12x12x12 Mini Viv Build

[DonLisk]

You should be doing this professionally. I'm jealous, and we shouldn't be talking anymore.

If there was a big market for pre-made vivs and terrariums I would venture there, once the factory I'm at closes up in July. Hey, all this comes from what I learn here and on one other board.... maybe a good childish imagination helps?

Hmmmm.... maybe a street corner pushcart downtown? I could see that now... I could tap into the traffic lights for powering up some lighting :-)

[clownonfire]

If there was a big market for pre-made vivs and terrariums I would venture there, once the factory I'm at closes up in July. Hey, all this comes from what I learn here and on one other board.... maybe a good childish imagination helps?

Hmmmm.... maybe a street corner pushcart downtown? I could see that now... I could tap into the traffic lights for powering up some lighting :-)

Your vivs are definitely stunning. There's something quite soothing about the whole process of building them, n'est-ce pas?

[bshmerlie]

Don that really is a great looking tank. How many total hours of actually working on it do you think you spent?

[DonLisk]

Don that really is a great looking tank. How many total hours of actually working on it do you think you spent?

Not sure but its really not a lot if you remove the wait times between the foam and silicone curing. I think the biggest thing is having everything on hand once you start.

GS II cures pretty quickly with little smell and Great Suff also if not put in overly thick.

[1beataway]

My mom loves the look of my frog tanks, but she's not crazy about animals, so she has started doing plant-only vivs. She's going to steal some of your ideas. It looks great.

[DonLisk]

My mom loves the look of my frog tanks, but she's not crazy about animals, so she has started doing plant-only vivs. She's going to steal some of your ideas. It looks great.

Nice. Nothing wrong with just plants. I actually love seeing the bottles done up as terrariums. Once made, you do nothing but view them.

The greenhouse I get many of my plants at had an Orchid Day yesterday, it was amazing to see some of the most stunning Orchids... but expensive plants for me.
This greenhouse has a bunch of bottle type terrariums and I think they do classes for them sometime during the year.

[1beataway]

I have heard of the bottle terrariums, but had forgotten about them. I'll need to look those up to show her. When I move my leaf frog from the tank he's in to the 56 gallon, I'm giving her the tank to put plants in (instead of keeping it for myself so that I can say, "Hey, I have an empty tank. Why not fill it with an animal?).

[MikeM670]

Don,

Another nice job and fantastic build. Even tho your not planning on putting in frogs you certainly have given me some ideas to work with in the future. I love how the baby tears cascade down the sides from the top.