System Build (Photo Heavy)

[Truffs1178]

Your collection is insane and the set ups are very impressive.

[MantellaGuy]

Your collection is insane and the set ups are very impressive.

Thank you very much!

[MantellaGuy]

Update - Shall be making a Mantella laevigata Bamboo Forest enclosure, I have large species of Bamboo growing where I am (This is true species of Bamboo) so it is entirely possible to do

[MantellaGuy]

Hi everyone,

Been a few weeks since I updated on the builds so thought I should start again with my Mantella aurantiaca terrarium

First of all, here is a selection of plants that i have either taken cuttings and grown them on or ones I have been buying (Not all of them are photographed but I have about 30 in total!):-

Earth Starfish Plant (Cryptanthus bivittatus)
"Red Rosso" Radiator Plant (Peperomia caperata)
Aluminum Plant (Pilea cadierei)
White Butterfly Plant (Syngonium podophyllum)
"Red Skeleton" Snake Skin Plant (Fittonia verschaffeltii)
Green Ivy (Hedera helix)
Jade Plant (Crassula ovata)
Moon Valley Plant (Pilae involucrater)
Malagasy Dragon Plant (Dracaena marginata)
Colombian Creeping Fig (Ficus sp)
Asian Creeping Fig (Ficus pumila)
Heartleaf Plant (Philodendron scandens)
Inch Plant (Tradescantia fluminensis)
Heart Fern (Hemionitis artolia)
Spider plant (Chlorophytum laxum)














































So, a little info is needed I think! This is a DMS Terrarium with a False Bottom that will accommadate my Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca) individuals which I plan to increase the bloodlines for. It is 800 x 400 x 400mm (Long x High x Deep) and will be fully planted.

I have started it only today with the Expanding Foam background, which will be a mixture of the old fashioned Silicone Sealant with Coir Compost and possibly some Cement and liquid Fibre-glass techniques I am just leaving it to set at the moment over night and tomorrow i will be carving at it....










My next step is to carve away at the Foam and see what interesting shapes I can make! (You can alreadysee that i am making a cliff/slope through the middle of the background.)

Thanks for looking and wait for more updates!!

Josh

[Mentat]

Hello Josh! Great update with excellent photos of plants and build progress. Love the Golden Mantellas, so I'm looking forward to them being in there. What is name and source of the coir panels on post no. 8? Thank you !

[DigitalPunk]

Wow very jealous of your options to buy custom built terrariums. Wish I had something close like that

Looking great so far!

[MantellaGuy]

Hi everyone,

Many apologies from not posting my update sooner but I have been incredibly busy!! lol So without further ado, here is my latest up date

So, I allowed the expanding foam to set after 28 hours and began to see certain shapes and things that i could carve out, especially the slope/ramp along the middle, which gave me this;



As you might have noticed, I decided to add the tree truck in separately so it sticks out more than the background. I used off cuts of the background to give it support.











I have done much more work since I started making the tree but i have yet to photograph the progress, but here is some photos of it about 2 weeks ago!



Anyway, look out for the latest update!!

Thanks for reading,

Josh

P.S Carlos, It was Lucky Reptile Coco-husk background