New Display Vivarium

I know this isn't really fish related since most of the tank is built for my poison dart frogs but the pond will hold a pair of apistos and clown pleco or two lol.
Well its time again to build a new display vivarium. The tank will be 24"x24"x36" corner euro style vivarium made by Jason at Protean Custom Terrariums. My ultimate plan is to turn this into a desk/ or bookcase and make the vivarium the centerpiece. Lighting for this vivarium will consist of lights from Todd Goode w/ lightyourreptiles.com. I am going to be using his new 30w LED dome along with two 22" HOT5s. One HOT5 will have the arcadia UVB bulb and the other will be an 8K bulb. It will also have a fully automated system in it controlled by Ecozone. The cool thing about this ecozone module is not only will it be able to dim my LEDs to make it life like lighting, control my mistking system, tell me the temps/humidity in my viv along with the temps in my canopy, control my PC fans for ventilation, but also I can keep a constant update on it via my iPhone app. It will alert me when temps get to cold/ hot and also when the humidity gets to low!. I am so excited!
Here is the center piece of wood I'll be using:
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Here is the tank covered in salt from the delivery and the next photo is from the alcohol bath I gave it to make it clean :)
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Here are a few of the plants I will be using in here as well :)
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More to come :)
 
Here I have created part of the 3-D background and dry fitting the plants:

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Next, I am applying a sealent to the background to make it waterproof/ resistant:

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The finished product:
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Awesome tank and scape! For some reason I have a weakness for corner setups. Can't wait to see it come together.
 
So here is where I left off for the night. It is really hard to be creative when your tired lol. The background isnt finished yet but the major pieces are in place :). I also placed the wood and dry fitted some plants so you can get the feel of what it will look like, plus I needed to water them so I'll let the misting system do that lol.

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Here is a teaser for the inhabitants going into this viv :)

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Just about finished making the waterfall and hope to set it in place and finish the background over the next two or three days!
 
I was wondering, because these look teriffic. What lens/settings did you use? [/photonerd]

I didn't use my D90 actually. I just used my sony cyber-shot digital camera. I just got it and playing around with it. These photos aren't even enhanced, they are untouched and just the way it captured it. It even has a 3D feature :D
 
Chris,

I am looking forward to seeing the set up at AquaMania. Now you really have me excited over wanting to make another paludarium.

Arlene
 
Chris,

I am looking forward to seeing the set up at AquaMania. Now you really have me excited over wanting to make another paludarium.

Arlene

Sadly since it has eggs and tadpoles all over, no guarantee someone won't open the tank, and the fact that I have a priceless frog in there, the albino, I will not be bringing it :(. Your more than welcome to swing by and see it in person though
 
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