How to build a glass terrarium vivarium 

Yes they're too expensive!!

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Thanks :) It could be ok but only if you stay on a small size as in the video.

Also, is there a way to lock the sliding doors? I would like to do a similar thing for my gecko but am super new to this stuff. My dad is a little more knowledgeable so he can help me out a bit.

@@Quidame98 Thank you very much. Yes, you can process the same way with plexi or acrylic but these materials are very fragile become dirty and scratched with time and are more difficult to clean. The only one advantage is the weight. And yes I think it is possible to buy something like this : www.amazon.com/Sliding-Ratchet-Chrome-Showcase-Display/dp/B07P7Q76SP/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=glass+door+lock&qid=1573900396&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzQllYRU45SUJOV05DJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNTIwMTQ5Mk5HU0g1VFgyUTJZTSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzYzMjg0M0NCQk8xSFI4RUZERyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

Thank you very much

You need to smooth edges, if not you can cut you fingers very easely. I just cut one of my finger this week with my tank and I almost needed to go to hospital ^^

Thanks :) it is normal glass and I leave silicone dry at least 24h

@@Terrarium-Construction i have just bought my cut sizes today, but it is normal glass!? i will be using some heavy dragon rock etc inside.. you are sure it is ok to build with this? it is 500mm x 400mm and 550mm high.

@@spurito Depends on the thickness but yes or me no problem with normal glass. You know, Exo terra use normal glass for there terrarium tank. ;)

Thanks but a simple box is not good because you need to have an air circulation in the tank to avoid moisture.

To be honest for me it is the tricky part. On the base you just need to count about 2mm but on upper part, you need take required gap which permits to remove the glass so the height of the bottom rail (5 or 6mm) and about 5mm on the top. To be sure, build the tank and when it's done make the doors according to the final dimensions you get.

In my local DIY store

Sorry, I can't tell you precisely the holes size, but less than half millimeters. You can buy this stuff in diy section of Dutch Rana website for exemple.

Thanks. If I remember well I just paid for the glass and nothing for cutting but it depends on the stores.

@@Terrarium-Construction thank you very much, one more question: could you tell where you found the PVC guides for the glass doors? thanks again

@@lorenzodonati9377 I think you can find these stuff on Dutch Rana but I bought mine on Dendroworld

special aquarium silicon that you can find in pet stores

I don't know what do you mean... what do you mean by "broad leafed"?

Thank you very much. Unfortunately, the only two ways to do this are to increase the size of the ventilation mesh or replace glass top panel by acryl panel whick let the UVB pass trough.

@@Terrarium-Construction i thought about increasing the mesh size, but I was worried about the structural integrity of the tank - the top plates ensure stability after all But using acrylic glass is a great Idea! I will think about it Thank you very much

@dertachinator, what did you end up doing? i think you could safely reduce the amount of glass on the top / increase the mesh area. look up eurobracing aquariums. they use far less glass across the top of tanks which they fill with water. that's a lot more pressure.

@@druubben4410 i found a cheap old terrarium that looks self made to me ;) it utilized acrylic glass, mesh screen and glass on top, i fitted a lamp over the acrylic glass

Sorry I made it on the french version but I don't know international suppliers.

Thanks. For the 3D visualisation I use 3D max, but it is very simple model so you can use Blender or any 3D software.

Terrarium-Construction.com thank you 😊

Not easy to find. In France, we call this stuff something like: pvc double U profiles

Try Vivarium Glass Runners on ebay.

There are PVC L and E profiles for sliding doors. Mesh is stainless steel gaze mesh

Hello, it not easy to find, I only have links to french amazon sorry: www.amazon.fr/PROHEIM-profil%C3%A9s-Guidage-terrariums-Montage/dp/B01N3AXGQQ/ref=pd_sbs_1/259-4037515-2215204?pd_rd_w=EuUcl&pf_rd_p=91dcf839-4760-46e2-895e-c238ca757958&pf_rd_r=70Y4X9CENHMDPF8GZN2Q&pd_rd_r=7c59c7e8-ac5f-4d04-bdee-ad17b372b858&pd_rd_wg=t2NPc&pd_rd_i=B01N3AXGQQ&psc=1

Yes it suitable for white tree forgs but with a larger size. And to drill holes take a look at my other videos. ;)

Heck ya I will thanks for the response!

Hello, it is a sealant finishing tool which is sold in the seaant department in diy stores. You can see it at 2m36s

Terrarium-Construction.com OK，thanks a lot. Also are the side profiles for the sliding doors same as the bottom profile(how deep)

@@williamdavis9471 Yes the same size, about 10mm ;)

@@Terrarium-Construction thanks again, haha

Yes, super balaise à trouver. Pour la france tu en trouveras chez Dendroworld et pour l'étranger chez Dutch Rana. Après il y a de la moustiquaire chez Leroy Merlin d'une taille approchante mais je ne sais pas ce que ca donnerai au niveau tenue dans le temps.

I have this kind of stuff on my wishlist on ebay which have as title: "Soft close rubber adhesive transparent clear bumper stop pad Cushion"

I'm from Belgium

@@guybarre3828 You can find this stuff o Rana dutch for exemple a lot of terrarium stuff website sells this in their DIY section

Sorry there is no special name. L profiles are sold in DIY stores and black track are sometimes E profiles quite difficult to get. I bought them on the french website dendroworld.fr and you can find this on Dutchrana.nl For now I know the firm who manufacture this so I don't know find this in another place.

@@Terrarium-Construction thanks

Hard to say without seeing the set up.

What lights do you have? Is it an led bar or a dome? You will probably have to drill holes to affix it to the top. The thing with these builds is they don't accommodate for uvb lights as the glass will filter it all out. So best would be to make a full mesh top or a very wide strip of mesh to set the lamp on. It would still lose some percentage of uvb (between 30-50 depending on mesh and bulb) but at least you can use it. That's really why these builds are giving me a bit of a headache. I want to do one but I really want to use uvb so figuring a way around that is creating extra work

@@pewpewcat7679 I never used UV lights. UV light emits UVA and UVB during very short periods. I rather gave calcium with food when I had dart frogs or lizzard. You cant us too large grid because you will loose to much humidity to maintain rainforest animals. If you really want to use uv light you can use acryl panel wich let Uv pass trough.

I'm not sure that is your question but units are millimeters.

I can make this ? the bottom 300x300? and the side and back 300x450mm?

The sides make 304mm because sides cover the back so you need the lenght of bottom (300mm)and thickness of back. (4mm)

@@Terrarium-Construction Ok thank you, I think I understand now, I have once last question do you think thickness of glass for the bottom of 4mm is enough For terrarium Or must be 5mm or more?

@@james-in4gc Depends on the size of the tank but 5 mm or more is better

About 90$ I guess

Yes, but with age it becomes very ugly and is not resistant to scratches . but yes you can use it.

@@Terrarium-Construction okay, thank you for your advice. If you have time, I have more questions. Would it also work if I used plexiglas and plywood instead of glass? For example, the back, bottom and top would be plywood and everything else plexiglas. Another question I have is whether this build would work with the moss terrarium. Do the ventilations affect the moss? And last, in the moss video you mentioned XAXIM, peat bricks, and hydroglon. You said that anything else would also work, what did you mean by this? Thanks in advance.

@@haltsinberg Far too complicate to use many kind of materials to ensure waterproofness. You must use full glass or full wood or full plexiglass. Plywood is possible but requires effort (and money) to become waterproof. Yes this build is Ok for moss terrarium. For moss terrarium you need a big amount of moisture so if you don't have ventilations you will get mold. Yes I said this, for exemple a background on which you past Exo terra plantation soil substrat with silicon sealant or resin or anything which can stay wet and hang moss during growth

@@Terrarium-Construction Thank you very much for your advice. I'm putting heavy thought into building this design myself. A few last questions, if you happen to have the time to answer them, I would greatly appreciate. You said that one should only use one material to maintain waterproofness. Despite this, what do you think about a configuration like this: items 7 and 8, that is, the low air holds and grille would be plexiglas, while everything else would be normal glass. Could such a configuration be built, and would it be waterproof? You have listed the materials needed. In that list you mention that one needs 3x of "grille", that is, the long and thin glass sticks. I wonder if this was a typo, or if I failed to understand where the third stick went. Would the background work for moss, if I used great stuff foam with exoterra plantation substrate? I cannot thank you enough, if you do end up responding yet again. In any case, you have my thanks.

@@haltsinberg Yes, what you said about item 7 would certainly work but the item 8 is the stainless steel mesh. For the sticks I'm not sure to understand what you mean, there are only two glass sticks which I past on the stainless steel mesh for the upper ventilation. Yes as long as you use pump or nozzles to maintain it wet, the exo terra subtrat on great stuff foam will work for moss, I already test that in the past and with light enough it works very well, as good as in the video ;)

Grv 😂

It is not a design from troy goldberg, it is a dutch design which exists from long time ;)

To make more straight and clean joint with sealant ;)

Certainly not, silicone sealant is far stronger with this way to build. Most expercienced aquariophiles do there tank like that. Try to translate this page because it is in french but all is written in it :) www.cap-recifal.com/articles.html/materiel/aquarium-en-verre-partie-2-conception-r%C3%A9alisation-r92/

Euh....Cette video est déjà sortie en français il y a deux mois. Je sors toujours mes vidéos d'abord en français. Vas voir sur ma chaine tu as du la manquer.

Terrarium-Construction.com ca marche ! Je me disais bien que ca me disais qq chose mdr

pas de souci ;)

Euh....Cette video est déjà sortie en français il y a deux mois. Je sors toujours mes vidéos d'abord en français. Vas voir sur ma chaine tu as du la manquer.

what?

Sorry, I've just uploaded my own subtitle. I hope it would be better to understand ;)

French is already available on my channel. Or activate subtitles.

'Cause french people speak english like sh*t like me but p*ss me off anyway ahah :D so I sometime apologize for my bad english.

You can activate subtitle ;)

I found the subtitlesbutton 😱😭 I'm so happy! Super beautiful terrarium!