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My name is Marty and i am new to PDFs and have some questions with more to come i am sure of. I am new to PDFs but not reptiles or amphibians at all. I have kept and breds geckos (leos,Cresteds,O. Castelnaui). I also keep pac-man frogs, ball pythons and other misc. critters. I also come from a reefing background but not like most with a few hundred gallon tanks i stayed with mini reefs i found them as more of challenge as you would have really keep an eye on the parameters. I have also been reading a lot of threads on here and have gained tons of knowledge in a short time. I will begin my first viv build come next friday and will welcome everyones input. Frogs won't come till i have the tank growing and stabalized. I have jumped into things before head first and it ended disasters though this was before i got into reefing which is better to go slow and steady. So onto the questions that i can't really seem to find or keep possibly reading over.
1. When using GS what do you spray it onto? Such as styrofoam or the glass? Also what do you use to carve it?
2. Is it better to make a false bottom or just make layers? If layers what layers am i looking at?
3. What is really the best wood to incorporate into a terrarium? Mopani,grapewood,cork,drift?
4. Is textured spraypaint safe with a sealer (Krylon)? I thought of using this instead of silicone with substrate.
I think that is all the questions i need ATM to get started on the viv build. I just remembed i believe the tank is 29gallon if that has any relevance to answers.
My name is Marty and i am new to PDFs and have some questions with more to come i am sure of. I am new to PDFs but not reptiles or amphibians at all. I have kept and breds geckos (leos,Cresteds,O. Castelnaui). I also keep pac-man frogs, ball pythons and other misc. critters. I also come from a reefing background but not like most with a few hundred gallon tanks i stayed with mini reefs i found them as more of challenge as you would have really keep an eye on the parameters. I have also been reading a lot of threads on here and have gained tons of knowledge in a short time. I will begin my first viv build come next friday and will welcome everyones input. Frogs won't come till i have the tank growing and stabalized. I have jumped into things before head first and it ended disasters though this was before i got into reefing which is better to go slow and steady. So onto the questions that i can't really seem to find or keep possibly reading over.
1. When using GS what do you spray it onto? Such as styrofoam or the glass? Also what do you use to carve it?
2. Is it better to make a false bottom or just make layers? If layers what layers am i looking at?
3. What is really the best wood to incorporate into a terrarium? Mopani,grapewood,cork,drift?
4. Is textured spraypaint safe with a sealer (Krylon)? I thought of using this instead of silicone with substrate.
I think that is all the questions i need ATM to get started on the viv build. I just remembed i believe the tank is 29gallon if that has any relevance to answers.