A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
I don't have many pics to share because I am starting this over the weekend, but I wanted to get the journal up and running. So you folk get to read my dribbling a for a post or two.
A little background. Anyone who knows me well, knows I have been a HUGE Whovian (Doctor Who fan) since I was a little kid. I couldn't wait to watch Tom Baker every Saturday afternoon, flying around in the TARDIS, saving the universe. It's really my only one obsession that has endured longer than my love of glass cages and anything within them. So, I decided a couple years ago that I wanted to build a TARDIS, but make it a vivarium. My original concept for this tank was for it to be a 4' cube tank built from plywood that would house white's tree frogs, and I still may build that one day, but I thought a smaller experiment was in order.
This build will essentially be an all inclusive build. The tank will be a 36x18x24 terrarium housed within a custom cabinet that resembles a TARDIS. This is a very rough sketch of what I hope to achieve.
The tank itself will be Doctor Who themed inside, keeping with my new thing of doing theme tanks. This "should" be my last, although I keep having the swamps of Dagobah pop in my head from time to time. I have been keeping this one a secret because I wanted to be the first to build one of these tanks. I let hints out here and there. As Paul Simon once sang, there were "hints and allegations" about this tank, now I think it's time to make it a reality. And you can only see it here, on Frog Forum
Here are my rough, and I mean VERY rough blueprints for the framing, which I will start this weekend.
This is also being done on a strict budget, my Saturday pay. If I work Saturday, then work will be done on the tank, if I don't, well, it will just keep until the following week. I also thought about planting it with nothing but plants from Home Depot, Walmart and lowes, but since I don't have a time table for this being completed, I may not. By the time this tank is ready to plant, pickings may be slim at those stores.
I hope you guys are as excited about this tank as I am, as always, all comments and questions are welcome. Even if you just wanna talk about Who stuff, feel free.
1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
0.1.0 Bed Bully
Re: A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
Ohh man another Chipmunk Build! Subscribed!!!!!
I was never able to get into Dr. Who, but I have family who LOVE it so I can't wait to see how it comes along so I can share the pics with them
A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
It's not a show for everyone. But those who love it, LOVE it. Lol I also have a couple other things working too, a 60g paludarium/shrimp tank, and I finally rehomed my white's, so I am redoing their tank as well. Busy busy busy lol
1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
0.1.0 Bed Bully
Re: A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
I am super jealous. All I have going is working on a final top for the Mantella tank and waiting for wood for the Red Eye tank. I am already tank shopping for the next Dart tank, but I need to buy a new shelf for the basement first so I may be done building tanks for a while.
My wife wants some white tree frogs and we have an empty 18x18x24 so we may be putting that together for them. I think I am going to save up for a 36x18x24 Exo Terra to setup for some PDFs. Ugh I need more money!
A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
Lol before you build that 18x18, you may want to wait for the redesign on mine, I think you're gonna like the plan I have for it, but until I start the journal for it, I'm keeping quiet on it.
1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
0.1.0 Bed Bully
Re: A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
lol than you better hurry. Her Birthday is coming up and she has been dropping mad hints about White tree frogs lol.
A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
Hahaha! It will be within the next couple weeks. I am going to clean it out over the weekend.
1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
0.1.0 Bed Bully
Re: A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
Hopefully I will have my reds moved and be cleaning their current tank out in the next week or 2 as well.
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Re: A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
You're busy !!!Originally Posted by deranged chipmunk
Lol before you build that 18x18, you may want to wait for the redesign on mine, I think you're gonna like the plan I have for it, but until I start the journal for it, I'm keeping quiet on it.
Current Collection
Dendrobates leucomelas - standard morph
Dendrobates auratus “Costa Rican Green Black"
Dendrobates auratus "Pena Blanca"
Dendrobates tinctorius “New River”
Dendrobates tinctorius "Green Sipaliwini"
Dendrobates tinctorius “Powder Blue"
Dendrobates tinctorius "French Guiana Dwarf Cobalt"
Phyllobates terribilis “Mint”
Phyllobates terribilis "Orange"
Phyllobates bicolor "Uraba"
Oophaga pumilio "Black Jeans"
Oophaga pumilio "Isla Popa"
Oophaga pumilio "Bastimentos"
Oophaga pumilio “Mimbitimbi”
Oophaga pumilio "Rio Colubre"
Oophaga pumilio "Red Frog Beach”
Oophaga pumilio "Rio Branco"
Oophaga pumilio “Valle del Rey”
Oophaga pumilio "BriBri"
Oophaga pumilio "El Dorado"
Oophaga pumilio "Cristobal"
Oophaga pumilio "Rambala"
Oophaga “Vicentei” (blue)
Oophaga sylvatica "Paru"
Oophaga sylvatica "Pata Blanca"
Oophaga histrionica “Redhead”
Oophaga histrionica "Blue"
Oophaga lehmanni "Red"
Oophaga histrionica "Tado"
Ranitomeya variabilis "Southern"
Ranitomeya imitator "Varadero"
Ranitomeya sirensis "Lower Ucayali"
Ranitomeya vanzolinii
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A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
Well, I'm currently frog less until April Lynn, I have to find something to do with the free time I have lol
1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
0.1.0 Bed Bully
Re: A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
My husband would love this idea, he is a big Dr Who fan also. Hmm if I had one of these he wouldn't give me any guff about having more frogs lol.
A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
Sounds like there's gonna be a discussion in somebody's household soon lol
1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
0.1.0 Bed Bully
Re: A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
yeah I have been checking out and reading up on other frogs , I love my little pac man and think he/she is adorable lol. I don't know one end of a hammer from the other though.. but I do have a Bob Villa wanna-be that is constantly building stuff in his yard all hours of the day n night at the bottom of the hill..hmm I wonder
Re: A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
Been Dr. Who fan since I was 10!
I have almost every episode from 1963 on a external HD. Over 270GB
and I have watched them all.
A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
See, you're one of the people who can get an estimate on my age since I mentioned Tom Baker being "my doctor" lol
I watch all the new ones and the classics. You just cannot beat the writing of the classics. They were so awesome!!
1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
0.1.0 Bed Bully
Re: A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
Yep Tom Baker was the first Dr. I watched but after watching almost the entire series . I also really like John Pertwee.
Re: A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
Tom Baker.. I think I remember him, was he the one that wore that ridiculously long scarf ? My husband had one of those knitted up for himself lol.
A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
Ya mean like this one? Lol
1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
0.1.0 Bed Bully
Re: A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
LOL yeah almost like it
A wibbly wobbly timey wimey build... The TARDIS Tank
This is the short version. I can't seriously wear a 12' long scarf!! Lol
1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
0.1.0 Bed Bully
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