My 180 Gallon Vivarium is Taking Shape
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ม.ค. 2025
- Let's set up the all new 180 gallon vivarium! I believe that I said previously it was 190 gallons... not sure where that came from, but it's definitely 180. If you remember I just recently took down my old 125 gallon vivarium and this is its replacement. I think that it turned out great, but it's an unfinished canvas. There's still so much work to be done. Regardless, I wanted to share my progress thus far.
Since I've explained most of the things I've done in this video before, I wanted to take a different approach for this demonstration. I thought that it might be helpful to give more insight on how I make aesthetic decisions (placing plants, hardscape, etc). I didn't want to bore you, so I did my best to keep it at a minimum... I know, I can get quite “ranty” about it!
I also want to circle back to something I talked about in the video, that I may not have elaborated on well enough. Originally I had two lights in the enclosure, an LED shop light and a CFL heat lamp. I accidentally left both lights on for the first day and I quickly realized that the plants were getting cooked! So any acclimation issues with the plants happened in less than 24 hours! Everything has been fine since then, but unfortunately I lost a few plants and others took a beating (ficus pumila and anubias). However, they are already showing off a lot of new growth. I'm sure the change in humidity (70% to 95%+) took its tool as well.
Anyways, after I removed the light and added some more ventilation holes (I will show those in a different video), everything has been great. I was pretty bummed about all of this, but I try not to have unreal expectations about my work. Stuff happens, you just gotta take it and find a solution. Also, in case you're wondering, I'm keeping this setup at a consistent temp of 76° F and a humidity of 95%+. I will talk more about that and how this vivarium works in the follow up video.
Let me know down in the comments what you think about this setup thus far. Do you like it better than the old or did you like the 125 better? I suspect that many of you will miss the 125, but give this one some time. That setup didn't get that strong overnight!
Plants Used:
Acorus gramineus
Alocasia amazonica (dwarf)
Aluminum Plant
Anubias barteri
Badge Moss
Bucephalandra (red)
Bulbophyllum antenniferum (Orchid)
Calathea lancifolia
Callisia repens
Cryptanthus bivittatus
Cryptanthus 'Mars'
Cryptanthus 'Red Star'
Dieffenbachia compacta
Dwarf Baby Tears
Ficus pumila
Ficus pumila 'Quercifolia'
Fittonia 'Pink Vein'
Fittonia 'White Vein'
Java Moss
Pellia
Peperomia campylotropa
Peperomia fraseri
Pilea 'Creeping Charlie'
Pteris cretica 'Mayii'
Pilea glauca
Purple Passion Plant
Neoregelia 'Fireball'
Neoregelia 'Tiger Cub'
Rabbit's Foot Fern
Rosy Maidenhair Fern
Sphagnum Moss
Strawberry Begonia
Syngonium podophyllum
Syngonium podophyllum 'Mini Pixie'
Tillandsia ionantha (orange)
Tillandsia velutina
Wandering Jew 'Fuzzy'
Wandering Jew 'Rainbow'
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Let me know what you think of this setup so far! Is it better than the 125? I suspect that a lot of you side with the 125, but give this one some time. That setup didn't get that strong overnight!
Will anyone live in there? If so, who?
SerpaDesign I have a question for you! I have a 30 gal terrarium set up with a few live plants. It’s a tropical set up and I have a Gold dust day gecko in it. Plants are growing nicely and everything is seem to like the whole set up. I noticed the other day that my begonia leaves have holes in them. While looking closer I noticed two really small snails on the leaves. I quickly removed them and I am still noticing more holes. What do you recommend I do to remove these snails? Do you know of any “snail proof” plants? I was told to add a small blue tailed skink into the terrarium and that it would do some damage on the snails. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I’m sure you’ve dealt with snails before
This one is pretty rad. Best thing yet it will evolve over time until it is well established
SerpaDesign it look great ..... if you can add waterfall it look more awesome.
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I recently visited the state's main public aquarium and found the terrestrial and aquatic enclosures lacking. your habitats far and away exceed most of the public aquariums and zoos I've visited. you, sir, are not only knowledgeable on how to create and keep the inhabitants, you are an artist. I am always amazed and learn from your beautiful creations. thank you.
I've never been to a zoo that has environments like this. I would gladly set them up for free if they paid for the build. 😁
Most zoos are only worried about making money... Builds for certain animals are kept minimal or lacking due to costs... Don't know why though.. Zoos make a killing. Though, if Serpa did some zoo builds. They would be immaculately beautiful.
@@SerpaDesign but is this setup more maintenance then a "zoo" setup? i personally dont think so, but they may see it like so...
His are FOR SURE better then I’ve seen
Tanner, that is a true work of art! Have you ever thought of being an exhibits curator at a zoo? You would be really, really good at it!
he's doing just fine and probably making more money on youtube. Suggestions like that infer that he's not already successful
GJL Creative Studios you sound dumb he was just complimenting him
GJL Creative Studios he’s literally saying he’s a professional
@@GJLCreativeStudios it doesn't
I agree!
What I especially like about your videos is you are VERY direct with getting to the build and spend almost no time endlessly chit chatting. So MANY tubers love the sound of their voice and prattle on and on, saying almost nothing informative.
I want to do this so bad. I just kind of want my entire home to be a jungle.
Same
Same, but minus the snakes, ants etc!
I always say that! Because of his channel, i started with a tiny terrarium and i'm very proud of how it's developing 💜
nays needle But you can't have other reptiles like geckos, or even tree frog
I like that idea!
Wow, you’re so incredibly talented! I had no idea that so much work went into creating the “hardscape” of a vivarium. You’ve got a new subscriber in me! I find it fascinating that you talked about your vivarium as a composition and about naturalism, just like an artist would for a painting. Your terrariums are definitely works of art!
I don't have any reason to watch this video....but I ended up watching the whole thing haha
That's what's up!
MD Fish Tanks same here. I don’t have any animals that require vivariums, nor do I want any, yet here I am at midnight watching this in awe.
I found this video months ago, and I still come back to watch it occasionally. Every time I learn just a little bit as it’s so jam packed full of information. Thank you for taking the time to make this, I can tell you put time and passion into your Vivarium and all of your videos
If Da Vinci was a florist, this would be his Mona Lisa. Great work !
I know little to nothing about anything in your videos, but I cannot stop watching them. Now I want to learn everything!!!
I just like plants lol this is so next level I'm in awe
I really enjoyed this build! It was so relaxing and peaceful to watch it come together! Iat the end I thought it was magnificent. Kudos to adding the bromiliades and air plants. They gave such a remarkable look. I loved the baby tears in the set up too, just so pretty. Thanks for showing the names of the plants at the end.
You make really beautiful environments and take your time to explain things. I really love your videos, and they're helping me to provide better homes for my critters
This is the absolute best thing I have ever seen. I am an orchid and tropical plant hobbyist and have always wanted to dabble in terrariums and vivariums. Thank you so so much for sharing!!!
You do a really great job putting vivariums together. This build was another rousing success!
Treefrogs would be nice in there.
So would geckos
You do have a real talent. I love watching you setting up your small worlds, they're so... natural. I'm happy I found your channel. Keep going! Greetings from Poland :)
You're the only video that actually lists the plants you used, thank you! 😆
You have given me so much inspiration. Thanks for sharing.
I am building my first vivarium in about week. And, you just gave me a beautiful idea how I would set up mine. Thank you so much for sharing another great video as well as step by step process and list of plants we can use. I am truly glad I found your channel. So, thank you again!!!😃😃😃😃
excellent I build a 370 plywood aquarium but not complete and decided to get ideas to adjust it to my 2 baby iguanas which are currently housed in my 65 gallon aquarium. Watching this help gives me more ideas on setting it up as my iguanas new home.
I've been binge watching your videos all day. Thank you so much for all of these. I cant wait to build my own.
Aaaaahhhhh another spicy vivarium video
Haha!
ugly vivarium
Patrick Anderson said no one ever
Beautiful, it was very relaxing watching you create this vivarium.
you are the only person that I have found in entire TH-cam that does amazingly looking vivariums, every one else just makes them terribly done
I have watched this video so many times. It is a breathtaking work of art. You are an inspiration and a great teacher. I aspire to have a vivarium as amazing as this soon.
I am OBSESSED with your enclosures! I’m all the way from Puerto Rico and would love to someday put your lessons to good use. Keep doing what you love♥️
My family and I have been obsessed with your videos for the past few days! My 8 yo has decided that she wants to build a frog habitat for a big school project. 😊 Your skills are incredible! Beautiful work
This looks great and is giving me ideas on my new build. I shutdown my 100 gallon reef after years due to work schedule and burn out. On the plus side my dart frogs are being upgraded to a 100 gallon vivarium. I was thinking of ways to do my background and what you accomplished here looks ideal. Thanks again and keep up the great work.
Note, after cutting the branches of any wood, you can take a torch and get the cut area red hot, then allow to cool and wire brush the char off. Now it looks nice and weathered without the saw or cut marks. Good video.
Your vivariums are really, REALLY good. Having only just planted it, this enclosure looks what I’d call grown in! You mentioned geckos and arboreal reptiles in the video, so I’m going to guess one of the larger New Caledonian species (given the size of this enclosure). A leachie would probably wreak havoc with all of those thin-stemmed plants, so I’m going chahoua ;)
I’m so glad I found your channel a few days ago
Welcome to the family!
Had to comment, at last. Really just want to thank you for all your videos, they are my absolute favourites and I've been glued for weeks, as I approach my first ever bio set up. You are so thorough in your explanations and the results are always gorgeous. Cheers from Scotland - really appreciate your work :)
You're super talented at these builds. Looks brilliant.
This is...overwhelming to say the least. Just wonderfully relaxing to watch you. a true artist.
This is probably my favorite build you have done!!!
You may find that at least a few of the supporters would appreciate you showing your work in the classic before and after.
Just finished like the one in this video and then more views later on after it has time to grow in like 90 days
and 6 months.
Brilliant! I must admit when I'm thinking of ideas for a new vivarium layout I always use your vids for inspiration! Keep them coming!!!!
This looks great! I’m certain you could have your knowledge and ideas published in a book. Vivarium for Dummies would be a great resource for others who like to learn by reading.
Beautiful work, Tanner! I’m very optimistic about the future of this vivarium. You, sir, have talent.
I wish you lived closer to me😊. I love the way you build this vivarium. I have an 75 gal tank and would love help fixing it up but using just a small part as an aquarium to hold my female and male Bettas. I think I spelled that wrong lol. But we love our little fish friends and think this would be a great idea for making an eco system they would thrive in. Awesome job. 😎
It’s crazy I started watching you n took after you too create my viverium since then I’ve watched others do they’re enclosures but they just aren’t no where near in ur level of creativity and originality I know you prob follow some ppl that give you inspirations but to me you are my version of bob ross and Pablo Picasso you are the drake of live vivariums !
Amazing! This should be shown to ever new pet owners hat wants a new home for there snakes, frogs ect. It’s beautiful, full of life and colour and just so creative and detailed 👏🏻😌
Awesome techniques in this video. I always enjoyed hearing the explanation for why this and that is used. So informative and applicable in other pet care/plant care.
Its been 2 years and many builds after this one, but its still my favourite setup. Would love to see more updates on it
You are amazing at what you do! I love the vids and the tutorials and everything man. Keep up the inspiring work! I aspire to be like you one day! Great work SERPA!! 🙏
Tanner, you are so talented! Every time you make a new terrarium or vivarium, I think, "this is the best one he's made yet!" Thanks so much for sharing!
I guess I'm improving even still! I have also been trying to set the bar higher, so that I can inspire others to make awesome setups.
Looks amazing! It'd be nice to see a cost breakdown on each item, especially the plants, to see what the total cost would be on a big project like this. Great video Tanner.
Yeah all that together would seem really expensive and not worth it.
What a work of art! I'm a plant lover, and this makes me want to be more committed to keeping baby snakes we found in the back yard long term or invest in some other animals!
I'm sorry I should've watched the entire video before asking questions, I am so amazed with this vivarium.
This is beautiful!!! I never get tired of seeing the builds you create. Definitely inspirational!!
Omg. This is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing nice tips! Good luck with its evolution!
This is amazing, one of the most beautiful setups ive seen
After watching all your videos I decided to make a vivarium for my ball python. It was beautiful at first and then I introduced her into it and she’s trampled a lot of the plants. Some have died and some have figured out how to live with her. It’s very interesting to see how she has made it her own home. It still looks nice now even though most of the plants on the hot side have died off. I have some learning to do.
Beautiful setup!! I just realized we're almost neighbors... I live about 40 miles north of Pittsburgh!! 😊
Be me: Zero interest in aquariums or whatever.
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Watches this video.
Subscribes.
I need this in my life.
Now i feel really bad for the ammount of these lil things i killed without knowing they were "cool guys". Ugh. Looks really cool, you do put your heart into your creations!
Gorgeous setup. Adding a water flow would put it on a whole new level!
I think this is my favourite terrarium so far.
You really outdid yourself on this one. Absolutely stunning.
I love these videos so much, they are set up very well and very entertaining.
Can't even begin to tell you how stunning this is. 😍
Damn dude, that's a mighty fine looking set up.
Beautiful it's like as if though you're walking into a jungle Oasis and mother nature just wants embrace you once you get there love the pan India flute music you are using in this tutorial video🤓🍃🍃🍃💚🍃🍃
Its insane to see how much you've improved, your really mastering the art of creating a vivarium
that looks sick. I love the branch coming out of the background
This looks incredible... I might turn my old 60cm aquarium into a vivarium after watching this
At 14:00 you talk about what you think about while composing your scapes; any chance you'll ever make a video specifically about your creative process? Love your stuff!
What a creation. Looks great, so nicely balanced with all the shapes and color.
Great terrarium build as always!
This is what artistic truly are, your work are magnificent, thanks for sharing it so much. I have been always thinking that, having a tree monitor in one of the vivarium like this would be a perfect combination🌿🌿🦎
What do you do for a living? Everything you create is amazing, if this isn't your trade then I'd seriously consider doing it as a business venture as you would be inundated with work offers from domestic to corporate show level. Truly captivating. You create the sort of habitats where one could dream the hours away gazing into it. Such a talented artist. It is an art form.
Tanner, you're an artistic genius brother!
Exceptional plant set up. Wish I was that accomplished.
Kind of late, but this guys builds are CRAZY awesome! Like, keep it up man! New Subscriber!
I think it looks great! It's so lush and has so much to look at already
Thank you! Imagine it in a year though?
You are the god of naturalistic setups.
So beautiful. Really looking forward to seeing it in a year's time.
Thanks and me too!
What a masterpiece! I hope to get a lot more sophisticated (like this!) with my arrangements and plant combinations
Absolutely amazing!!!. You have a true talent for stuff like this
Thanks! It didn't happen overnight. I've been doing this for awhile.
You are awesome, I’m crap at building stuff like this, hence subscribing to your videos, I didn’t even know there there was weed blocking fabric... boom 💥
Next I got some bark, and threw it at it 😂 I'm here for that!...
Great build, again! ♥ you've inspired me, I've recently started my crested gecko enclosure 😁
This is the background for a fairy tale.... a dream!!
Excellent skills. I draw so much inspiration for my enclosures from this guy!
Omg so beautiful and the music is so mellow just right
So wonderful to have found your channel!
Every little bit of that vivarium could be sectioned out and put into a tiny vivarium by itself and look absolutely stunning.
That's the idea! Every element should be strong enough to stand on its own.
SerpaDesign well you definitely hit the nail on the head!
Reptile tank designing, the most underrated form of art
another great video, love the image of you just chucking bark at it. i get why, its just funny to watch
Super cool man, amazing job! Thank you so much for recording and sharing!!!
I love your designs and attention to detail! Where do you buy your plants? You have an awesome variety of species. Keep up your amazing work.
Super Glue (basic constituent) is used in ER's to close wounds. I use it regularly. Once it touches moisture it sets.
This is good once you run out of bob Ross or need a break from the primarily Alaskan landscapes. Mister Rogers also is relaxing and surprisingly watchable as an adult, but this channel belongs in their company.
Great video Tanner, even better Vivarium!
So pretty! I want to do a dart frog vivarium one day!
I think this one looks much better than the 125 Gallon one 😁
Can't wait to build my own Vivarium one day 👍
great video as always. the plant ID was very helpful. thank you for sharing your expertise.
You have a good sense for details.good work
this is looking magnificent. i learn so much from your videos!
I love your videos!!!! This is art! Thank you for your knowledgeable content & added extensive experience! Really great youtuber!
Loved the video! You covered a lot of ground indeed, really well put together🤘🏻