mudgudgeon
Active Member
My son and I have two EWDs about 18months old. They are currently in a 4ft tank and they have outgrown it.
I decided to build a big indoor enclosure for them and wanted to get my son involved as much as possible, he's 10, and always asking me to do stuff in the garage with him.
I bought some timber and a sheet of melamine as a starting point, wrapped a bit of paper around it and gave it all to my son as a Christmas present, with the promise that we would build a new enclosure together.
sooooo! we have been working on it, and its come a long way, but still got a lot to do. I'm thinking that maybe, just maybe oit might be ready by next Christmas, could be a Christmas present two years running
Specs
1.8m wide
2.2m high
1m deep
made in parts to fit through an ordinary door
approx 1/3 of the bottom will be water, running, filtered water
water fall with different levels,
heated basking rocks, UV lights and heat lamps above basking spots.
lots of hiding spots. lots to climb on. lots of glass for clear view into the enclosure
So far we have built the back half of the enclosure, it is timber framed, with ply panels, it will be painted on the outside, maybe camo, or forest foliage camo.
we have roughly built the bulk of the fake rock background.
this pic shows water feature, a couple of different pools one above the other. Heat cord embedded in polystyrene, this will be rendered over to create a heated rock.
full frontal.
the yellowish part is the water feature, water will be pumped to the top, run down through channeled through a couple of different pools, into a large pool at the bottom (yet to be made)
rendered polystyrene rocks.
tested water falls and ponds (minor tweeking required to reduce splashing)
will post more pics.
I decided to build a big indoor enclosure for them and wanted to get my son involved as much as possible, he's 10, and always asking me to do stuff in the garage with him.
I bought some timber and a sheet of melamine as a starting point, wrapped a bit of paper around it and gave it all to my son as a Christmas present, with the promise that we would build a new enclosure together.
sooooo! we have been working on it, and its come a long way, but still got a lot to do. I'm thinking that maybe, just maybe oit might be ready by next Christmas, could be a Christmas present two years running
Specs
1.8m wide
2.2m high
1m deep
made in parts to fit through an ordinary door
approx 1/3 of the bottom will be water, running, filtered water
water fall with different levels,
heated basking rocks, UV lights and heat lamps above basking spots.
lots of hiding spots. lots to climb on. lots of glass for clear view into the enclosure
So far we have built the back half of the enclosure, it is timber framed, with ply panels, it will be painted on the outside, maybe camo, or forest foliage camo.
we have roughly built the bulk of the fake rock background.
this pic shows water feature, a couple of different pools one above the other. Heat cord embedded in polystyrene, this will be rendered over to create a heated rock.
full frontal.
the yellowish part is the water feature, water will be pumped to the top, run down through channeled through a couple of different pools, into a large pool at the bottom (yet to be made)
rendered polystyrene rocks.
tested water falls and ponds (minor tweeking required to reduce splashing)
will post more pics.
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