I just got a 75 gallon tank for 20 dollars, and I dont really know what to put on it, i was thinking on putting maybe 4 or 5 chinese cave geckos and plant it and put branches and wood and to make the background with the great stuff foam and coconut fibers , like how they do it with the poison dart frog tanks, any other ideas?

I have no great suggestions, but it looks like your going to have fun!

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Colleen

Hello,

I think your idea is great. You should document your progress with whatever you decide to do!

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I haven't posted any pictures yet, but our 75 is on end, with a ficus for the satanics.

A word about using "great stuff foam" the stuff Brian used on the 10 gallon frog terrariums your referring is black, we used window/door great stuff (doesn't grow that much, and I had 3 cans laying around) when it expands you need to add more coco or forest floor, but even adding more you still see the tan foam behind it. Also as I mentioned it grows, with the window/door 3 cans gave us about an inch over the entire thing with gaps (you could still see the glass) it grew to cover the glass, and ended up 3 inches in the thinest.

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Whatever you decide to do, please post pics

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~Juliane~

Yeah, if you use the regular yellow Great Stuff, you can cover it (once it's fully cured) with a layer of black 100% silicone, and stick the coco fiber to that. That hides the yellow. Here's a link to a "construction journal" I created for the 40-gal vivarium I just made for our crestie: http://www.herphabitats.com/showthread.php?t=742 The journal includes what worked and what didn't. Maybe you can learn from my successes and failures! (So far pretty successful -- I moved our little guy in last night, and he seemed practically overwhelmed with his freedom! But happy...

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Amy

No offense ajvw, but wouldn't using black foam in the beginning but advantageous?

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...Np=1&N=0&Nty=1

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5.9.3 Leopard geckos
2.2.0 U. Phantasticus
0.0.3 D. Auratus
0.0.2 D. Azureus
0.1.0 Homosapians
0.1.0 Ratterrier
0.0.0 Cats!!! (We're Dog & Lizard People)
http://home.comcast.net/~tha3rdman

Absolutely it would -- a much better option! I just couldn't find any at the time, lol. Now you tell me! No prob, though -- I think I see another viv in my future... So thanks for the link!

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Amy

Vivariums are addicting, you can have just one . . . always something you could have done differently, not even better just differently.

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5.9.3 Leopard geckos
2.2.0 U. Phantasticus
0.0.3 D. Auratus
0.0.2 D. Azureus
0.1.0 Homosapians
0.1.0 Ratterrier
0.0.0 Cats!!! (We're Dog & Lizard People)
http://home.comcast.net/~tha3rdman

Yes, my addictions are growing! First it was just coffee, then reptiles (thanks to all you people and your obsessions -- it's contagious!), and now vivariums. My brother-in-law was over this weekend and admired the viv I made, then described his idea for creating a "living wall" in the house he's building for himself. My mental wheels are spinning... My husband's eyes are rolling! My bank account is shrinking! Argh! The symptoms are becoming acute, I tell you!

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