Acrylic Viv is Built! (Pics)

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I'm hoping in a couple of months to build my own Viv. I would like it to be made out of acrylic and I'm thinking from 4x2x2 - 6x2x2. I would be open to either using a screen top, or installing vents and having the lights inside the tank. I have two dragons and I plan to put a divider in the middle. I am also looking to put live plants in the viv. But, I'm having a hard time findings links to any projects people have done specifically for beardies that are made just from acrylic. I also would like a variety of ideas of how to approach planting in a beardie viv. Any help you can give would be great!

Update 5/9/10: I've had my viv built for a few weeks now. I've just been slow updating the page. I used the great stuff insulation foam, black silicone, exo terra red sand and eco earth to decorate it. The plants are thornless prickly pear, a fragrant elephant tree, cissus vines and geraniums. The geraniums died fairly quickly at the hands of the dragons, so they will have to be removed. The silicone is also tearing in some spots, so I will probably have to patch it all up this Fall, or so I estimate. I am wondering, what would be the best material to use to patch it? I've heard Modge Podge (sp?) mentioned
 

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All taped up.
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Cemented
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Foam carving
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Sand application
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Before planting
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Finished product
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The Kids:
Marx
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Rivka
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And I have decided I need better photos of the kids.
 

jortiz9758

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I like what you did with the inside...Looks Great! I have never seen one made of acrylic before.

But I think in will be a pain cleaning up poop when it dries on that rough flooring. :|
 

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I bought the acrylic from lowes and it was just under $200. I got the cement from TAP plastics.

Any loose stones I kept in there were the large stream stones. They are way too large for a beardie to try to munch on.

The poop thing isn't so bad except for when they manage to get some urate in a small crevice.
 
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