Bored, so I started a new project .::20gal Vertical Vivarium::.

[raimeiken]

I got bored, so I decided to do something productive. I had a 20gal tank laying unused. It's one of the two little tanks I picked up laying outside a house since they didnt want them anymore

I took out the black frame of it a while ago to give it a cleaner look, but I set it aside since I got busy working on my 40gal Vert.

This project won't be as complex as my 40gal. I won't even have misters in there. I'll be hand spraying it since it's going into my bedroom. Im not planning on drilling an drains on it either. I'll just suck the water out of the false bottom with a turkey baster or something.

So here's what I got so far today.

I measured and cut pieces of some leftover Polycarbonate to build the euro vent.






I didnt have enough poly carbonate so I decided to just put 3 columns in the front to support the aluminum L shape piece going on top of it. I put that L metal piece on there to support the middle column.






There's all three columns siliconed


Time to drill some holes on the piece that going on the top of the Viv to lock in the glass door


drilled


took a scrap piece and...


cut it in half




drill some holes on them


screw them in


BAM! done (I will be siliconing this on the top later after the main vent is done curing)


cut up some Aluminum L-shapes to build the frame on the euro vent


Cut some screen + silicone = done


Whew! whole vent done. Now time to sit and wait


well that's what I got so far. I'll be posting more pics of the progress later on.

[andy321]

looks like this is going to be a nice viv.

[eos]

Count me in... *subscribed*

[raimeiken]

Dont get your hopes up guys LOL! I was thinking of this just being a grow out tank. I have a few tillys already that I cant fit in the 40gal, so they're going into here. I might order some plants here and there but I wont be able to until this fall. Still too hot out here to get plants shipped over

[eos]

So is this gonna be a "What 20 gallons of plants looks like" type thing? lol

[raimeiken]

I miscalculated my measurements LOL the top part is now sticking out.







I had to readjust and drill new holes for the door to fit in.

The glass door that i'll be using I salvaged from a 10gal tank. Its width is a bit less than my 20gal, so I had to put some L-shape pieces on the side so it wont fall into the tank ahaha. This is turning pretty ghetto. Good thing Im not putting the door side in the front. I'll be showing the other sides since I wont be putting anything on the walls.

[Suzanne]

Well, I have to warn you about the mesh you're using. In my experience fruitflies (hydeii as well as melano's) will crawl strait through! Hope that isn't a problem for you? You can place another layer of mesh on top of the first one, so that they overlap. I made that mistake as well, hope this helps you before you find your room full of flies

[boogsawaste]

Originally Posted by Suzanne

Well, I have to warn you about the mesh you're using. In my experience fruitflies (hydeii as well as melano's) will crawl strait through! Hope that isn't a problem for you? You can place another layer of mesh on top of the first one, so that they overlap. I made that mistake as well, hope this helps you before you find your room full of flies

He's probably going to use this tank for plants only so ff's won't be a problem.

[raimeiken]

yeah Im not keeping any frogs. Not even in my 40gal

[raimeiken]

ok so here's what I got so far. The door goes in nicely now with the L-shaped guards on the sides of it.

This Viv will be sitting in front of my window, so my only source of light for it will be sunlight from outside. I have an idea of putting the whole viv on top of a rotating platform/base so I can rotate it and give some light on the other sides of the viv.

I found this



but i was thinking of a motorized one. One that rotates by itself slowly. Is there such a thing?