New project

[cam191919]

next month is repticon, so i decided to make make a vivarium so i could actually buy something cool :D

i layed the 20 gallon high tank on its back, arranged the wood, then sprayed in between the pieces with great stuff foam and carved off the excess. when the stuff i ordered from blackjungle arrives im gunna glue coconut fiber to the foam

sorry for the sucky pics, but you get the picture

full tank shot
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/PA251205.jpg

wood on the left side
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/PA251207.jpg

and wood on the right side, the big piece is hollow on top and will be filled with soil and planted
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/PA251210.jpg

[FindingBlemo]

I'm excited! Keep us up to date! Please? :)

[cam191919]

sure, i cant wait til this is finished, hopefully you'll all be jealous :evil_lol:

[Vicious_Fish]

Looks good so far cam. What did you order from BlackJungle?

[Mustang Boy]

looks really good cam i cant wait to see it all setup with your froggy

[PaulJ69]

Very cool. Great stuff is the best for making backgrounds! Keep us updated!

[cam191919]

not that much VF, just some expanded clay pellets, some coconut fiber, and some ferts

i probably would have ordered some plants too if not for a huge greenhouse that sells tons of awesome plants, i cant wait til i can start planting!

[satanpie]

looks like its gonna be nice!

[cam191919]

iv been offline for a while, i might get pics tomorrow, but as of now iv covered the greatstuff with coconut fiber. And since there was more limescale and calcium on the front pane of glass than i thought, i decided to just take it off. new glass will be on by monday, then comes the fun part :D

[serissime]

sweet, can't wait to see more!

[cam191919]

update pic, without the front glass pics are too easy to take, shame the frogs would escape without it :D

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/PB011246.jpg

[cam191919]

glass is on, it looks at least 5 times better that the old glass :dance:

gunna pick up plants either tommorow or saturday, probably saturday

[cam191919]

got the plants today :D

i still need more broad leaf plants like the peperomia in the left corner, but for now i think it looks fan-froggin-tastic :evil_lol:

full tank shot
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/PB071305.jpg

seleginella and tillandsia
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/PB071306.jpg

watermelon pep and brom
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/PB071308.jpg

brom flower
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/PB071310.jpg

two broms in the right
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/PB071311.jpg

brom pool
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/PB071313.jpg

seleginella and tillandsia close up
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/PB071316.jpg

the place i went to is huge, imagine acres of just bromeliads. i must have walked over a quarter mile in a single greenhouse to find the three broms i liked. next stop is the plant shop at the marie selpy botanical gardens, they have more large leaf plants and orchids...

[BoJangles]

looks schweeet!!!!!!

[Kashta]

Awesome job, cam. That looks great.

[FISHSHROD]

WOW , those ARE nice !!!!!!!!

[cam191919]

thanks guys!

[I Ate A Cake]

I did the same kind of background to a 20L I was setting up for some Crested Geckos. It was sure interesting to setup!

Great job on the setup.

[cam191919]

im really hoping to get some treefrogs, but if i cant find any then a cresties my next choice

im really hoping to find a twiggy piece of manzanita wood, like this one
http://www.blackjungle.com/Merchant2/waxy2.jpg

[PaulJ69]

Nice, very nice.

[Vicious_Fish]

Great job Cam, I hope you can find the species you're looking for. You guys have some good Reptile shows down that way.

[cam191919]

countin down the days to repticon...7

[cam191919]

some ferns and moss from outside give a natural look to the wood

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/PB151361.jpg

[Mustang Boy]

the tank is looking really good cam how bout a full tank shot


and 4 more days lol

[calivivarium1]

Lookin good

[cam191919]

update time, got some new plants today, and everything is filling in nicely

heres the fts... my fts's always look horrible for some reason, but you can see the improvement in the original plants color. pretty much everything that wasnt attached got moved

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/P1011408.jpg

african mask leaf, i know it'll grow pretty big for a 20H but its not like rehoming a fish, ill just put in a pot on the patio if it doesnt fit...

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/P1011380.jpg

the flowering tillandsia behind the mask plant

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/P1011378.jpg

tight group of three, to keep it natural looking

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/P1011383.jpg

nice red color

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/P1011385.jpg

and one of my favorites, tillandsia bulbosa

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/P1011386.jpg

[cam191919]

due to a typo on a craiglist ad, i was thinking that repticon started today, but it starts tomorrow. i think im ready for whatever i might get tho :dance:

[PaulJ69]

Cant wait!

[BoJangles]

neato

[mellowvision]

cool

[cam191919]

back from repticon :D

i got 1 tiger leg, 3 big eye treefrogs, and 1 red eye...

im sure ill hear a lot of mixed opinions about my selection but im confident in the choices i made today...

in any case its my little sisters birthday party today, so the family camera is gunna be impossible to get. no pics for you :evil_lol:

[cam191919]

here are the pics of the new froggies

for some reason i was compelled to name my new tiger legged monkey frog Mr. Derp :D

funniest picture iv ever taken....

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/P1011358.jpg

and heres one that shows those namesake legs

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/P1011362.jpg

red eye treefrog, always a favorite. didnt wanna pose in the tank

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/P1011365.jpg
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/P1011367.jpg
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/P1011368.jpg

and one of the three big eyes, i still dont know where they got their name from...

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/vivarium%20project/P1011371.jpg

[Vicious_Fish]

Nice pickups cam, I'm glad you found a tiger-leg like you wanted. I've always been a big fan of red-eyes myself. So are they all similar sized? It's usually not a great idea to mix frog species so keep an eye on them. If they're different sizes one might become lunch!

[cam191919]

yes, i made sure i got frogs of all the same size, from the same seller

[mellowvision]

nice frogs cam, and NICE pictures too. This makes me want a frog.

[PaulJ69]

cool frogs!

[Liquid_Pyro]

Those are some awesome pictures!

always loved the Red eye for sure...

[cam191919]

thanks all. fed them for the first time monday, they all ate like little pigs :D

[BoCoMo]

I love the progress - you have some great pics!

[Chrisinator]

I wish I wasn't so scared of big frogs. I wanna get the itty bitty cute ones.

[Vicious_Fish]

I wish I wasn't so scared of big frogs. I wanna get the itty bitty cute ones.

Haha, you'd hate my bull frog then. He'd give you nightmares. :D

[Chrisinator]

I'm not fan of big frogs. eeeks. But I like tiny frogs like Tree Frogs and Poison Darts

[cam191919]

lol, my frogs could fit in your hand, but your hand could fit in VFs frog :D

[cam191919]

its been a few months and im still not having any problems. one of the big eyes just stopped eating about a month ago, even after giving him his own temporary tank. he died a few days ago, looking like a skeleton compared to the two other big eyes...

big eye #1, always sleeps in the big brom

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/Vivarium%20Project/P2192248.jpg

big eye #2 naps in the watermelon peperomia

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/Vivarium%20Project/P2192245.jpg

red eye sleeps under an african mask plant leaf

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu196/cam191919/Vivarium%20Project/P2192259.jpg

[cam191919]

for some reason i cant get photobucket to work, i have no clue why all my old pics in this thread are non existent

ill try to upload more later

btw Mr. Derp is hiding, ill get some pics of him too :D