20 gal conversion finished.

[little98dime]

Hey everyone,
I just finished my 20 gallon for one of my leos last night. She really seems to like it so far. Its the first "naturalistic" leo enclosure i've done and i think it turned out pretty good. Just wanted to share it with you all.

on the left half (warm side) i have the humid hide hidden under the removable top portion of the rock. forward of that, i have the warm dry hide with a live succulent. I am using river rocks to cover the soil it is planted in. On the cool side, is a rock hide. everything is either slate or grout colored to match the slate.

My female Tremper Paternless, Samira, that is making this tank home.

And my other geckos.
My baby female Crested, Saber. She lost her tail to a tank mate when she was with her previous owner.

My adult male Crested, Binks

My Female Tremper Albino, Caramel

And my other female Tremper Patternless, Nanner. She's a fatty (healthy big)

 

[Inferno33]

That's looks really good. I was thinking of starting a full-tank project when I get a 100 gallon tank. I made one piece for my current 20 gallon tank, and I had so much fun doing it that I want to take it up a notch. =] Great work.

 

[shadowdragon619]

that is one awesome tank!!! i cant let my leos see it....they'll get jealous! lol

and your cresteds are some really good lookers

 

[leogecko88]

Wow! That's very cool! I wish I was a gecko so I could explore that setup. Your geckos are nice too.

 

[ariana]

i love the background!!!

 

[wburkel]

The entire tank looks awesome. Can you explain what you used and how you made it? Maybe you have progress pictures?

 

[little98dime]

unfortunately, no progress pics, but i can explain it quite easily.
I bought some styrofoam sheets from home depot. it comes wrapped in plastic and has like 6-8 sheets in it for 6 bucks. I cut out layers ot make the hides and used liquid nails to bond them together. the back ground is a sheet the width and hieght of the back wall and has smaller pieces glued on to make the ledges. everthing is covered in the grey grout from home depot. I used this stuff on the slate for my fire place and it hasnt cracked from heat yet, so no worries there. I put the grout on in layers, mixing it from medium watery for the first coat to almost like a thick milkshake for the rest. I put on 5 coats. I did not seal it since its not in a humid tank and i wanted the rough look. I tested all the pieces with running water to look for any chance of it wearing off. I let each piece cure for 3 days on each layer and the last layer I let cure for a week. The background is held in place by 4 strips of velcro on the back wall to allow me to remove it for cleaning.