Water Skink Paludarium 

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Looks great, just add some springtails in the land portion and make it Bioactive.

I really enjoyed watching this build. I love the end result too.

I've watched this video a few times trying to learn how to build a good paludarium for my marbled newts. It sucks that the footage of the barrier build was lost because I think that's the hardest part. But after watching a few times and listening carefully to your recap of it, I feel like I know what to do! I'm so glad you made this video and I can't wait to put together my own setup!!

Bob your editing skills are underrated. You should be proud

This is so cool! IKEA has these hydroballs too

It turned out great! Your favorite plant is a miniature palm. The skinks look like they like their new home. They are gorgeous

You are the king of editing sir! The tank is looking amazing too! It really is friggin sweet! 😀

What beautiful lizards 🦎 and tank setup!!!

Looks really good, similar to what I did with my 90 gallon turning into a vivarium which also was a fish tank and is now the home for my amphibians. Interesting, water skinks are viviparous, mating in spring, and giving birth to live young in mid to late summer so no eggs like a garter snake, that's pretty neat. Love this video and what you did to the tank, also it's good seeing you getting back into things please keep more videos coming.

Dude awesome terrarium especially for your first time

Wow these are such cool skinks and the set up is beautiful!

Woooow gorgeous! I'll have to check out your next video to see how this setup is doing. If it's really that easy, I'm inspired to try my own!

That's an amazing setup man! super fun build!!!

It turned out great Bob! I bet they are loving it!! 😊

The pics you sent me didn't do it justice. It's so lovely!! Skinks are looking good too :)

Ruh Roh!! I think I see lizards in my future. You did an awesome job with this tank.

That turned out beautiful! A work of Art! They look so happy in there too. 🙂👍

Bob, it looks wonderful! Agree with the suggestion to add isopods and springtails...they work wonders in breaking down waste to create plant food.

Wow Bob you knocked it out of the park on this paludarium build! Hopefully you get some more breeding activity from these guys! 👌😀

Wow bob you done a great job for your first time

Breath taking! WIsh I could build something just like that

Paludarium looks sweet!! The lizards are awesome too! You've got me wanting something similar. lol

Great work. You should add fish.

Seriously badass paludarium. I respect it 💪

Looks awesome man! Been wanting to setup something like this for a pair of Croc Skinks. Thank you for the ideas!

Stick some of the hygrophilia you have in some of your other tanks, right in the back by the corner filter? The hygrophilia comes right up out of the water and looks amazing once it gets established!

They look so happy!🤩

Awesome tank... how about little swimplants like duckweed. It would look super cool with their heads sticking out 😃

Looks great, dude

Love this! Havent even heard of this skink species before! Awesome enclosure for awesome lizards!

That’s gorgeous!! Making me really want to do something like that 😂

Thanks for sharing, Bob. It’s beautiful!

Interesting build! I enjoy the plants you chose. Those skinks will love that home! White clouds would be awesome in there! Long fins are my fave. 😍

Thank you so much I also have a Sulawesi water skink and been trying to get an idea on how to do his next Aquarium

What a beautiful set up!! You keep inspiring me, thank you!!

It looks amazing, you did a great job on this build

"Friggin sweet that's what it is" love it

I need more details on how you built the the divider? Awesome job sir.

Excuse my language but that kicks ass! Can't wait to see more videos about this!

Great stuff Bob! Those are some really cool looking lizards!

Looks good. For drainage in the land area you could drop a piece of 0.5" pvc pipe from the bottom glass to the top of the tank. Cut the portion in the drainage layer at an angle. Then get a toms aqua lifter with the filter attachment and put it on a timer resting on the lid. Thats how i did a 55 gallon terrarium before. The tempered bottom means you can't drill. You could hide the pipe in a cork round. I had mine foamed into the background, but you'd need to tear it apart to do that at this point. Or just a capped pvc pipe you can stick your python tube in. You don't want that drainage layer to hold too much water.

Put vampire crabs in there! If they won't start picking on the skinks, that would be cool

Oh wow that turned out pretty cool! ❤

Great job. Looking forward to that sneaky footage of them you were talking about in the livestream.

absolutely gorgeous! great video

You did an amazing job Bob. It looks incredible, you’ve given them such a fabulous home.

Very lovely build. You did a great job.

I think some anubias growing out of the water would look bomb, as well as some buce and java fern... A carpet of something like parva, or dwarf sag would look well elsewhere IMO. (As for fish, CPD - celestial pearl danio's - would look great in there with some shrimp and snails!)

I just call them, "ariums" bc I have one of each and they all mean the same thing..lol...yours is AWESOME...I can't wait to see what plants you decide on for the water side

Nice set up for these Love my "Bacon Skinks" My set up is huge , a 55 gal., full , with a 48w x 30d x 55 high custom cage / enclosure built on top A water dragon Green tree skink 2 musk turtles a fire skink (lives in the 10 gallon filled with dirt that hangs behind the 55) and the cabinet under is a re worked ethan allen coffee table 48w 30 d 18 h ( called a Map Table) took out the drawers , recessed 2 cement mixing tubs , made doors front and back a pond and rock garden ,,,,,,,,, 15 juvie garter snakes

I recommend some moss for the wall it will do really well

This video got me inspired to build a similar paludarium in the near future. I was always interested in building something where I can combine my 2 hobbies (vivariums + aquascaping). Thank you for putting an idea in my head :D P.S. I would definitely use some springtails in this setup as a clean up crew on the land area. I'm really interested what kind of water creatures you chose to populate the water section. I'm kinda sceptical with skinks + small fish.

That looks great bob!

8:50 the one of the right (your favorite) is a neanthe bella palm, also called a parlor palm. Its a small kind of palm tree, so its gets big for a terrarium, nut if you trim it back it should be fine.

Looks good

That’s a dope paludarium

Really badass Bob!

You need about 20x more subs great video! btw I subbed

Great Content, very talented 👍

This is an awesome setup. I really like it. Good job

Awesome bob, copying this lol. I needed an idea for a new tank. Thanks lol

If they're out during the day you should get UVB lighting

java moss will grow very well if planted along the land edge where it stays moist.

good job

Nice job so fun to be creative:)

nice job dude, but i hope you have a grow light for the plants though

Looks dope

Love it !

U could get a canister filter that has better filtration, flow, and extended time of cleaning the water

Fish will be a nice snack for those skinks.

You should get a nice Echinodorus for the water part and let it grow above water!

I'm not an expert and I could be wrong but for what it's worth here's my take on the plants. The ferns at 7:41 look to me like Lemon Button Fern. At 8:50 #2 looks like Alocasia 'Tiny Dancers'to me. #3 appears to be a Calathea Orbifolia. #4 looks like a Lady Palm. #1 reminds me strongly of a baby Monstera of some type.

Good job buddy man!!!

looks good tfs

I really like your tank and I am picky about things like this now I want one anubias is a excellent plant I just got some white marble anubias in the mail fish idea kuli loachs you would have lizards and fish that look like snakes/eels

Hey, youre gonna need a dedicated UV bulb for your skinks, reptiles can develop serious health issues without adequate UV lighting

you should DEFINITELY get a Malaysian Box Turtle hatchling for this tank.

So sic Bob!

Hi it looks great and I have recently got water lizards and a giant fish tank and would love to try make the wall could I ask what foam was it and what silicone was it many thanks 🙏🏻 Mr RU-vid

Cool beans!

That is too cool.

Awesome video FishFam

Been waiting for this one!

They remind me alot of croc skinks

Nice build and if you leave the camera running and hide the flashing lights if there are any we could watch them play around.

8:55 1 some type of Alocasia 2 Alocasia tiny dancer 4 parlor palm

Should've moved the branch over the water side but it's looking awesome ✌

Nice

did you put uvb lamps in or yust a heat lamp have you looked up if they need uva too or no

Incredible how much these 'waterskinks' look like armadillo lizards (Cordylus tropidosternum) , an East African species living in dry forested areas. Woopsie. Oh, by thé way, I think I missed something: how do you provide UVA and UVB with that kind of lid??

Looks awesome Bob, any plans on adding some springtails or isopods to make it bioactive? Also on the water side it would be cool to see some plants grown immersed.

I want to do something like this one day. Have no Idea what I’d keep on the land side though...

Where did you find this species for sale? Where did you find a guide?

Any way you could explain how you built the divider a little more?

8:59 #2 is called tiny dancer

Could anyone tell me from experience if you can do a similar set up , skinks in a paulidarium with fish ? My thoughts on wht I would do is skinks , African butterfly fish , and Congo tetras or some other schoal . 75 gallon tank 3/4 full water

Ugh I haven’t been getting all my RU-vid notifications.... I didn’t get this one and I have the bell notification on.. ☹️

Java fern would be dope too

7:48 on both sides Nephrolepis; 8:51 l.t.r an Araceae maybe also Alocasia/colocasia/Philodendron? ; Alocasia sp.; Calathea sp.; Chamaedorea cf. elegans;