09-18-2009, 01:32 AM
hello everyone I am new to the forums and new to darts.... I know im going to muck up and make a few mistakes along the way... but here is my new setup
Here i started building my water fall using pink foam from home depot
i measured and cut the pieces for the wall to make a square frame with a bottom for the waterfall
next i cut out several pieces each a lil smaller than the rest and layered them on using foam safe spray ahedsive
Next i cut off the excess foam and carved out some channels for the water fall and tried to make the foam look as rocky as possible
next i used quickcrete mix and applied first a very thin coat then after that was close to cured went back over with a thicker coat.. the thicker coat worked way better than the thin coat did
after that i moved on to a hideaway piece that will cover the all the wires and tubing.. same process as before measure, cut, shape, and quickcrete, cure
here again did the same thing for the main wall background piece this one was kind of neat to make.. I added the spray glue to the areas i wanted the rocks to be on and just let falling pieces stick wherever.. and then done that 3 or 4 times with left over scrap pieces and it gave a very neat and natural looking rock background..
same steps onece again..
next measured and cut out my false bottom added pvc fittings on the bottom cut out space for river bed, tank equipment, and added mesh screen across the top
next i started adding hydroton pellets for drainage layer
sorry guys as i got more and more into building the tank i forgot to take pictures cause i really started getting into it
tank includes a water filter, water pump for waterfall, exo terra mister, water heater... but here is how it turned out with various plants put in and other decorations..
its not much now but im sure once the plants start taking over the tank it will really look nice
[IMG]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r187/sputnikxxx/vivarium%2040%20gallon%20build/103_0773-1.jpg[/IMG}
Here i started building my water fall using pink foam from home depot
i measured and cut the pieces for the wall to make a square frame with a bottom for the waterfall
next i cut out several pieces each a lil smaller than the rest and layered them on using foam safe spray ahedsive
Next i cut off the excess foam and carved out some channels for the water fall and tried to make the foam look as rocky as possible
next i used quickcrete mix and applied first a very thin coat then after that was close to cured went back over with a thicker coat.. the thicker coat worked way better than the thin coat did
after that i moved on to a hideaway piece that will cover the all the wires and tubing.. same process as before measure, cut, shape, and quickcrete, cure
here again did the same thing for the main wall background piece this one was kind of neat to make.. I added the spray glue to the areas i wanted the rocks to be on and just let falling pieces stick wherever.. and then done that 3 or 4 times with left over scrap pieces and it gave a very neat and natural looking rock background..
same steps onece again..
next measured and cut out my false bottom added pvc fittings on the bottom cut out space for river bed, tank equipment, and added mesh screen across the top
next i started adding hydroton pellets for drainage layer
sorry guys as i got more and more into building the tank i forgot to take pictures cause i really started getting into it
tank includes a water filter, water pump for waterfall, exo terra mister, water heater... but here is how it turned out with various plants put in and other decorations..
its not much now but im sure once the plants start taking over the tank it will really look nice
[IMG]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r187/sputnikxxx/vivarium%2040%20gallon%20build/103_0773-1.jpg[/IMG}