this was an amazing video to see. I kept aquariums for about 10 years with 6 aquariums. I always dreamt of a paludarium, but never worked up to it. This video truly shows what is possible in the aquarium world.
@@PilotJirons Yes! I would say it's definitely worth the time to go out there at least once on a weekend to see all the amazing enclosures and animals they have. You could also pick up some supplies while you're there if you need any.
@@paul33334 OR plenty of time to maintain it. The average Joe would rail against having to work AND keep up with something like this, but I've known several wealthy retirees who would be overjoyed to have a project like this.
I understand the need for the artificial larger items because of the weight etc. but would love to see it jammed full of live plants etc ... expensive but would be an awesome "dream" project.... LOVE the lizard!!! 💖
Having a version of this with all real rock and plants would be an awesome permanent piece, like built into the wall or something, with a maintenance room behind it. But that's pretty big doing right there!!
Great video, I've seen this tank featured in a number of vids from people at aquashella but thank you for a very in depth and cinematic feature on this incredible paludarium. Also really enjoyed that other one you featured and referred back to in this video, that one is one of my favorites and more my style personally. I really want to try to build one of these some day and looking forward to seeing that project you and your friend are working on. Again thanks for sharing Alex!
Thank you for doing coverage on this paludarium! I wasn't able to get a close look at it at Aquashella because of the massive crowds, but it was definitely an amazing setup.
Caiman Lizards are so beautiful and fascinating. I first saw them at Brookfield Zoo and was immediately infatuated with them. They have extremely specialized diets (snails) and environmental requirements (Very large semi-aquatic) making them unsuitable for keeping outside of the most experienced keepers. I still enjoy seeing them either way. :)
Pretty closely related to tegus. I'm planning an enclosure for one, which is what brought me here. This looks a little small, but I'm interested in how well it coexists with that frog and those fish, and I'm curious how long they all lived together for, with what kind of problems.
Also I love this video and tank! I'm a huge fan of custom aquariums and the work that they're able to do! I do plan on getting one of their tanks in the future!
You could give me a chair, food, water and this terrarium and i'd be intertained for the rest of my life. The way caiman lizards move is just so mafical really, just gliding thru the water almost effortless.
This tank was supplied (glass and wood as well as sump system) by custom aquariums but was BUILT OUT and planted by us here at DFWREPTARIUM. It hurts to see a video displaying all our hard work and yet you have no credit to us in the description. Next time you make a video please make sure your crediting the right sources. This tank is still currently at our shop
You could have higher humidity without too much condensation with that top. Just add fine misters. I have a 120cm discus paludarium, with only fish and it is completely open to the air and has a weeper hose dripping slowly from the top like a soft rain. I have to cut the plants back every week the tropical plants grow so well. My setup cost me about $700 with the discus.
I made something like this in the early 2000. I used wood,artificial plants, and I also made a waterfall. I also kept a lot of feeder fish, they also bred, for my pet water snake which I built the palladium for.
I would definitely want all 3 sides decorated. I would ask custom aquariums if they could maybe make a single sliding, removable, shatter-resistant glass door. Like one of those hurricane proof sliding doors.
Wow that lizard is awesome I want one I live in Kingman Arizona and I see all kinds of different lizards when I take walks certain areas it's so awesome
I'm guessing there is about $5,000 to $6,000 worth of equipment hidden underneath and in the back? This tank is same size as mine but twice as tall. I have about $1k into mine. If there is really $7,000 invested in this then somebody needs to be a more savvy shopper.
Gorgeous!! However the caiman lizard is probably only a third of the adult size, if not smaller. They won't fit in there as adults for sure but for now it looks amazing!!
If I look at this like "map editor" LARPing, it strangely makes more sense to me; recreating environments displays your mastery of the delicate balance required-- the first paludarium with mostly plants was quite a view as you pull away. I can't imagine how that brightens the landscape of his home on a daily basis.
You should get the pure freshwater archer fish for the tank, the species is toxotes blythii, they need pure freshater and rarely get to be a max of 6 inches in captivity. Just make sure if you get some, to not get 2 because one will bully the other to death. SO either 1 or more than 2;)
@@metamorphosisx6641 if you want you can do that but for planted tanks its not really necessary as plants will simply break down the waste and use it as nutrients, which will be further aided by the nitrifying bacteria. it would just be for aesthetics, especially if you plan to use light-colored sand like in the video in which case waste might stand out more in. either way you wouldn't require siphoning more than once every few weeks or months depending on how planted your set up is and how you prefer the look of the tank
Where did you buy said caiman lizard? I can't find one for the life of me and it's the only thing that will fill out my giant paladarium btw that's still too small for them.
@@janoshaas5533 the tank alone is 135 gallons lmao, and it's custom made. The ADA 120-P is an 80G non-custom. That is 1,150.. Tank is probably in the 5-6k range, with everything else probably 1-2.5k.
3 sides are awesome , and more comfort for the animals . I have 2 medium exo's with 5 juvie garters in each one with the 3 sides , they are way calmer in that , opposed to the one with just a back drop . With that one, they have 3 sides clear that they wish to go thru constantly .
I am interested in a caiman lizard. How much maintenance is necessary for this aquarium? How much do you have to change the filters and how expensive is it?
i would have asked for an upward opening door i think, that would be the best of both worlds, you dont get the verticale dividing line and you still get wrap around hard scape
So incredibly cool and unique. I will say though even considering how amazing the setup is on it's own , without the camin lizard it just doesnt have that wow factor. He is definitely needed. Just my opinion.
If you don't mind the cost of epoxy resin you can take styrofoam and glue it together and shape it how you want. Then for the area's you want to coat mix the shavings with a epoxy mix and apply with a trowel. When epoxy resin is cured it's animal safe.
This enclosure is absolutely gorgeous. I'd love to make something similar someday. Also, that's not 5k or 7k tank. Maybe that much to have a professional do it for you, but I'd say less than half to do it yourself and have a similar or higher quality product.
I agree. You can have a much nicer set up for well under half the cost of this. The lights are horrible in this set up. The LED strip on the top looks like a cheap $20 lamp. It is actually a pretty bad set up.
How do you deal with water quality every time the lizard takes a dump? I would imagine the lizard drinks that same water. Even if you do a water change every night, it might have to go all day with its own waste floating around contaminating the water it drinks. Or do these lizards only drink from the waterfalls? 200 gallons total is not enough for the size dump these lizards can take and bacteria can't break it down fast enough. I am wondering how people deal with that challenge.
Water was changed extremely frequently and was only a temporary home for them. They went to a place that had a much bigger enclosure as they can get up to 4 ft as an adult.
Anyone know of any semi aquatic lizards that don't grow so big? Is it true that green anole can survive in a paludarium but wouldn't choose to go into the water.
My bad I keep rather large reptile so its hard to say whats small, to me 2ft is small. Green anoles may work, get a good mist system though because they wont drink from bowls.
5:11 if you came for the lizard
Quit pandering
King boom777 m8 you are literally my hero, thanks
thanks
it's like a mini Gator
Devious Roach bruhhh
this was an amazing video to see. I kept aquariums for about 10 years with 6 aquariums. I always dreamt of a paludarium, but never worked up to it. This video truly shows what is possible in the aquarium world.
Haha. The lizard looks like he’s doing a Naruto run but he’s swimming.
Naruto swin
Thank you TheNukedNacho, very cool!
No cause that would make him a whole lot less cool lmfao
Incredible tank! Love those caiman lizards
this channel is a HIDDEN GEM. the narration, the editing and the overall content is just amazing
Just saw this tank in person yesterday at DFW Reptarium, it's a new addition to their store/collection!!
I live about 45 minutes away. Is it worth the trip out there?
@@PilotJirons Yes! I would say it's definitely worth the time to go out there at least once on a weekend to see all the amazing enclosures and animals they have. You could also pick up some supplies while you're there if you need any.
I just went there for the first time today and saw this. Pretty awesome.
I go to Dallas a couple of times a year for the big Dog Shows downtown. Is the Reptarium very far from that area ?
@@Deepbluhuntr It's north of downtown Dallas in Plano so maybe about 30 or so minutes not far at all.
I think it's incredibly beautiful, but I wouldn't want to deal with the maintenance.
Chances are if they had money to build it they have a maintenance guy
@@paul33334 OR plenty of time to maintain it.
The average Joe would rail against having to work AND keep up with something like this, but I've known several wealthy retirees who would be overjoyed to have a project like this.
How tf is this beautiful?
IG: lucas_fotografien How isn’t it?
@@tylerene this fucking plastic plants and ugly sticks...
I understand the need for the artificial larger items because of the weight etc. but would love to see it jammed full of live plants etc ... expensive but would be an awesome "dream" project.... LOVE the lizard!!! 💖
Having a version of this with all real rock and plants would be an awesome permanent piece, like built into the wall or something, with a maintenance room behind it. But that's pretty big doing right there!!
@@secretname3897 would work great if the wall was shared between the living room and the bedroom.
In all reality you could DIY this whole thing for well under a grand.
@@ScotchIrishHoundsman my thoughts exactly 🤔🤔🤔
He talked about everything but the tree frog .
Amazon Milk frog. You can search for the info. Large and LOUD
"well get to him"
Wow they look magnificent when they swim.
Your water is so clear and the plants are beautiful. That room is heaven
Great video, I've seen this tank featured in a number of vids from people at aquashella but thank you for a very in depth and cinematic feature on this incredible paludarium. Also really enjoyed that other one you featured and referred back to in this video, that one is one of my favorites and more my style personally. I really want to try to build one of these some day and looking forward to seeing that project you and your friend are working on. Again thanks for sharing Alex!
The caiman lizard is such an eloquent reptile that looks like something straight out of a sci-fi film 😍
Thank you for doing coverage on this paludarium! I wasn't able to get a close look at it at Aquashella because of the massive crowds, but it was definitely an amazing setup.
i own a caiman lizard and they are def a more aggressive but one of the the coolest most unique lizards ive ever seen
Caiman Lizards are so beautiful and fascinating. I first saw them at Brookfield Zoo and was immediately infatuated with them. They have extremely specialized diets (snails) and environmental requirements (Very large semi-aquatic) making them unsuitable for keeping outside of the most experienced keepers. I still enjoy seeing them either way. :)
I think the door frames makes it look like three tanks stacked together.
Beautiful enclosure/aquarium. Caiman lizards and other semiaquatic lizards are my thing! Thank you for sharing!
Wow, never heard of this type of lizard. Looks really neat!
John Mclain they are just too cool!
Pretty closely related to tegus. I'm planning an enclosure for one, which is what brought me here. This looks a little small, but I'm interested in how well it coexists with that frog and those fish, and I'm curious how long they all lived together for, with what kind of problems.
This has to be heaven for these animals. Easy food and no spending their lives in fear of predators
Also I love this video and tank! I'm a huge fan of custom aquariums and the work that they're able to do! I do plan on getting one of their tanks in the future!
This is beautiful, wish i had the space and cash for this and just do my zoom/ms teams meetings with it in the background.
Great vid! That aquatic Lizard is amazing!
You could give me a chair, food, water and this terrarium and i'd be intertained for the rest of my life.
The way caiman lizards move is just so mafical really, just gliding thru the water almost effortless.
Impressiv tank, thank you for this video
Double in size? That’s an understatement, those lizards can get up to 4-5 feet!
For a caiman lizard you would for sure want a glass top with maybe 20% screen in the top back.
2:21 is sooo oddly satisfying
Also I think there is another Godzilla-like creature out there- the Borneo Earless Monitor lizard I believe.
Beautiful just stunning
Amazing video!!! Extremely inspirational and i love your work! Dont let anyone put you down!
That’s too cool! I can’t imagine the work hours that goes into a setup like this. It would be an amazing project to work on!
This tank was supplied (glass and wood as well as sump system) by custom aquariums but was BUILT OUT and planted by us here at DFWREPTARIUM. It hurts to see a video displaying all our hard work and yet you have no credit to us in the description. Next time you make a video please make sure your crediting the right sources. This tank is still currently at our shop
You could have higher humidity without too much condensation with that top. Just add fine misters. I have a 120cm discus paludarium, with only fish and it is completely open to the air and has a weeper hose dripping slowly from the top like a soft rain. I have to cut the plants back every week the tropical plants grow so well. My setup cost me about $700 with the discus.
Wow I wanna make this,but with a caiman lizard and a crocodile skink, a perfect duality
That's an awesome set up and an even cooler lizard! Love it!
Best caiman lizard footage
Where is the hardscape structure tutorial video 3:37 ?
I made something like this in the early 2000. I used wood,artificial plants, and I also made a waterfall. I also kept a lot of feeder fish, they also bred, for my pet water snake which I built the palladium for.
That caiman lizard is also really small. They get 4 1/2 feet as adults.
I work in a rock landscaping store. Besides being heavy that hardscape would be like $30-50 plus the plants
right lmao i cant see it costing over 1k to make this
0:20 What's the name of that lizard?
Richard, Richard the lizard
That guy is not half the size of a full grown adult and will out grow that boujuee enclosure in 8 months, Biggest waste of money I’ve ever seen
Body of a crocodile head like a lizard wonderful animal
Beautifull paludarium and great lizard 🦎
I would definitely want all 3 sides decorated. I would ask custom aquariums if they could maybe make a single sliding, removable, shatter-resistant glass door. Like one of those hurricane proof sliding doors.
What is the cost for up keep on a monthly basis...
Wow that lizard is awesome I want one I live in Kingman Arizona and I see all kinds of different lizards when I take walks certain areas it's so awesome
Great video. I love to see reptiles. So few are worth the stink. :) I kept bearded dragons for a few years before aquariums took hold.
Hi :)
I'm guessing there is about $5,000 to $6,000 worth of equipment hidden underneath and in the back? This tank is same size as mine but twice as tall. I have about $1k into mine. If there is really $7,000 invested in this then somebody needs to be a more savvy shopper.
What equipment can cost that much? Auto cricket breeding-feeding machine with controllable size?
It's just the negotiation room ;)
That tank alone is probably 1k
@@bigfoxki That's his point...
he did say 'the tank and everything in it', tank, cabinet, equipment and maybe he included the fish, frog and lizard in the total price too.
The most beautiful aquarium I have ever seen so far
you could keep the side backdrop and have doors if you make them swing open instead of slide
Gorgeous!! However the caiman lizard is probably only a third of the adult size, if not smaller. They won't fit in there as adults for sure but for now it looks amazing!!
Is it just me or is the narration for this video is incredibly soothing.
In many, many years I dream to have a caiman lizard. They are beautiful but extremely expensive and very hard to upkeep, so right now is not the time.
If I look at this like "map editor" LARPing, it strangely makes more sense to me; recreating environments displays your mastery of the delicate balance required-- the first paludarium with mostly plants was quite a view as you pull away. I can't imagine how that brightens the landscape of his home on a daily basis.
Lit. I want to get a custom cage for parrots, most likely tropical lovelies, Kakarikis are favorites.
Its like a mini aligator so cool!
You should get the pure freshwater archer fish for the tank, the species is toxotes blythii, they need pure freshater and rarely get to be a max of 6 inches in captivity. Just make sure if you get some, to not get 2 because one will bully the other to death. SO either 1 or more than 2;)
This is something that I'm planning to do in the future. But I have one question; how do they clean the tank? What do they have to do?
CptKent s filter and water changes, regular reptile maintenance for dry section
@@KressRudra Does the gravel or substrate need to be clean? I've seen a siphon type device for gravel/substrate but on a much different enclosure.
@@metamorphosisx6641 if you want you can do that but for planted tanks its not really necessary as plants will simply break down the waste and use it as nutrients, which will be further aided by the nitrifying bacteria. it would just be for aesthetics, especially if you plan to use light-colored sand like in the video in which case waste might stand out more in. either way you wouldn't require siphoning more than once every few weeks or months depending on how planted your set up is and how you prefer the look of the tank
Where did you buy said caiman lizard? I can't find one for the life of me and it's the only thing that will fill out my giant paladarium btw that's still too small for them.
Absolutely beautiful work of living art
Beautiful tank for a beautiful lizard
This is beautiful! Also caiman lizards are my absolute dream reptile! I would love to set up a whole huge setup on it like you would see on a zoo.
Nice Palaudarium, but that's by no means a $7k setup. Overpriced is a massive understatement.
Diy bild now way its 7k😂 1k max
Stefan you obviously never owned/ payed for a massive aquarium/ terrarium/ paludarium
@@janoshaas5533 the tank alone is 135 gallons lmao, and it's custom made.
The ADA 120-P is an 80G non-custom. That is 1,150..
Tank is probably in the 5-6k range, with everything else probably 1-2.5k.
Hello, what is a led lamp? What's your name? Where can I buy it? Give a link
"Look, I created a real nature environment in my living room." "Of course the plants are made out of plastic."
Absolutely stupid 😆
That's not a paluderium but its a heaven 😍😍😍
3 sides are awesome , and more comfort for the animals . I have 2 medium exo's with 5 juvie garters in each
one with the 3 sides , they are way calmer in that , opposed to the one with just a back drop .
With that one, they have 3 sides clear that they wish to go thru constantly .
I am interested in a caiman lizard. How much maintenance is necessary for this aquarium? How much do you have to change the filters and how expensive is it?
Do you have any aquariums?
Hi Alex, will you ever visit SerpaDesign an film his paludariums and aqauriums? That would be great!
Caiman Lizards are awesome , a lot like Tegus .
Can Paludariums contain lizards with salt water fish ?
i would have asked for an upward opening door i think, that would be the best of both worlds, you dont get the verticale dividing line and you still get wrap around hard scape
A lizard swimming in the tank 🦎🌊🏖🏝🏞
Love caiman lizards!
Rex90Pawprint I do too!
So incredibly cool and unique. I will say though even considering how amazing the setup is on it's own , without the camin lizard it just doesnt have that wow factor. He is definitely needed. Just my opinion.
If you don't mind the cost of epoxy resin you can take styrofoam and glue it together and shape it how you want. Then for the area's you want to coat mix the shavings with a epoxy mix and apply with a trowel. When epoxy resin is cured it's animal safe.
Dang that lizard and that tank they both are soooo beautiful such a perfect combo👌
Love the set up!
This enclosure is absolutely gorgeous. I'd love to make something similar someday.
Also, that's not 5k or 7k tank. Maybe that much to have a professional do it for you, but I'd say less than half to do it yourself and have a similar or higher quality product.
I agree. You can have a much nicer set up for well under half the cost of this. The lights are horrible in this set up. The LED strip on the top looks like a cheap $20 lamp. It is actually a pretty bad set up.
feed with what ?
Great channel, great lector ...
Looks like a lizard from a brief scene in Jurassic World. Speaking of which, it looks very prehistoric.
That was a very relaxing video.
You should come check out the salt water portion of the Exotic Animal Hobby, $5000-$7000 is usually where you're going to end up anyway
That was amazing first time watching I subbed and 🔔 can’t wait to see more.
Interesting they still use the tongue for tasting under water
What species is the frog? You only mentioned it once
Man if i had money or hit the lotery id show all these people up on Cage Design for these rare cool lizards
does the lizard eat fish? because i want them together.
How do you deal with water quality every time the lizard takes a dump?
I would imagine the lizard drinks that same water. Even if you do a water change every night, it might have to go all day with its own waste floating around contaminating the water it drinks.
Or do these lizards only drink from the waterfalls?
200 gallons total is not enough for the size dump these lizards can take and bacteria can't break it down fast enough.
I am wondering how people deal with that challenge.
Water was changed extremely frequently and was only a temporary home for them. They went to a place that had a much bigger enclosure as they can get up to 4 ft as an adult.
what would it cost to maintain it?
An aquatic lizard
AWESOME!!!!!!!!
Have the front flip up with a piano hinge and hydraulic rams like you'd find in a hatch back.
Anyone know of any semi aquatic lizards that don't grow so big?
Is it true that green anole can survive in a paludarium but wouldn't choose to go into the water.
@TheSupremeDominator basalisk or chinese water dragon
@@brenek15thanks for reply.
Don't they grow about 2ft though right?
I was thinking more of the 6 or 8 inch area. Small lizards.
My bad I keep rather large reptile so its hard to say whats small, to me 2ft is small. Green anoles may work, get a good mist system though because they wont drink from bowls.
@@brenek15 no worries. I'm no expert, so on that basis anoles are probably best. They're apparently relatively easy to care for.
Man that most take a week to clean all that
Its not just the money. Even if you save that much, youd have to really like the creature for the amount of time youd to put into it.
where did you bought the paludarium?
it is just beautifullll !!!! I LOVE TO MUCH !!!!
Can you add turtles or small nonvenomous Snakes?