My 30gal. Paludarium (Lots of pics)...

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Jack Dempsey
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I wanted to share this with you guys. You’ll have to bear with me as this is my first time ever doing anything like this. Please excuse the terrible pics... I took them with my phone.

Planning layout… (I ended up going with a Cascade canister filter instead of this ReptoFilter)
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Drawing/cutting out rock shapes for background.
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Cut and sanded small foam rocks.
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1st coat of Drylock on foam background.
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1st coat of Drylock on small foam rocks.
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Final coat of Drylock on background.
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Background in place. (Should have used black silicone…)
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Left side.
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Background and left side in place.
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Working on right side/waterfall.
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Cut out and sanded.
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1st coat of Drylock.
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Final coat of Drylock.
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Background and both sides in place.
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Stacking up foam rocks.
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Used Great Stuff Foam to create top layer on rocks.
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Drylocked Great Stuff.
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Water! (The heater isn’t staying like that).
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Sand.
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Well, here it is so far until I can think of what else to do with it.
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Under the water line.
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My little Axolotl, (Terrible pic I know…).
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THANKS FOR LOOKING!
 
Lovely! At first I was hesitant on your rock color but it ended up great good job!
 
Way cool! It sure looks like you know what you're doing to me!
 
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