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iriechris

Howdy all, i have finished doing my exoterra tank for my crestie, tell me what you think

Firstly i got a sheet of polystyrene for roofing in offices and cut it to size,

then cut a few vines up and covered it all in expanding foam

Gave it a lick of waterproof paint and it came out like this:

By this time the wall is very hard, so i got a knife and made small holes in it and filled them with no more nails, ripped parts of fake vines and plants apart and put the stems in the glued hole:

After the glue dried i used the remaining paint to paint the parts around the foliage where the glue had seeped out and was noticeable, I then stuck the fake wall into the Exoterra tank with 3 strips of double sided tape

Then i added spaghnum moss as the substrate and a few pebbles for effect, Great fold holding Humidity, i also put a bromeliad plant in there He Seems very happy in there now and is very active, I also added a exoterra canopy, with 1 5% UV tube and 1 normal bulb, on a 11 HR timer

A view with the little man enjoying his new home!

And Finally a pic of the Viv as it stands (its in my living room now though)

thanks For checking it out.
Chris
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GJ · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:33 pm Post subject:

Looks really good mate, very realistic.

What brand of paint did you use?

iriechris · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:59 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I am going to add a load of small branches on both front sides soon so he can jump around a little more,

I dont know what it was it was a child/pet friendly 'durable' paint, my dad gave me some in a couple of sample pots. I thought that it would be the best type of paint to use as it said pet friendly on the tin
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Scott W · Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject:

Nice job, although I would give somewhere for the crestie to hide, cork bark tubes would be good.
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iriechris · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 11:02 am Post subject:

Yea i forgot to add that in the wall i made 3 hides, he uses them quite alot, 1 of them i made a little small and i see him with his tail sticking out a little! haha
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Phil1988 · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject:

Brew · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject:

Looks good, you should be very happy with that