My works 2017 chameleon vivarium

chameleon vivarium : All people use the screen cage for the chameleons , But The screen not clear to watch or photo your chameleon .. instead of that I decided to facilate the closed vivarium with same features of the screen cage ( Ventilation , Ventilation and Ventilation ) .. The front will be transparent slide acrylic sheet .. but the top will be screen .. fan will supply air ..

Like any other project I attached the Polystyrene sheet with foam and tape . glue also used - Then Carving or shaping by Heat Gun and Hot wire tool ..

After that the The decoration of wood , stems , roots .. Here because the vivarium is for Chams So a lot of stems ,Twigs and vines for them to climb ..

5- Tropical Vivarium : The chameleon vivarium

In this vivarium We will build similar tropical to the previous vivariums ..

You can see other project for more information :

1- Corner vivarium

2- Combined 4 vivariums into converted clothes cabinet ..

3- Desert vivarium

4-Tropical vivarium

5-Tropical vivarium 2

6-Tropical vivarium 3

7- Large tropical vivarium with pond and waterfall ..

Structure :

I will not repeat the same structure steps which is explained before .. Please cleck on the project above for more information ..

Decoration :

In the End of 2011 I ordered one Proxxon hotwire tool which I used in every project .. Very good tool and useful to do an accurate decoration from polystyrene ..

For more information Click here ..

The top screen and the void with light bulbs ..

Pump electrical cord sleeve ..

Basin or small pond for the pump ( Power head )

Fan

Pump outlet or discharge opening ( the end of the flexible pipe )

The first batch of the PU foam applied .

Below is the small pond for the pump but first I put some old artificial lawn sheet ( I purchased but never used ) , I put it as a bed for the liner .. Actually You don't need that .. But You can put any materials as a stuff to create the terrain like hills some high areas .. etc

Support for the Polystyrene sheet

Liner will be used to create a small pond for the pump .. Here I used some artifical lawn sheet which is old and never used just as a bed for liner , Actually you don't need that but you can used any stuff to creat some high areas like terrain inside the vivarium

Pump and the flexible pipe ..

Pots

Tip ! Using of proxxon hot wire tool ..

Fan

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Back to our project .. After shaping of the foam .. time now for cement and Brown, Black colors with potting soil mixture ..

I throw the mixture by my hand with glove I wore.

After you complete this process the mixture will be remain wet from 2 to 4 hours .. try to sweep on by brushes Wet with water fill the grooves .. spread the soil on the cement ..

after 4 to 6 hours ,, spray the work with water ..

Sliding doors : or windows it is from Acrylic sheet , Clear 6 mm .. I use the rack or guide track to move through with two pieces sliding ..

Temporary protection is important to avoid any cement to block in the tiny pond..

Water outlet in the groovy type waterfall ..

Foam can be stick on the wood Let it dry then remove it carefully by knife ..

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