crack will propagate when u fill in the water. you have to replace the panel if you want it to hold water. If you have never done this before, search the diy section. there are some useful resource there. IMO, unless you have a lot of time on your hand, it's not worth doing it.
what 2 do with tank?
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As far as backgrounds? The easiest and least fun is a premade background like this. They look all right and require almost no time or effort.
You can also cover the back with cork tiles or coco-fiber mat. These are good for smaller lizards to climb on; in my opinion they don't look great when used alone, but can be nice as part of a more elaborate background.
If you want to invest more time and effort, you can make a more naturalistic background. Here's a how-to thread on building a 'jungle' style background: http://www.blackjungle.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2108. You can adapt the same techniques to match your tank inhabitants' native habitat. For example, you could make rocky ledges by attaching rough-cut blocks of styrofoam to the tank back, partially filling cracks with Great Stuff, then coating all with silicone and soil or fine sand.
You can also cover the back with cork tiles or coco-fiber mat. These are good for smaller lizards to climb on; in my opinion they don't look great when used alone, but can be nice as part of a more elaborate background.
If you want to invest more time and effort, you can make a more naturalistic background. Here's a how-to thread on building a 'jungle' style background: http://www.blackjungle.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2108. You can adapt the same techniques to match your tank inhabitants' native habitat. For example, you could make rocky ledges by attaching rough-cut blocks of styrofoam to the tank back, partially filling cracks with Great Stuff, then coating all with silicone and soil or fine sand.
Noto;2912161; said:As far as backgrounds? The easiest and least fun is a premade background like this. They look all right and require almost no time or effort.
You can also cover the back with cork tiles or coco-fiber mat. These are good for smaller lizards to climb on; in my opinion they don't look great when used alone, but can be nice as part of a more elaborate background.
If you want to invest more time and effort, you can make a more naturalistic background. Here's a how-to thread on building a 'jungle' style background: http://www.blackjungle.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2108. You can adapt the same techniques to match your tank inhabitants' native habitat. For example, you could make rocky ledges by attaching rough-cut blocks of styrofoam to the tank back, partially filling cracks with Great Stuff, then coating all with silicone and soil or fine sand.
i dnt kno if those ideas will go right with a bearded dragon desert set up tho
Pogona species live all over Australia, so any terrestrial habitat found there would work. P. vitticeps in particular uses not only desert but grassland and dry forest as well.
Aussie deserts tend to be rocky. You could make 'sandstone' ledges using the technique described above, using a red sand for an immediate down-under feel.
Aussie deserts tend to be rocky. You could make 'sandstone' ledges using the technique described above, using a red sand for an immediate down-under feel.
