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I recently constructed the background of my new vivarium.
I thought it could be useful so here it is:

I used heated pvc pipes with prolypropylene rope.

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I covered it with a compaktuna(/flevopol)-and peat-mixture. I finished with sealant and peat.

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I made the background in pieces and afterwards I placed it in the vivarium .

The corners were made with Polyurethane foam and finished the same way as the pvc/rope.

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After drying a few weeks I could begin planting the vivarium.

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Result so far:
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Edit reinserted broken photos
 
#9 ·
Incredible work! That is really stunning.

Raf said:
I covered it with a compaktuna(/flevopol)-and peat-mixture. I finished with sealant and peat.
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Could you provide a few more details about this? Did you make a mix of compaktuna/flevopol and peat or did you first coat with compaktuna and sprinkle with peat? Were you mixing in concrete as well or was it just the compaktuna?
 
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Could you provide a few more details about this? Did you make a mix of compaktuna/flevopol and peat or did you first coat with compaktuna and sprinkle with peat? Were you mixing in concrete as well or was it just the compaktuna?
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I covered the pipes and rope twice with the compaktuna-peat mixture (mix compaktuna with water and peat). afterwards I covered the uncovered parts with sealant and sprinkle with peat.

Dimensions are 185cm (72")L x 50cm (19,7")D x 100cm (40")H
 
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Pardon me, but Im a little slow. When you say you "covered" them, exactly how? Did you hand apply the mixture? It looks so evenly applied? It almost seems just by looking that you would have to somehow spray it on to cover all the spaces?

Exactly what type os sealant are you referencing?

Thank you. And AGAIN.....OUTSTANDING!!!!!
 
#21 ·
Excellent job on the background and great Idea with the ropes. I think I've seen the bent pipe method before but you did it well and the robes really add to the finished effect. I think this is one of if not the most truly natural backgrounds I've seen. I mean thats is really what you would see, an eroded out bank with tree roots next to a stream...Probably a good place for finding frogs too ;)

My only suggestion would be that it might be interesting and add to the effect if you could slightly alter the color of the coating on the ropes...either do the pipes in grey and ropes brown or vise versa...or just 2 shades of brown even.
 
#29 · (Edited)
Thx for the great comments!
I hope this will inspire people. I got my inspiration from HX on this forum.
Dry time: a couple of weeks.

Pardon me, but Im a little slow. When you say you "covered" them, exactly how? Did you hand apply the mixture? It looks so evenly applied? It almost seems just by looking that you would have to somehow spray it on to cover all the spaces?
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I use a paintbrush for the mixture. The sealant (soudal - Fix All) is applied by hand and afterwards put peat on top of it.
 
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