Turning a Wine Cabinet into a Viv
I was browsing craig's list, and ran into this piece of furniture with a glass door for like thirty bucks. It's bigger and cheaper than any aquarium you could buy. The iside measures to be 22W 18 D 37L.
First things first. I took at apart the best I could so I could work in it. Off went the door and the lid. I'll keep the top off and replace it with a screen.
I started my background. I used Greats Stuff, Silicone, a mixture of peat moss and that coco husk stuff from exo-terra (I liked the chunky texture of it) Drift wood, rocks, planters, and I also got tubing and power heads to string up so I'll have water flowing down certain sections.
That's just what I've done so far. I still have to silicone a glass box In the bottom. You can buy the glass and get it cut at lowes. It was less than twenty bucks. I will silicoone gravel to the glass so it isn't so obvious that theres glass there. I'm also putting a divider in the glass box that way there will be land and water. This will make it easy to sepereate the two instead of making that stubborn slope.
Withi in that land section I will have that Power head buried with in clay pellets( drainage layer), another power head that will be on a timer for a misting system. I can't wait to get rid of my spray bottle! My misting system is a 3/8 inch tube with small hols poked in it and plugged at the end. I was also bury a submesible heater in there for one source of heat.
For thermostats and hygometer.. I didnt buy and exspensive one from the pet store i went to lowes and bought a few ten dollar ones. I bought a few because it is so big that i'd like to know the temp and huumidity at the top and bottom.
I'll throw some pictures of the finished project when I get it done!
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