okay so I have been planning this for a while now and finally got the $ and time to work on it some so here goes:
Glass divider siliconed into place. It's two glass panels with a 1/8 inch spacer. The back panel is offset 3/4 inch so it acts as an overflow into the land area, which will have a false bottom and act as a sump for the pond. The bank was built up using hypertufa, a peat/vermiculite/cement mix.
here is a shot of the spillway
Here I constructed a false bottom out of egg crate and covered it with carbon mesh screen. It's held together with cable ties. I cut a port in the bottom that will be covered with a flat rock so I can access the pump without disassembling the viviarium. I then siliconed a 2 inch piece of pvc that will be behind the clay background so I can run power cords and tubing into the false bottom from outside without being seen.
The tank is laying on its back for the silicone to dry. I put a brown mud colored wash of acrylic paint on the bank. I really think I nailed the "mud" color, and the epoxy gives it an awesome wet look. I sand casted some rocks for the waterfall on the side.
Laying in the clay background. It's a mix of bentonite clay (kitty litter) and peat moss. I'm going to press peat moss into it and that should sprout also.
Here is where I am at now. Still a long way to go but it is getting there.
Glass divider siliconed into place. It's two glass panels with a 1/8 inch spacer. The back panel is offset 3/4 inch so it acts as an overflow into the land area, which will have a false bottom and act as a sump for the pond. The bank was built up using hypertufa, a peat/vermiculite/cement mix.
here is a shot of the spillway
Here I constructed a false bottom out of egg crate and covered it with carbon mesh screen. It's held together with cable ties. I cut a port in the bottom that will be covered with a flat rock so I can access the pump without disassembling the viviarium. I then siliconed a 2 inch piece of pvc that will be behind the clay background so I can run power cords and tubing into the false bottom from outside without being seen.
The tank is laying on its back for the silicone to dry. I put a brown mud colored wash of acrylic paint on the bank. I really think I nailed the "mud" color, and the epoxy gives it an awesome wet look. I sand casted some rocks for the waterfall on the side.
Laying in the clay background. It's a mix of bentonite clay (kitty litter) and peat moss. I'm going to press peat moss into it and that should sprout also.
Here is where I am at now. Still a long way to go but it is getting there.
