T.marmoratus vivarium construction.

Hello!

Yesterday I started my first vivarium project for my 2.3.4 Triturus marmoratus group, but i cant continue before the epotex aquarium seling arrives and some other material, i need too seal the plyfa bottom from water damage among other things.

The tank is large with inside dimesion at 120x82x58cm lxwxh, it`s much off space for water area, land area and so that the background dont take all the surface. I will build the pound in styrofoam, cement and too seal the cement i use tapcrete that many zoo use in their tanks, and the rest consist off false bottom. Under the false bottom a shall drill a hole and attach a tap to the plyfa so i easily just can empty the remaining water into a bucket and dont have too worry about stationary water.

Too get the right temp in the vivarium i have to construct a radiator systeme, and for that i use a litle freezer(52x58x52cm lxwxh) this is the last stage and wont get ready untill the end off the month.

Here are some photos from yesterdays work, i post the rest as fast i get started again.

some off the Background material:










The finished vivarium.


Regards.

Hello.
Just a litle uppdate.

Now i have put the two layers of epotex aquarium seling, saw out hole for one of the pipes that will go from the freezer, and the tap is in place.
I will continue tomorrow with the glassfront, false bottom and i hope to get much done the coming week.

I have a nice picture in my head how the final tank shall look, so i hope it goes as planed.



Regards.

Things are on it way now, the preparation for the water area and the land transition is almost done. But much more to do both whit some rock parts and the background.










Here you can se how i shaped the froglit to make use for more land area(cocos, moss and leafs)


And also here a litle land area.



Hope you like it, i will continue tomorrow whit the bakground and stone parts.
Regards.

I've seen your work before and i know this will look great! Keep posting. I really look forward to the end.

Fredrik

Hello Fredrik.

Thanks for inaugurate my thread, someone has to be the first hehe. I hope that myselfe, im not so worried. The only thing that might go wrong is the paintning, thoug i belive i have that relative under control.

Best regards.

Looks very good, looking forward ot the finished result. What are planning on using to paint those styrofoam structures?

IanF said:

Looks very good, looking forward ot the finished result. What are planning on using to paint those styrofoam structures?

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Thanks.
I will cover all foamplates whit cement that i after form/scrape cracks in, before the cement has hardened. Then i use a produkt called Tapcrete that i blend out with colour powder as i paint on the faux background/rocks and the water part. All gets waterprof and is no harm to the newts. Some Zoo/enclosure/park "decoraters" use this among others.

I bought my 3L from a faux rock company.
http://pune.indiabizclub.com/catalog/34036~tapcrete~pune

Very!!! curious about the outcome, would love to try something like this so thanks for sharing.

Holy diver!

I did not know that marmoratus was a cliff living species hehe,,just kidding i hav to redo alot to get more land area. I shall chape the topp of the background so it get less flat surfase because this just look strange.







As you see not mutch for substrate.

Regards.

I have decided to do a new background, this dont look good and i whant this cage to be exacly like i have imagine! But i shall wait untill the water/rockpart is completly finished, then i can see the overall picture.

Not easy to build a background with deep, i dont have enought space in the vivarium.

Regards.

Hi grius, how's this progressing?

Hello Kenny.

Well what can i say hehe, i have rebuild this waterpart and so some times now and i just wont get satesfied with the results. But today i did build a new and i got more deep in my tank as i wanted. I will have substrate aswell and thats what the small hole parts is fore, and i belive i shall saw out the holes for false bottom and just use some simple tapps on 2-3places.

Well here is the new water and stone slope.


Im not entirely done with it but almost.




Here is the test build that i made before this i got finished today. But no deep there neither.



Regards/Tomas

I see the evidence of all your hard work.......all the pieces of polystyrene all over the floor! Bet it's a time-consuming job getting all that picked up! The rock scenery looking good though.

Cant wait to see the result of all this. Please keep us informed with your progress.

Fredrik

Kerry1968 said:

I see the evidence of all your hard work.......all the pieces of polystyrene all over the floor! Bet it's a time-consuming job getting all that picked up! The rock scenery looking good though.

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You should see the five bigg plastic bags behind with polystyerne, i have now wasted eight plates(120x60x10cm, so just imagine how it looks

Thanks you two, i keep you uppdate. Btw Fredrik, he is doing fine and i see him out several times per day exploring and looking at me.

Regards/Tomas

Nice to here he is doing fine. I know he is in good hands though. I hope he to some day will end up in one of youres creations.

It's fun to see the progress on this creative project. I love the carving of rocks and landscape out of the styrofoam!

This is REALLY great. I'm thinking this is a very fascinating. Is there a profession for something like this? I person for hire, to go and set up vivariums. If there was I think I could totally do this for a living. I set up my own tank. . . Tank, not this wonderful looking project here. If I could provide this to my newts I would feel like pretty damn proud of myself.

I'm going to be following this closely, taking tips. AWESOME thread, looking forward to the outcome.

AW: T.marmoratus vivarium construction.

Hi,

but the progress is in snail`s pace??












sorry for that teasing;-)))