New Red Eye Set up - including water feature/pond

[Hoppy 79]

Oh how wonderful! I have been thinking about doing a waterfall setup for my 18x18x24. Did you have any guides or references for this when you started it? Love the form and flow of it too, by the way. =)

Thanks, I used you tube a lot. Best I found was a guy with page "Foam and Lizards" he has some interesting videos..

So grouting is now complete, I applied 2 coats and on the second went over with the brush and some water to smooth out as much as possible.
At the moment the texture is quite rough and although once painted and sealed it should be nice and smooth I am slightly concerned about the frogs finding it too rough

Background has also have the substrate mix/peat applied, this was done by applying silicone sealant to the foam and then covering. A tip here is to cut the foam back enough to make it reasonably flat, this makes the application of the peat much easier.
First coat of paint is also applied (my wife is doing this as she is much better at it than I am!)

[Bart]

All my pond plants have no drainage holes, its better that way so you can fertilize. Looking at your pic, roots will grow everywhere with those pots. Cool setup!

[Hoppy 79]

It has taken a long time to get all the leaks plugged in this water feature (lesson learned here, make sure everything is water tight before you start finishing things off!!)

Substrate layer is now in (isopods going in this weekend)
then lighting and plants, will let everything settle for a few weeks before my RETF's in

[Hoppy 79]

Update time!!!
The Viv is now complete.
Frogs are in and all seems well.
Plants are all installed and new lighting system is a big improvement over the standard Exo-Terra hood set up.
I could use the Zoo-Med ReptiSun that I had picked out as there seems to have been a global recall due to a fault with the LED units!? Anyway I am happy with the Arcadia unit I have settled on.