How to build a Natural Vivarium (From Scratch)!
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2017
- How to build a beautiful tropical vivarium from scratch to finished!
In this video, I will be teaching you how to build a tropical natural vivarium from scratch! We will go over building the background, drainage layer and substrate, as well as planting in brief. Hope you enjoy it! Don't forget to comment, rate and subscribe!
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Well done, one of the best vivarium tutorials I have seen!
Thank you so much! What a flattering comment!
Reptiliatus how do you clean
Reptiliatus truly a work of art 😍👍👍. One question though. What about drainage from water , that will gather at your false bottom ?
Cristopher Gonzalez tru tru
simple natural evaporation will take care of it
I love how this guy does everything he can for his tiny gecko
我爱宁静 thanks for the kind words! ☺️🙏🏼
I found myself smiling throughout the whole video. You could tell he put so much love into it. Lucky little geckos. Awesome video!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it! That makes me happy!
@@Reptiliatus You're welcome and Thank you so much for sharing...and inspiring. Please keep them coming! Sending you my best regards from Las Vegas, Nv.
ur comment made me smile lol
@@t1tv780 Nothing more wonderful when strangers can make each other smile. We need more of this in life :)
Oh fs this looks so amazing
When I'm bedridden with a migraine I like to just watch this video. It gets me hyped to create future vivariums and it's a really relaxing video to play when I'm in a lot of pain.
Seems like a lot of trouble.
You should work in a zoo to make these things for the animals and the reptile and tarantulas.
It looked like a habitat made in the zoo’s. I mean this as a compliment.
Too much for me but I like it
After searching far and wide for a vivarium tutorial with decent editing, sound and video to show people, I finally came upon yours. Gotta say thanks, thought I would never find anyone who could manage it! Great stuff
Instead of just carving - to get rid of the smooth surface - you can use rough sandpaper too. It's a bit messy but I personally find it easier to create more natural shapes.
Cheers.
an oscillating(bone) saw with different blades kicks ass ,,,,,,,,,,, hand tools near the glass tho
That's a great idea. I think I might do this instead of carving. What I wish I could do is use a dremmel tool, but I somehow lost mine lol
I followed your instructions step by step and it turned out great! It was my first attempt so still new to this. I added several live plants and a pair of male and female day geckos. Thanks for the advice it was definitely hard work but paid off!
Any updates?
So awesome! First tutorial I've seen that I can actually follow along with! Thank you:)
My pleasure! So glad you found the video helpful!
I fell in a hole of these videos. I'm so going to do these after I'm done with other things.
Haha thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Reptiliatus is this able to hold red eyed tree frogs
ChemicalXGaming absolutely! In essence this tutorial mostly teaches you to make the background and you choose how to plant the vivarium, etc :).
Reptiliatus thank you
Hahaha "when I'm done with other things"
Im just saying this - i have been sort of looking at creating my own for a very long time and i`ve seen alot of different tutorials...You sir - made the best one out of all, and earned a sub.
swimon23 Thanks so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed my video! Thanks for supporting my work! I hope you'll continue to enjoy my future content!
agreed!
Reptiliatus lllqpq
This is one of the most beautiful terrariums I have ever seen! You make me want to craft one!! Great job!
Thank you SO MUCH, I had no idea how to do something like this, and now I did this for my huge tree monitor cage and she LOVES IT. It turned out gorgeous, thank you so much!
far out mate, this is one of the best put together videos on this topic I've ever seen! great editing and information, the setup turned out great!
Coop's Reptiles thanks a million! Appreciate the kind words and so glad you enjoyed the video! I subscribed to your channel, great content! We'll have to collaborate sometime. kind regards
no problem and thank you, sounds good!
THIS IS LITERAL QUALITY CONTENT! Thank you for existing, I came here for help with designing a day gecko vivarium/terrarium and stayed because the video is really good
Unicorns Go Rawr thank you so much for your sweet comment! Means a lot to read such positive feedback after working so hard for a few months on this video! If you haven't yet, please feel free to subscribe! I actually have a room tour of most of my animals coming out this week!
I love this! It has helped me so much in designing my terrarium!!!! You did a really great job with the fogger, and had many wonderful ideas that I never would have thought of.
New to Vivariums and this is the best one out there for Newbies like myself. Thanks so much for sharing all your know how on this subject. Keep up the good work.
Seriously!! This tutorial is excellent! So many new people in the hobby should be directed to this video!! shows everything in detail. Nice editing too!!
David G thank you very much! Feel free to share it wherever you like! Thanks for watching!
It was super easy to understand. It was perfect. And you gave good warnings and or advice.
I have been looking to make a vivarium and your video is by far the best and it actually show step by step. I also love how you show how to make every thing in the vivarium.
ShortageVlogs thanks so much buddy! Good luck making your vivarium! When you are finished, send me a photo or video clip (to my Facebook page/link in description) and I'll feature it in one of my videos!
Reptiliatus it will not be for a while I'm still saving up some money
This tutorial looks so easy to follow! I’ve been wanting to update my corn snakes cage for a while now, my brother gave her to me when he went travelling to care for but I feel in love and have now took her as my own. She is in a basic cage for now 2 hides a warm and a cooler side, aspen the basics but I’ve been looking forward to decorating a home for her that she will actually enjoy. So thankyou for this I can’t wait to recreate something similar 👏🏻
I'm so glad to have been able to help so many people with this video! Thanks for watching/please consider subscribing to my channel if you'd like to support me :). Means a lot, thank you!
Oh my gosh I can't stop watching I'm getting so excited for my build now, second I get the money together that's it I'm doing it this video has got my mind ticking about it all day long everyday pal, great advice just amazing build video all around!!!
Same with me. The vivarium bug isn't easy to shake off!
you build it ? bout to build my first
This is probably my favorite vivarium build Ive seen! Definitely going to be using this video as inspiration when I build mine.
Kayden James Benavidez thanks so much! I'm touched you found it that good! Best of luck with your enclosure
I subscribed the moment I saw Michael Scott. best tutoriall there is!
THIS is by far, THE BEST tutorial I have ever watched and I watched TONS. Thank you so very much. I feel more confident now to do my own build. God bless you and your channel!! Subbed.
Thank you so very much for the kind words and support! Means a lot! I’m thrilled my video helped you! ☺️
@@Reptiliatus Seriously, it has. And I love how you explain and give tips that is sooooo practical and doable. Best of the best.
why have i never heard about you? i spend all my time on youtube watching videos like these, but yours are absolutely the best!! Glad i found you!!!
Very nice man! Looking at building a vivarium this winter and trying to get as many ideas as possible. This video and the links you provide are just what I was looking for. Thanks again!
st85100 thanks so much! Glad the video helped! Don't forget to subscribe :).
Thanks so much dude! I was playing zombies other wise I would have seen it earlier, but looks awesome! And thanks for the shout out
Mike Tytula thanks so much man! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Mike Tytula zombies is the best. Excited to be starting my vivarium adventure. Both of ya'll are great teachers.
Infinite warfare ?
I am making another terrarium up this week and went back to watch a few videos, this is still definitely one of the best tutorials out there.
love the cork bark background idea, although I'm more of a desert reptile parent myself. Some good ideas for building a new vivarium for my growing beardie. 👍👍
This is freaking sweet. Amazing tutorial and really cool vivarium!!!!!!!!!
Lauren Reilly thank you so much! Glad you liked the tutorial! Please feel free to subscribe!
This is so cool! I've been looking everywhere for a video like this. I just wanna make use of my empty fish tank! Lol
Thanks for watching!
This is hands-down fantastic! I love herps and I really love DIY, so this is a dream-come-true project for me! Thank you!
I don't think a like is enough for a video so beautifully presented. 😍
Thank you so much for this video.
This was amazing! I would love to see a more detailed video on integrating the fog machine into the vivarium.
yup, spray foam doesn't come off easily. Had to learn the hard was when making my poison dart frog vivarium. Took me 30min to get off. Also hurt too -_-
Im gonna be trying to make a paludarium and get a few poison dart frogs. Im kinda excited
This is by far the best "how to build a vivarium" I have seen. Also your video on homemade vines and putty. Thank you so much for this - I feel very inspired and I'm so ready to try this myself!
I love how interesting and satisfying these vids are to watch
This video was great and was very informative
Thank you very much! I'm glad you found it helpful!
Well done man that looked awesome
Silver Spiders thank you very much!
Wow! So realistic and satisfying to watch. Well done and keep making these vids!!!
Wow! Thank you for making this! One of the best and most helpful vivarium videos I've seen so far! That pond and stone foam looks dope, I'll probably be using that in my next project now!
2 best reptile youtube channels hands down
JW Reptilez Thanks for the super kind words!
Reptiliatus why glue the dirt down what if it gets dirty
DaNk R3XU when you mix the dirt over the silicone it becomes the background. You can literally scrub or brush dirt and feces off the background and the soil will stay on the foam but the feces will come off.
best channel.
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Scurrr20 thank you!
I saved this long ago, watched again today. Wish I could like it multiple times.
Great job man!
Amazing work, it kept me captivated throughout the whole video, thank you for taking the time to make this.
The gecko and vivarium were GORGEOUS
Thank you! She is quite the stunner, I agree! :)
Awesome video! What species is the gecko?
Satanic leaf-tailed gecko
Throw a broken X-Wing fighter in there, and there you have it.
Zekrom YT so true!
That would look dope
www.frogforestdesigns.com/themed-vivariums.html
NO JOKE MY CRESTED GECKOS NAME IS YODA!
that is the best idea ever! really want to do this!
THIS IS AWSOME! Is what I literally said within the first few minutes of watching and then i made sure to bookmark this. Great job, very creative, very descriptive. Nice that you added DIY features like the mud and vines. this was very helpful.
After watching hundreds of these, this was certainly one of the best ones made!
Amazing 😱😊. Plz build paludarium next
Trioptic Blaze great idea! I'll try to make one at some point :).
Thnx 👍😊 i was thinking of building one soon aswell
Northscape Aquascaping and Reptiliatus collab on a paludarium??????
NorthScape Aquascaping sounds like a sweet plan buddy!
Yes paludariums are the tits of this hobby definitely do that next, great video btw very informal!
"It's alive" made my day... I mean night :P
idk why, but i have watched this video 3 times and i still feel amazed how easy you made this look!
wow this is one of the most amazing vivarium I had ever seen
I would pay someone to do this for me. Have you thought about selling custom pieces?
I’m in what part of the world do you live in?
@@deborahcervantes8594 I live in America
I've watched 5 of these videos now and I was just thinking, "I could never make something so creative... But I could buy one!"
Awesome tutorial man it was really helpful. Also I never thought of using terrarium putty to attach plants to the background, may use this idea to add more plants to my paludarium! (＾ω＾)
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the video and glad it may help you out too!
I love it, I'm doing my first one on a crested gecko paladarium. Your DIY helped me out immensely. Thank you
most formal and informative tutorial here in youtube, thank you!
Great video!!! Can you do a video on a tortoise habitat, I have a Russian tortoise and he likes his terrarium but I would prefer for him to have a better one! Thank you
How long will a vivarium like that last before the background begins to collapse or slide down as I assume it won't last forever. Is yours still working well? Also do you thing applying silicone to the glass and letting it dry before the foam would help make last longer?
Because of this video I just attempted my first 3. They were a bit smaller for arboreal tarantulas but turned out very well. Amazing video!!
Oh wow. This is such an amazing tank. It's vivarium art...
“It’s extremely stuck and does not come off easily at all.” *Puts the foam on the camera*
Haha it’s editing friend. No cameras were harmed. Special effects 😉
May I ask how you clean it? It look amazing but I am concerned about cleaning it. Thanks
Filomena Clarizio you don’t clean this type of enclosure. They are bio active and small invertebrates in the soil break down waste. Mosses and fungi grow but regulate themselves if the temperature, lighting and humidity are balanced. All you have to do is clean the glass, drain the water from the false bottom if needed (not needed in the way he set it up) and prune the plants.
@Aodán Compton you dont clean the substrate in a bio active setup. It can be left one for years. The microfauna, fungi and bacteria do that cleaning for you. All you have to do is to keep it looking nice but leave enough litter for the system to work.
To drain the water you leave a small, concealed, hole in the false bottom to feed a small hose through (mostly done by a small pipe that pokes out just above the substrate with a small cap on it). You can then easily siphon off the water if needed. Some amount in there is needed to keep the humidity up so only siphon off to prevent flooding.
@Aodán Compton this is not my viv so I dont know which values for temp and humidity it runs at. But is running just a few degrees above room temperature with a moderate humidity it shouldnt be a problem. A typical humidty of a tropical vivarium (above 80%) is too high though.
Love this video. Have gone back to it so many times today as i work on my boa enclosure! Well done
This was awesome, it was like watching you terrain a mini earth like a god
At first, when I saw what the spray foam looked like, I was thinking were the fuck is this going. Sorry to have doubted you.
Hahaha too funny! Glad you stuck around to find out!
Feel free to subscribe if you haven't had the chance to yet! :)
You left out the fogger installation. Sort of an important part.
You can easily find a tutorial for that
Probably the best video I have seen because of how clear you are in showing us how to do this, other videos are far less clear.
OMG! you made this look way easier and completely doable. I love it! Thank you! I'm excited for all the extrq tututorials you provided too. Wow. Looking forward to more. this is the first vid Ive watched as a new subscriber! Bravo!
do you sale these or custom make them for others
yvonne stowers I usually just make them for myself but I'm open to doing work for others.
Reptiliatus I would pay to have this made and shipped to Cali!!! I want a crested gecko and this is by far the best vivarium I've come across on UA-cam.
Lisa Rodriguez thanks for the sweet words! I would have loved to build you one but I think shipping would be killer :(. Use the tutorial to make one yourself! :)
Reptiliatus where are you located??
Whose here after watching DrPlants thinking....you're doing it wrong bro. Foam right on the glass?
This was a long time ago I’m pretty sure he doesn’t do this method anymore.
best tutorial I've seen and explained well..bravo!
I've been searching UA-cam for a tutorial like this there are some really nice vivs out there but this is a very good tutorial so when I got the funds to start my big project it will be based on this thanks for this brilliant tutorial 👍👍👍
How does this fair up to cleaning and the urine smell from snakes ?
Depends how big the snake is. If its a small snake in a large enclosure, I'd say easier. It's just really important to remove urates and feces right away whenever possible :)!
If the enclosure is big and has a good 2 to 4 inches of soil and plants , no need to clean. The bacterias and other microfauna that live in the soil will process the excrements. Unless you have a python or some other big beast that should stay in the wild anyway.
Next project....build a planet.
Elliot Leifer 😎🌍
Smh. Lol
This was absolutely fantastic! Great job!
I'll be building mine like this.. awesome looks great!
It's so extraordinary, that you put so much love and effort into your animals. I'm 100% sure that your geckos really appreciate it.
Thank you so much! ☺️🙏🏼
@@Reptiliatus :)
Seriously great production value.
This is the most beautiful vivarium i’ve ever seen! Good job
Anonymus Rex thank you so much!
I love your sense of humor. You really have some great ideas . Thanks for sharing
Fantastic video!! You answered every question other videos left unanswered, thank you for sharing. ❤😊
This was amazing to watch.
Love and enjoy your tutorial. So well-presented and the best explanation. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Wow, I really wanna get started now! extremely informative for a newbie like me! thanks so much!!!
You made this look so easy! Looks great
Bro I'm SO into this idea!!! I absolutely love it!!
One of the best terrarium videos I've seen on this space
Awww hell yeah!! Awesome build!
Awesome build! Wow!
Wow!!!!!.. I love it, you did an awesome job.
This is the best tutorial I've seen for making vivariums! Thank you for producing this. I subscribed too.
Very good job. Everything looks natural.
Here I am again watching this video again! Love this video! Love to watch it in spring be summer lol
That’s awesome! Thank you so much!
What a great build
This really is probably the best quick "how to" video I've seen. I hope you are having success with those Uroplatus!
Beautiful setup! I’ve learned loads for a build I’m starting in the next few weeks. My animals thank you 🙏
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video! ☺️🙏🏼
Gorgeous!
What an enthusiastic and comprehensive tutorial ♡ u seem so personable and it’s definitely conducive to tutorials!!! Makes me feel like I can actually do it lmao
Lauren Ransom thanks so much for the sweet comment! I’m so happy you enjoyed the video! Best of luck building your enclosure! 😎👍🏼
bro it is awesome keep watching it over an over
I found away to remove the black spray form for Vivariums. I removed it from my hands and nails by using peppermint essential oil and a piece toilet paper. I’m a big fan of your work and I have two Vivarium in the making right now. 1 is 18x17x27. 2 is 36x18x36. I’m so blessed and happy about your work. Thanks for documenting your skills and sharing with us.