Fake Rock Enclosure (Image Heavy) **Update 10/01/2009**

[koechingkampung]

@hadesdragon:
its an absolutely cool viv..

i wanna ask bout the grout.. what kind of grout did u used? mixed of cement and sand or epoxy and sand?

i really want to do sum experiment... hehehe...

[JonnyEmm]

Hi,

I noticed that you state you used "Expanding Foam" to fill some of the gaps in your rock formations. I want to use some in my snake vivarium but was unsure if this was safe to use or not. Can you confirm this and if so confirm how long you had to leave it before it was considered to be "safe" ?

I have some "unibond - no more gaps" which i havent been unable to confirm whether i can use this or not ?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated !

Cheers,

Jonny.

[fantapants]

Originally Posted by JonnyEmm

Hi,

I noticed that you state you used "Expanding Foam" to fill some of the gaps in your rock formations. I want to use some in my snake vivarium but was unsure if this was safe to use or not. Can you confirm this and if so confirm how long you had to leave it before it was considered to be "safe" ?

I have some "unibond - no more gaps" which i havent been unable to confirm whether i can use this or not ?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated !

Cheers,

Jonny.

i have used this stuff on all of my vivs and its great. it takes a while to go fully hard but once its covered in grout is fine. Aslong as the viv is left to "air" when it finished, preferably with the heat lamps on full whack to disperse any fumes, its perfectly safe.

[JonnyEmm]

Originally Posted by tinkerbruce

i have used this stuff on all of my vivs and its great. it takes a while to go fully hard but once its covered in grout is fine. Aslong as the viv is left to "air" when it finished, preferably with the heat lamps on full whack to disperse any fumes, its perfectly safe.

Hi,

Is it necessary to cover in grout or can it be left directly exposed. I managed to burn a hole in my nice brand spanking new herptek viv And want to use this to fill the gap, believe it or not.

Cheers,

Jonathan.

[HadesDragons]

The viv is pretty much finished now and Spyro's moved in! All that's left to do is to find some wood to make an outer skin at the top, but that can wait for a bit.

Here's how it's looking - you can just see his head at the bottom of the photo:








The substrate is a mixture of dried bamboo leaves, sand, and chunks of stone:




Cool end, with the shaded grotto area to the left:




Hopefully this gives an idea of the scale of things:



Chilling out above the grotto:




And a couple of closeups:






With him having only been in for a couple of days it's too early to say whether or not it's made a difference to his behaviour - for the last couple of days he's been unusually active though, probably due to the new surroundings.

[indigo_rock_girl]

looks BRILL
ind
xxx

[littlespark]

looks absolutely fab! what a lucky beardie!!!!

[cmmercer]

It looks amazing - you've done a great job - I'd love to try something like this myself

[macca 59]

All your hard work has certainly paid off, fantastic viv

[MrMike]

Wow is all I can say, amazing job.