55 Gallon Vivarium Build

[DonLisk]

Mike.... just amazing. Can't wait to see it running some water and the plants grown it. This is one awesome build. Make me want to drive to Home Depot for some waterfall foam and silicone ;-)

[MikeM670]

T'hanks Don for your kind comments. I hope to be able to post much better pictures of the completed vivarium when the new light comes.

I will keep looking for the right types of plants to finish out the rear and side walls. I hope the moss takes off as I think it would look awesome with a nice mossy carpet. I see Josh Frogs has large sheets of it for sale and I'm tempted to get some.

Now I just have to be patient before selecting the type of frogs I want. I am looking at a group of four Dendrobates azureus. With the way the weather has been I really am hesitant about mail order purchases. Not that there are any close vendors that I am aware of for my area.

[DonLisk]

Give it some time to left the springtails do their job and get the substrate going. As for lights, I did one 24inch 6500K florescent and thinking I need two at least. Gonna plan on adding another this coming week.

I saw the moss on Josh's website and it looks like nice stuff.
I'll try to call Black Jungle tomorrow and see what they know on adding additional nozzles to the Monsoon and I'll let you know what I find out. I miss some areas in my 20Long with just two nozzles.

[MikeM670]

I have uploaded some new images of the completed vivarium with the new lighting package. Here is a overall shot of the tank.

[DonLisk]

Gotta love good lighting on a beautiful viv :-)

Really nice Mike.

[Leefrogs]

very good!!

[John]

Having built a few terrariums I can honestly say that I envy your skills, energy, and artistry. Well done.