Hi I recentley sent you some pics of my new vivarium. These are more
recent and have 2 more mounted bromeliads.
Thanks, I love your gallery.
bilow is copied from the last message Jan.27th2005
Hi this is my second Vivarium and has been up and running for 1 month. My
first Vivarium was built using an old 50 gal aquarium with a
separate land area but it proved not to be tall enough for my Red eyes and I
had some problems with the drainage and other things so I
decided to build one from scratch. It is a 100 x 100 x 40 cm custom built
enclosure which also works as a rainchamber with 2 sliding front
doors. It is all glass with false bottom.
Technical data
- False bottom ( egg crate covered with fiberglass sheet for drainage)
- Humus and large gravel substrate
- Custom built cork back wallp
- 2 Waterfalls( 1 custom built from PVC and one section of the cork panel as the second waterfall)
- 2 PC fans blowing warm air down from light source
- Daytime temp - 24C
Nightime temp - 19C
Water temp - 28C
Humidity - 70%
Water Section
- filtration is custom built from tupperware boxes and 1 1000 l/h maxijet pump ( Filter the water and runs it directly to the 2 waterfalls,each with a valve for adjusting the water circulation in each waterfall
- Driftwood as land area edge
Land Area
- Liana vines
- Ficus plant
- Pothos
- orchid?
- mosses (two tropical species and some java moss)
- bromelaid
Inhabitants
- Neon tetras
- Pristelas
- Carnigellas
- Buenos Aires Tetras
- Tanichtys
- Corydoras Shwarzi
- Golden nugget
- 2 Red eyed tree Frogs |