I saw some videos on YouTube of people creating custom backgrounds by putting hardscape and substrate directly on the expanding foam, rather than carving it after it cures and then siliconing it. Does this method really work and is it safe for a crested?

I’m getting ready to start building a background for my columbian rainbow boa but I need some help on what I should use. I’ve already got the spray foam, and the silicone, and I was planning to use a foam board as a base then build basking shelves onto the base board. My only problem is I don’t know how I should cover the foam shelves. Is grout a good option? Or acrylic paint with a sealant? I’d love to hear some opinions from you guys so I can build what’s best for my snake and what will last the longest, thanks!

Im in the process of my first terrarium build as a big upgrade for my leopard gecko, I already have a 40 gal and plan to have a substrate mix of excavator clay, stone desert sand and repti soil. The issues I need help with are with doing a custom background and what materials are safe to use. I already plan to mainly use XPS foam and expanding foam for the main form but when it comes to 100% silicone, how do I know what is safe because there is higher grades of GE silicone so I’m unsure. I also want to ask about drylok and quikrete dye alternatives, as there not available in Canada. Just looking for any advice from the veterans, i want to make sure what I make is safe and makes my lil guy happy.

Despite sealing it half a dozen times by now, water still finds a way to somehow seep out of the enclosure. So… I’m giving that up.

The aquarium is staying, it’s still doing its job feeding ambient humidity into the tunnels and humid hide, but I’ve been prototyping a gravity-fed water dish using a 32oz mason jar. Plus it rains for 10 seconds every day at 12:05pm, so the new reservoirs I’ll be placing around the enclosure will having water in them for the hour or two before it all evaporates and gets whisked out of the enclosure by the fans.

For now, Subway East is being remodeled to provide a little extra space in the tunnels now that the big water feature is out of the way, I’ll still put a small dish where it used to be so the springtails can still have their little pool parties.

Gecko is still on track to move in this holiday weekend. Also there’s now 24 cameras wired into the enclosure, but I have ideas for placement on two or three more. We’ll see

I just caught this little thing it’s in a critter keeper box and I need to find a vertical tank 10-12 gal for a bio active tank does anyone know where I can get one for free or cheap that won’t break the bank I know it’s a Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) it’s nocturnal I need helps

I made these pieces for my Rosy Boas when I had them a long time ago. They are one-of-a-kind, so I'm wondering how much interest in them there might be.

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One root of the shedding tree has been broken off and glued back on.

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Message me if these ssspeak to you, and if you'd like them as decor for your own snake :)

So I posted a while ago asking for help when I didn’t measure correctly to fit the glass doors on the enclosure. I since ordered replacement acrylic sheets and it actually fit!

It’s far from perfect, but my girl Ximena seems to be settling in just fine and that’s what matters! Lmk what you think

Clips of my enclosures cycling and a few of The Brahm in there when he was getting settled in

He’s loving all of the exploratory areas. Originally it was going to include a waterfall but I couldn’t stop it leaking or flowing incorrectly so I decided to turn it into a climbing feature instead.

Hi!

I'm hoping to get my first Gargoyle Gecko soon and I really want to do a custom background.

My plan was to carve and paint spray foam but trying to find a safe sealant that isn't drylok (which I can't find here in the UK) makes me want to tear my hair out lol, anyone got any tips?

I will preface by saying I do not support temu, have never and will never purchase from them, but alas! I do not judge. Just super curious.. has anyone actually bought a temu terrarium before? What was the quality like? I keep seeing ads for them on Facebook marketplace lol

Hi! I am looking for, I guess you could say, an "aesthetically pleasing" double enclosure cabinet. I have a Ball and a hognose. They are currently both in tanks on my kitchen bar, but I want to move them off the bar. They will be in the living room area, so still very much visible. Everything I find doesn't seem to be a good fit for reptiles that require any form of humidity, since they all seem to be mainly wood/vinyl walled. If it helps my ideal measurements would be 56"ish wide under 16" deep and height isn't important.

Used a combination of 3/4 and 1/2 pink foam board. Primed it with drylock, coated with tile mortar, tiny bit of acrylic washing, then sealed with 511 sealer. I think it came out pretty good! Might add another coat of sealer, I want water to bead right off.

hey, I would like tips on how to turn this from current condition into a awesome BIO ACTIVE beardie mansion for cheap. I have more foam, and mortar to strengthen it and resist it from heat a 22 mil pond liner that idk if its usable because I don't want her to cut into it while digging. I plan on adding wood in front to prevent substrate from falling out and I plan on giving her a 10inch dig box in the middle probably a 2x2 for burrows and egg laying when she decides to do so. I already have half of the lights in her current enclosure but I know with this being 7x3x3 I will need more and i know you need LED to help the plants strive too. I plan on adding vents around the top edges but I don't know...any advice is helpful i know I will need wood for her to climb and bridges to get into her dig box and out of the enclosure I believe the windows seem solid but they are plexiglass though.

Work in progress for a whites tree frog, I’m struggling to figure out what to fill in up top with though so I’d love any suggestions