marcianus viv project

[-MARWOLAETH-]

After a week or two of sculpting,gluing and making a lot of mess (to the annoyance of my family) I finally came up with a rock wall that not only looks quite nice (from a distance) but will also satisfy my garters need to climb over and stick her head in every thing she comes across. She hasn't worked out that the sooner she starts eating again the sooner she'll be big enough to enjoy her nice new viv.
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That is the first layer of grout and when it dries I'll put 3 or 4 more over it.

[guidofatherof5]

Looks good.

[StrmChasr]

That's really cool.

[Thamnophis]

I love it!!

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Thanks guys I was wondering if I could house two females in it. It's 90x45x53 cm (36"x18"x21" in American)

[Greg'sGarters]

Something that I would suggest for the bedding is called Excavator by Zoo Med. It is really cool! It is a clay substrate. You just add water and compact it down in the tank and let it dry. It dries into a hard clay ground that feels really natural.

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The first picture is what the bag looks like, the second is what it would look like in your tank. In the second picture it is not really compacted down so it looks loose but if you press it down it looks like dried clay in a desert.

[chris-uk]

Looking good William. What did you end up using as the base material, did you go with Kingspan in the end?

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Looking good William. What did you end up using as the base material, did you go with Kingspan in the end?

I was using polystyrene.Next time I'll definitely be using kingspan.The poly bubbles got everywere

[Jeff B]

Thats awesome. Someday I would like to have a nice vivarium in the family room.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Thats awesome. Someday I would like to have a nice vivarium in the family room.

You should.Everyone should It's quite easy and very satisfying if you do a couple sketches of what you want,only problem is it takes quite a while to make. The benefit to your snakes will outweigh the disadvantages.It also works out cheaper as without it I'dd have to spend 40-50 quid on wood,fake plants,hides and cork ect But with this ,the material only cost me around £35 and all I'll need to do when it's done is plant some ivy and a few clumps of grass on the ledges and substrate.