Hello frog forum! I have been browsing through your build projects as of late and let me just say, their is some neat stuff out there. Thanks for documenting it for us. I know it has helped me with some ideas for mine.

The one I'm building will not be quite as "intense" like many that I see.

So starting out I have a small tall exo terra (18x18x24)

Quite a popular little enclosure. I want a small water system and quite a few live plants. Now in my mini exo terra, it looks nice, however, it seems that the soil gets too wet. I only have some rocks with mesh liner to keep the soil from bleeding I to the water. With hydroballs underneath the soil with mesh between. Maybe I should have used more hydro balls?

Anyway I decided to cut some plexiglass in the new tank and silicone it as a divider. It's 2 1/2" tall in the front and slopes to 4 1/2" at the back. I sanded the corners on the bottom to make them round to fit over the existing sealant on the tank. This way the piece sits flat and I don't have to fill a gap along the bottom.

I used GE II silicone. Only after doing a leak test on the tank of course.

I ordered one o the exoterra styrofoam backgrounds (my used tank didn't have one) I like them. They are cheap and easy to set up. I plan on running the hose from the pump through it like I did with my mini.

Saw somebody edit a photo of their tank to show an idea of what they had for their project. I thought that was great!

So here is what I have in mind. I have more plants just haven't drawn them in yet.



Thanks in advance for all the suggestions and info.