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MatthewWebb
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| Subject: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please!  Tue 11 Jun - 4:13 | |
| Hi Everyone, Im after anyone who has made Natural looking terrariums and their advice experiences and pictures on ones you have already created! Im about to start setting up a wall of terrariums and plan to deck them all out with natural interiors, live plants etc. etc. Ive seen loads and made loads of my own in the past but I'm always looking to improve on what I've created and some that you gusy have made are real stunners so I'm after some hints and tips, best products to use, best methods etc. etc. Hope some of you can help!  | |
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MatthewWebb
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Sat 15 Jun - 7:21 | |
| Lots of help from here then! :-D | |
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Hendrik Ulbrich
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Sat 15 Jun - 8:10 | |
| ... https://venomland.forumotion.com/t6675-in-work-my-new-terra-for-bothriechis-schlegelii We have some very nice examples in the forum, just look in the photothreads  | |
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MatthewWebb
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Sat 15 Jun - 19:10 | |
| Thanks Hendrik, I've looked at all the threads and theres some great ideas I'm working from I was hoping i could collate the best and worst bits of all experiences. Im working from what I've seen so far, just thought it was funny how over 100 people looked but none replied | |
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Peter Zürcher
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Sat 15 Jun - 22:09 | |
| Matthew,
maybe you should ask special questions to get special answers?
If you just want to see some examples of natural looking terrarium setups, well:
http://www.reptilienzoonockalm.at/12terrarien.htm
regards
Peter | |
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MatthewWebb
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Sun 16 Jun - 3:17 | |
| Very true Peter Maybe i was being too broad...... Ill take some photos as I go with my terrariums too and post them up. Thanks for the link! Ill have a look..... | |
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Manuel Varela-Juliá
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| | Subject: Ideas Wed 19 Jun - 5:00 | |
| It is important to know what kind of materials you can use: Single crystal, plexyglass or fiber glass timber. I am sending you some ideas according to your financial budget.   " /> Its important to choose the place, it can be a tree, or rock... And prepare the material to obtain the piece you want starting with the mold.  " /> Make the paste with latex and silicone, and put it in the rock..  " /> Let it dry, afterwards you have to put a kind of protection made of fiber glass timber, with that it will stay still.  " />  " /> Take off the mold and with fiber glass make the piece.  " /> You can decorate and paint it, with acrilic paint for a real landscape, dessert, forest, rainforest, cloudforest.  " />  " /> With the branches is the same system.  " /> [img]  [/img] Hope its usefull, any questions dont hesitate to ask. | |
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Alex Forzudo
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Location : Toledo, Spain
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Wed 19 Jun - 15:03 | |
| Hello Manuel,
very nice idea, how do you make the trompe-l'œil effect, paintings or posters?
In the picture with crotalus it seems it's painted directly on the background...
However, very very nice effect, my complements.
Alex | |
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Michiel Kooiman
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Age : 49
Location : Netherlands
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Registration date : 2012-08-16
| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Wed 19 Jun - 16:24 | |
| I don't see why you would like to copy nature while you can just get wood from the forrest and stones all around ? 
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Peter Zürcher
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Wed 19 Jun - 16:38 | |
| I do not see a reason for building artificial, but natural looking rocks or treeroots in such a time-consuming manner when the rest of the setting is far away from beeing natural. | |
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Dave Gales
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Wed 19 Jun - 20:35 | |
| You could have a look here: http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/snakes/878380-naturalistic-snake-enclosures-fake-walls.html | |
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Manuel Varela-Juliá
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Thu 20 Jun - 0:03 | |
| Hey Alex!
Thank you very much its all hand painting in there., with acrilic paint waterproof.
Thank you.. | |
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Manuel Varela-Juliá
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Thu 20 Jun - 0:19 | |
| Hey Michael
We do it to make it preatty for the viewer, its also beacuse its also really weight less and eassy to move.
I have more of 50 vivariums like that and we explain in school the interaction with the specie and habitat.
So the kids will relate the habitat with the snake in there.
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Manuel Varela-Juliá
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Thu 20 Jun - 0:44 | |
| Hey Peter You are right everything will be according to your interest, whether it is for an interactive activity to your living room or den, and breeding laboratory. thanks[img]  [/img] [img]  [/img] | |
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Michiel Kooiman
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Thu 20 Jun - 3:33 | |
| Can someone explain this to me ?  | |
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Manuel Varela-Juliá
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Thu 20 Jun - 4:51 | |
| 'll tell you ok! We do this to make it pleasing to the eye of the beholder, to move to another place is lighter [img]  [/img] | |
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Michiel Kooiman
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| | Subject: Re: Natural Vivariums - Advice and ideas please! Thu 20 Jun - 16:46 | |
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