This is a fast-paced build montage of my arid vivarium build. Let me know if you want a tutorial for how to build your own. There are a lot of aspects not covered in this video that are critical to an arid habitat.
I was not expecting the heat gun, but wow that worked out well! I can't wait to do a similar build for my bearded dragon. I really want it to be bioactive.
I poor RO water into a reservoir on top of the tank that drains into the drainage layer of LECA. This wicks up into the sandy substrate and waters the plants. I do this about once per week as the Fan on top of the cage dries out the substrate quickly.
Was in the process of buying everything for a project like this. Anyone know if a western banded gecko and a desert horned lizard could live in the same tank? Or perhaps the Australian helmeted gecko Edit. Nevermind. Great thank build man. This was beyond than what I'm doing. I just wanted a semblance of a natural desert ecosystem in a large tank. Love the backboard though.
Look, I like it I don’t just put more sand that because a cactus would just start to Diamme a few weeks or something like probably probably isn’t already dead cause you probably made it at a long time ago. Can you put soil then the sand for the cactus to actually get original nutrients, well I think that charcoal would be good. I don’t know.
Can you list the supplies used in your video to make the background? I see dry lock and the anti skid? I'm wanting to make my own background using your video. Thanks so much!
I used concrete pigments to tint the dry-lock. I would suggest getting a black or grey Dry lock to start instead of white, but the only color available to me was white and it still turned out well. Also, use the liquid pigments for the darkest first coat(which takes the longest-hours) and then use the powdered pigments for a thicker consistency on the later dry brush coats. Finish with the anti skid coat. Reference Serpa Design's bearded dragon habitat build as I took min inspiration from him
How did you know? LOL, yes, I take significant inspiration from him, but there are some glaring problems with many of his builds that I do differently.
As someone who's completely new to this, what are his issues with designs? I'm getting ready to start one tomorrow actually amd the more info the better lol
@@Inverts4Introverts I'd be happy to help you through the design process. I've spent hundreds of hours and dollars researching what does and doesn't work. Reach out to me on Instagram (naturenate19) and I'd be happy to help you get on the right track.
