Pimp my Vivarium MKII!!!

[spatte88]

Hi guys and girls, we thought we’d show you our new viv build that we’ve been working on since our previous Ice Cave, it’s not fully complete as it needs a few a little bit of tweeking and also we still have all the electrics to sort out though thought you may like to see what it looks like so far. We have tried to alter/change a few problems that we found with our previous build (cleaning ease and more bug proof) plus we have tried to incorporate all the advice that people passed on like UV distances (the back UV tube is 12inches off ground with main basking spot 6inches away and top basking point 4inches away), more floor space and we tried to make it look a little more natural.

The build was carried out exactly the same way as our previous build (i.e from polystyrene) apart from we decided to add a few natural items like rocks, wood and plants. Plus instead of finishing the build off with varnish we decided to copy Jabba’s recent technique of epoxy resin and multiple coloured sand mixes.
The viv measures 50x24x18 inches and is going to be the top level of our stack build that we have planned. More details of the rest of the stack will come once we have the custom bits!! Anyway let us know what you think so far!


Oh yeah almost forgot to mention the “celebrity” dragon only introduced for aesthetics!!

overall view




few close ups

[white]

great pad!

[t-bo]

Looks really great!

[cubeykc]

looking good. how many layers of grout did you use?

[dan.hobley]

simple yet effective. good use of the space

[Mirf]

This one I love. It's looks fantastic!!

[t o k a y]

its really nicei like how youve incorparated the tube in the background although fo a viv like this id use more lighting as the uv will give an unbalanced spectrum something like a energy saving light bulb would be good if you hide it away somewhere and it cheap to run

[kiz]

That looks fantastic as does the beardy. 5*

[HalcyonInverts]

Oh snap! that viv is ace! makes me actually want a beardy lol! Im not really a fan of the desert type animals, i prefer things moist... but dam thats a fine looking display! Well done!

[spatte88]

Originally Posted by t o k a y

its really nicei like how youve incorparated the tube in the background although fo a viv like this id use more lighting as the uv will give an unbalanced spectrum something like a energy saving light bulb would be good if you hide it away somewhere and it cheap to run

we also have another UV tube (with reflector) on the front of the viv hidden behind the panel above the glass doors!!! makes the light "even" and also means the UV levels are great all over the viv!