Silocone question

[frozensponge]

Hey guys, I have check many threads over here and find them very useful. i do not get the silicone part though. where can i buy the silicone used to make the "skeleton" of the vivarium? and what brands are there? i know that we use the silicone first and wait till it dries before applying handi-foam. just another nweb question

[Leefrogs]

no skeleton needed. U just spray great stuff foam right on the glass. Silicone is used over the foam to make sure frogs don't contact it. GE silicone comes in brown or black, u can make your own vines with it also.

The only skeletons I know of are foam (pink kind) to scupt, and egg crate for the false bottom. Check out some builds, use search engine, or look up grrrit clownonfire or mikem, they all did great builds this month with great explanations and pict by pict steps

[clownonfire]

Hey guys, I have check many threads over here and find them very useful. i do not get the silicone part though. where can i buy the silicone used to make the "skeleton" of the vivarium? and what brands are there? i know that we use the silicone first and wait till it dries before applying handi-foam. just another nweb question

Hi, Ginger informed you well. You can apply the foam directly on the glass. You then use Silicone to stick your substrate on the foam (coconut husk/junglemix, whatever you use). I use GE Silicone II personally, in brown color. Apply substrate before silicone cures, too!

[DonLisk]

Here is my last journal that has pics and shows what things will look like as they progress through your build.

Hope the info helps.

http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...viv-build.html

[frozensponge]

That is super duper helpful. thanks alot!

[Grrrit]

i used GE silicon II. (black&grey). but i didnt apply it first, but with the dirt. i mixed it into a mudd and smeared it like plasture.it was messy and wasteful though in my opinion. *sigh* but it gave of a cool effect because i could press in more dry eco earth to give it a tutone effect. if your interested in that you can check my viv build thread.

http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...ighlight=build hope this is helpful. =) good luck bud its fun and i imagine you will make another lol once you finish one the ides keep flowing!