Hi, I'm looking to build a 90x60x40cm vivarium, whereby I can dissassemble it & reassemble it when nessecary. I've just a few simple questions where I'm wondering if anyone could give insight. Would people reccomend cam fittings over a simple metal insert? Looking at manuals for prebuilt...

I'm designing a 29- or 30-gallon bioactive paludarium for a native Floridian species. The water feature is going to be fairly small, and should help maintain humidity and/or provide an area for a larger reptile to soak. I'm looking for something that is somewhat tame, so a small colony of green...

Hello guys, I have my beardie for over a year now and i want to change my terrarium, since I want to add life plants in there i am wondering what u guys think about the following idea: I want to build a sort base with Zoo med Excavator clay, also i want to make sort of cup holder for the...

Hello one and all! I am currently looking into building a snake rack for ball pythons im not too bothered if the tubs need to be lidded like RUB's or lidless. So far I have got my thermostat and have selected the heat cable I would like to use that I will snake up the back of my built rack...

Hello one and all! I am currently looking into building a snake rack for ball pythons im not too bothered if the tubs need to be lidded like RUB's or lidless. So far I have got my thermostat and have selected the heat cable I would like to use that I will snake up the back of my built rack...

Another member suggested that I should post this on the amphibian section of the site rather than habitat, so that's what I'm doing! This is a fairly ambitious project (by my standards) to make a suitable habitat for a pair of golden mantella frogs I plan on getting at some point in the future...

Hey guys! So, this is my first time posting on this forum and I thought I'd share with you my latest build project. I'm not especially good with my hands - I can safely say that this was my first experience of using power tools! - so when I first considered putting this tank together, I had to...

Hello, I have for sale a custom built (by me) gaming PC. The reason I am selling is due to not having the time to use it anymore. Please see below regarding the specs. · Custom build gaming PC for sale · Under 2 years old · No known issues with the build ·...

Hi all I've created this thread to show you some progress on my terrainium for hopefully the arrival of a couple of tree frogs. As well as a place to ask a few questions while i'm building :) i'm going for a semi planted terrainium using some plastic and some live plants. Ive started of with a...

I know, I know.. we don't need any more build threads but I'm going to add mine anyway! Commissioned a friend from work to build two viv frames for our two cornies and he delivered the first today!! :) Measuring 2.8ft x 2ft x 2ft in total, made from a variety of woods, mostly chipboard or ply...

Hey guys I am looking to build my own vivarium to house blue tongue skinks, Has anyone got any advice on how to construct it? Maybe a link to a video etc? I know where I'm going to get the wood etc but where do people find is the best place to buy glass cut to size? Thanks

Hi all, I will be moving flat next week and no longer have the space to keep my custom Vivexotic 4ft x1.5ft vivarium. I bought the viv around 3 years ago to house my then JCP. After having the enclosure for 6 months I decided to go travelling and sold my JCP. For the last 2+ years this...

This has been rather a long time coming (probably a year or so) but this has given me time to do some pretty extensive research into live planted vivs. I have had my crestie Diego for 2 years now, he is currently in an Exo Terra 30x30x45 with fake plants and background. I have wanted to get him...

Hello RFUK :2thumb: After joining the forum some years ago and getting great info from other members, i thought it was time to try and give something back. After 15 years of keeping a small number of reptiles and generally buying all of my kit from shops, ive finally embarked on building my...

Hey guys I am trying to build a rack and want some advice I have purchased the tubs I will be using, I have 6 large ones and 9 med ones I have heat cable and am ready to set up a rack, I want to know what you guys suggest when making one, what material to use, pre built rack from...

I am soon going to be building a viv for a boa. The viv will be 6x3x2 to start off with then I am going to add a extra two foot in height at some point, but I have a few questions about the building of it. 1. Is thee a particular kind of wood you should use? I was looking at using 12mm plywood...

Hello all :welcome: I'm a final year uni student, now more broke than ever :lol2: To add to my financial misery, I've recently come to the discovery that I love snakes! After handling a friend's Ball Python I decided I had to get one... I'm still looking for the one that has the right...

Hello, I have started to build my vivarium for Connie'conda and I thought I'd share the process with you all! :2thumb: The viv will be 70"x30"x24" (LxDxH) with a 68l pond! The first thing I had to do was to move the snakes as it's being built into my desk, they knocked quite a lot of stuff...

I want to build a background for my corn snakes viv. I want it to have hides coming out from it. What is the best material to build it from could I use paper masque and If not what. Also what are reptile safe paint s

A series of pictures showing the construction of a tropical house themed as an Aztec temple or tomb. The Aztec principle is not based on real Aztec research, its basically going to be a walk through exhibition with Reptiles, Amphibians, Inverts and small primates/ mammals. Soooooooo...