Leopard gecko - foam background

[zelda]

I wanted to try to make a background using foam, silicone and peat moss, which is commonly used in tropical terrarium.

I'm planning to house to leos there, but time will tell what I do.. lol.
The substrate is ZooMed's clay substrate.

Here are some pictures of the process.
The substrate will lighten completely when dry, so the colors will probably fit even better (i hope).. :lol::lol::lol:

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Sooooo helps to have in-process photos complete with your leo at the end......

Thanks again for your shares, Zelda.

 

[zelda]

Thanks. The background was actually really easy to make. Quick and simple.

 

[JEFF9995]

whats on the back ground is it the silicon and moss

 

[avoidtheboyd]

Thats an awesome looking habitat but how do you heat the cage?

 

[geckofactory]

Looks really nice, but I suggest that next time you try making deeper gaps within the wall, especially for leopard geckos. They live among rocks and stone landscapes and feel much safer when they can really cuddle into a gap within the background wall. (A good measure is to soo how tall your gecko is and to make the gaps just wide enough for it to fit in, they like touching the top of a gap with their backs)

But anyway, for a first try, it came out really nice.

Greetings,
Fabrizio

 

[zelda]

Thanks

Thats an awesome looking habitat but how do you heat the cage?

Tnx
Uth. Heating cable.

Looks really nice, but I suggest that next time you try making deeper gaps within the wall, especially for leopard geckos. They live among rocks and stone landscapes and feel much safer when they can really cuddle into a gap within the background wall. (A good measure is to soo how tall your gecko is and to make the gaps just wide enough for it to fit in, they like touching the top of a gap with their backs)

But anyway, for a first try, it came out really nice.

Greetings,
Fabrizio

I didn't want the geckos to climbe on the background. It's just there to look good. They have their caves and hides on the ground (5 hides, including 1 moist hide).

In my other tanks I have backgrounds that the geckos can climbe on, and hide in. But the leo that lives in this tank has a problem, so that wouldn't work here.

Thanks for the tip anyways

 

[Henritron]

That looks really cool!

Well done!

 

[KarenL]

That looks awesome! Please could you answer a few questions for me; is this the regular spray foam from a hardware store or the aquarium safe foam? Did you spread silicon over the glass first so that the foam would stick? Also, how did you get the texture & color on the foam? I see you have used the excavator substrate - how do you heat the tank? I would like to use the clay substrate to create a more naturalist habitat from my leo but I understand that it isn't suitable to use with an UTH.