Frog room build.

[Jason]

Originally Posted by Philsuma

Jason,

Did you ever consider a reflective sheeting backdrop on your walls?

It would maximize your above tank lighting and be great for plants.

Especially good in a mostly dark basement.

That tank is the only one that has a metal halide. It is a pendant so the light is fairly focused, but I like the idea. I have some broms planted above the tank, but they seem to be getting too much light/heat. I have to move the pendant up and in doing so, I may add come mylar or maybe even a old mirror.

Originally Posted by ChrisK

Yeah that's what I thought, I'm actually picking up some of that and the rapid dry for a mixture today. Broms can go directly into it?

Not sure, not many people are using it so it is mostly an experiment. So far they seem to be doing good. We will find out.

[ChrisK]

Originally Posted by Jason

Not sure, not many people are using it so it is mostly an experiment. So far they seem to be doing good. We will find out.

That would be SUCH a bonus, seems like I can only find the Turface stuff around here though

[Nicholas OConnor]

Seeing that the room is "waterproofed" have you considered running a couple humidifiers on a household humidistat? I found that keeping the humidity in the room was far easier than keeping it stable in individual tanks, espically for about $100 for the whole setup.
I Like the way the 20ks look with planted tanks, I foung that HQI's (like the one in that pendant) did the best for them as far as growth.
Im looking forward to seeing the room after its up and running, looking good!

[Dragas]

Originally Posted by tkromer

I figure if you're gonna go to the trouble of waterproofing the room it may as well be one big viv :lol:

YouTube - Foam It Green

[loogielv]

i gotta tell you, there's no way i'd use the space this way. I would turn it into a walk-in viv in a heartbeat. I'd even put a hammock in there and just lay and listen... getting goosebumps just thinking about it...

[Mac]

Originally Posted by loogielv

i gotta tell you, there's no way i'd use the space this way. I would turn it into a walk-in viv in a heartbeat. I'd even put a hammock in there and just lay and listen... getting goosebumps just thinking about it...

Ya until you wake up after a deep sleep and think your lost!

[loogielv]

meh. my family makes me want to be lost most days anyway. at least for a brief second, i'd feel that way...then i'd realize I'M IN MY GIANT WALK IN VIV...yah, i could deal with that.

[dart_king]

Update please!!!!

[iridebmx]

what kind of stump is that in the pent......

[Jason]

Well winter has come and gone here in Minnesota. This room was in the basement of my house and I had a space heater in it all winter. It ran 24/7 and at times could barely keep up. So I came to realize back in December that I had to do something different. I decided to hold off on getting anything new and not set up any tanks. Here is what is going on...

I used some insulation from a crawl space (that was not efficient enough) for the ceiling and replace the crawlspace insulation with R 31 stuff.



Walls going up.


First Batt


Walls/Insulation up R 13, I also used a vapor barrier.


I did a lot of research on vapor barriers. Some say no, some say yes. The reason why I did it is because if warm/humid air comes in contact with the cold walls in the winter they can condense and cause moisture to build up. The vapor barrier keeps the moist air in the room and keeps it from coming in contact with the cold wall. I also left about a 1" gap between the 2x4 wall and the outside cement wall. This will allow air to move around in case any moisture should get in.

Ceiling was only 3 sheets but at 5/8" it was a PITA.


Action shot


First Wall sheet up


Photobucket just went down, so more pics later.

Mudding is next!