[Mallick]

Hi all

I was thinking about making a good background for uroplatus.
Possible ways i thought of:

Insulation foam, black silicone and bark and eco-earth
regular cork
...

Anybody got any suggestions, or experience with the above?

Grts

Mallick

[Robin Skrumsager]

Hey Mallick

I would do like the frogguys do, when setting up a viv. The only thing is to make sure the branches are the rigth size and type for the species og uroplatus you tend to keep.

also, I would not do any waterfalls as the bacteria would be spawning from a place lige this. (Im sure it can be done, but I dont know how, so wouldent advice it unless you are confident enough to give it a shot, could be nice).

I would check out blackjungle.com for inspiration, also I know that the frogmen from holland and germany are hardcore in setting up their vivs. (looks insain).

Other than that unfortunatly I can't help you out, hope it turns out nice. I got high expertations from you, so make me proud hehe

And Mallick last words, take alot of photos of the process

Cheers

[Hannibal]

I'm actually in the process of doing a 3-sided background one right now for a pair of Sikorae. I'm using insulation board, great stuff, tite bond III, eco earth and moss. I should have photos up probably by Wednesday of the process.

[Mallick]

What exactly is tite bond?

[Hannibal]

It is a waterproof glue. They also make tite bond I and tite bond II, but only tite bond III is waterproof. It also gives you 15 minutes from application to get all the eco earth and moss in place before it starts to harden/dry.

[Mallick]

Originally Posted by Hannibal

It is a waterproof glue. They also make tite bond I and tite bond II, but only tite bond III is waterproof. It also gives you 15 minutes from application to get all the eco earth and moss in place before it starts to harden/dry.

Could u send me some pics of yours if you got some?

Would be much obliged

[Hannibal]

I've just finished putting 'great stuff' on the insulation board so will upload photos of that here shortly.

the enclosure

project so far



I know Sikorae like to hug things, so I use the 'great stuff' to make areas on the walls that they can hug. I'll be doing the tite bond with eco earth/moss tomorrow after work, and will try to upload those photos tomorrow evening.

[Mallick]

thx man

[Mallick]

Ok so i looked around in the stores and haven't found any titebond III, is there a european alternative? I was thinking about Bison D3? Let me know what you guys think.

Grts Mallick

[Ozymandias]

if you can find a cement binder at a hard ware store that should do the trick too