My works 2017 wood vivarium 4

The roots and stems are attached using very litte form ..

It is inserted and stand tightly but this foam is just to be more naturalistic

Plants :

I found one plants really amazing and similar to epiphytes plants

Tip : What is the epiphytes plants ?

An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water

read more here : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphyte

The external wood

The lining was done in the form of a lake on the size of the tank ..

The liner are fixed by screws and tape ..

Power head or aquarium pump will be used in the basin with flexiable pipes this time with two hiden discharge ..

window rack holder

Support to hold the liner to be like a basin or pond ..

pin to fix

Pots , Foam attached by liner with tape , Don't use any screws to penetrate the liner deeply to the wood of the box ..

Liner Two layers

Screws just to attached liner with foam .. like pins

Water discharge 2 output , by UPVC fittings

Before the Foaming :

- All pots are closed by temporary newsletters paper .

- All foam and tape are attached tightly with pots using , pins screws and tape - then a layer from glue btween some

Glue

Pump ( Aquarium submersible pump or the power head) , will be in the back side and I put some part or piece of foam or polystyrene board to hide it ..

Flexible pipe run here

Drain fitting here and it is closed temporary by maskin tape ..

I always put the photos of calotes mystaceus in my mobile phone and search for roots or stems similar or match with color of the calotes mystaceus .. At last I found it in one pet shop and I order it after I check the length of the root or stem ..

After cover the foam ( After foam shaping and cutting ) cement with brown color used ..

I don't want to reapet the same steps that I explained before ..

You can check the list above on the top of this subject .

Below .. the foam is cutted and colored by brown color and wash the roots and clean it from any foam stick on it ..

So I bought one .. But the problem here are the plant is shorten than the vivarium .. and to let the plant reach the top of the vivarium .. I glue another piece of wood and try by cement and color match the colors between each other .. !

This plants are beautiful .. but the wood cut on the top of it is very non naturalistic

I glue another piece of wood similar in the size to the original plant which is completely different ..

Water in the pond ..

Wait Mr. Calotes .. Your vivarium will be ready soon .. :-)

The stem colored by brown color ! I believe there is one method is better than that .. This need more study and tests to create an artificial stem ..

The Calotes vivarium ..

Tokay Gecko vivarium .. in the same vivarium but patition will be divided this vivarium into two vivariums as 60% for 4 calotes and 40% for the one pair Toky gecko

practising , practising and practising to match colors make new textures , use sand cements colors and your tools is brushes .. wait be patence to see the results .. normally the cement need one day to dry ..

When I fix the windows ( acrylic sheet clear ) ..I discover that it is need to remove some cement and foam .. and this is can be by using hammer and screw driver ..

The second half for Toksy Gecko vivarium :

By similar method and similar materials I create the Tokat gecko vivarium ..