[stevenhman]

Very nice! Also, we get to see everything from start to finish at one time

Do you have any frogs in mind to live in this awesome tank?

 

[moraki]

Amazing set up ... great job. Im greatly interested in seeing this thing finished (even though it looks better than mostly completely finished tanks already)

And fyi thats the real purpose of what we refer to as Egg crate, theres a reason its in lighting department at most hardware stores.

 

[RNKot]

ZOMG May i live in it for a week?! Really great!

 

[FrogFever]

Wow. That's a great home for a thumbnail or two.

 

[dendrothusiast]

wow this is a beautiful enclosure - it's people like you that inspire me to continue making vivs as large as possible to achieve natural pieces of art like the one you have made. Thank you very much for sharing!!!

 

[NathalieB]

some details of the plants. where possible I have added the names of the plants (please correct me if I am wrong)

marcgravia rektifolia with unknow neoregelia species and 2 unknow orchid species

Vriesea hieroglyphica and Vriesea red chestnut

Vriesea bituminosa

unknown neoregelia and cryptanthus

unknown orchid

peperomia

anubias nana

some kind of dwarf iris?

another unknow orchid and cryptanthus microglazioui

masdevalia minuta and an unknown migrogramma (bottom)

I think this is an anthurium because it had berries but I am not sure at all. behind it chirita tamiana and I think ficus villosa on the background

Neoregelia amazon and ornithophora radicans

Racinae crispa

pyrrosia serpens

Masdevalia, I don't know which one might be herradurae

microgramma nitidia

microgramma tecta

2 more different species of neoregelia and a fern that hitch-hiked in with one of them. in the background microgramma nitidia and begonia schulzei. in the left corner another anthurium I think. it also had berries. it almost died but is making new leaves so I think it will do fine

3 orchids aerangis articulata, haraella ordorata and an unknown one (very small, probably some kind of pleurothalis). pyrossia nummularifolia

 

[frog dude]

dude, you have really outdone yourself. BEST VIV EVER!!!!!


P.S. where the heck do you find room for that 400 gallon beast of a tank? And how did you have the time to make it?

 

[DragonSpirit1185]

I think this is about the cleanest viv I have seen on here
So well done and pretty much flawless

Please shoot a vid of the tank and can you let us know what you plan on putting in here?

 

[NathalieB]

the tank is already inhabited by a pair of salt creeks and a pair of azureus.
I might add one or 2 more azureus if I find some males I like.

please don't turn this in a "don't mix" thread. I have had these specific frogs for years in separate tanks so I can compare their behaviour now and there behaviour when they were on their own and intervene when something is not right. I also have several other tanks with more than 1 species, including a pumilio/tinc mix without any issues. I catch out any froglets as soon as I see them, even when my pumilio's are alone in a tank.
so far they are blissfully ignorant of each other's existence.

The azureus have already started laying again and the salt creeks might have eggs somewhere too since they have been doing their little dance for days.

I tried to make a video of the tank but it isn't that good since the lights have already gone out and te viv is in "dusk" mode.
I will try to make a better video soon with a better camera and more lights

 

[NathalieB]

the building of this viv actually didn't take that long.

It took a whole summer planning but then the viv was build in a month or so.
It doesn't take that much more time building a big viv compared to the smaller ones. You spend a lot of time waiting till everything dries (epoxy, foam, ...) and that's the same for the small ones. also connecting all the fans and lights takes me at least a whole day, wheter it is a big viv or a tiny one
It also helps that it is a team effort. it's not just my hobby but also my husband's so we do everything together.

as for room...I wanted an even bigger one but i had to "settle" for this size
we have a pretty big living space so if you see this viv in place it doesn't even look that big.
I will try to make overview pictures of the living room with the viv tomorrow.

 

[rsain]

Excellent build! I'm very impressed.

Did anyone else spot the Festool (Festo in Europe) tools? I sure did. A mark of excellence. The finest tools for a fine build - you are a craftsman.

- ryan

 

[DragonSpirit1185]

how do you access the fans and the misting lines and whatnot, from the top?
Thanks for the vids btw.

I hope you don't get too much grief for the mixing....I think it's plenty big for all the frogs.
I hope to one day have a rainforest room and there will be all kinds of wildlife in there lol

I love your viv it is one of the best, if not the best i have seen so far.
There is one guy on her tho that actually did make a rainforest room, the entire room he built is a viv but I don't think he ever updated it tho.

 

[frogface]

I've seen lots of nice vivs here but this one had me gasping out loud

 

[Lbacha]

Great display, I'm more of a plant guy myself and this setup is something to make plant enthusiasts drool those are some great orchids and broms you have there.

Len

 

[bebert]

lights were installed (2 80Watt t5's + 3 36w PL's for the day, some led-

Hey nice viv! What is 3 36w pl's ?

 

[NathalieB]

Hey nice viv! What is 3 36w pl's ?

it's a type of fluorescent lamp

 

[NathalieB]

how do you access the fans and the misting lines and whatnot, from the top?

the top has hinges so I can open it completely.
the side pannel is attached with magnets so it can be removed completely to access the "technical area"

 

[NathalieB]

Did anyone else spot the Festool (Festo in Europe) tools? I sure did. A mark of excellence. The finest tools for a fine build - you are a craftsman.

it's not me who's the craftsman, it's my husband. I don't touch powertools, I'm scared of them

he also drank the festool kool-aid Although I have to admit it is all very well thought-out and all the tools work nicely together. He has build me some very nice things with his toys so I am certainly not complaining

 

[Peakone]

Thats famazing! Can i move to your place?

Seriously thats just gorgeous and it seems so easy to be done the way you describes it, but im quite sure it is not

I definitely wanna see more from you, keep it up!

 

[NathalieB]

I tried making a better video with all the lights on but it isn't that great as I shot through the glass again so there's a lot of reflection

while i was filming I caught my salt creek pair laying eggs.

in the end the female just staid there, sitting on her eggs for half an hour and then the battery of my camera went dead so i don't have a picture of the eggs yet. will take a picture when the batteries are charged