How does this look?

[medicinhed]

Originally Posted by Jeepers

Brazilian Rainbow? Beautiful snakes <3

This one is mine. Can't wait to see the caiman. Just found out caimans are felony level illegal here.

[Jeepers]

Originally Posted by medicinhed

This one is mine. Can't wait to see the caiman. Just found out caimans are felony level illegal here.

Absolutely stunning. <3

Are you sure it's Dwarf Caimans? Alligators are illegal here because they're 'inherently dangerous animals', but the -Dwarf- Caiman species are not. They only places that aren't ok are NY, FL, and CA as far as I know.

[medicinhed]

I'm in NorCal. Which is good for my herpetobsession.

[Corey209]

Originally Posted by medicinhed

I'm in NorCal. Which is good for my herpetobsession.

A family member is selling 1.1 Guyana red tails CB2012 and a red phase coastal carpet python with set ups if interested.

[NBLADE]

Looks like a real nice little set up for a baby cuvier's. I hope the new company you are ordering from can send you a nice healthy animal that will thrive in there for you.

[Pareeeee]

Great looking set-up! I like naturalistic enclosures. What about adding some duckweed and/or water lettuce? I think it would look great in that tank - also give a feeling of security from above for the little guy.

[Jeepers]

Originally Posted by NBLADE

Looks like a real nice little set up for a baby cuvier's. I hope the new company you are ordering from can send you a nice healthy animal that will thrive in there for you.

Thanks! I hope so too! They said they only hold an animal for 1 - 2 weeks and the weather looks like it won't be permitting for more than that, so I may have to wait, but the moment I see an opening, I'm taking it. I'm hellbent on having one!

Originally Posted by Pareeeee

Great looking set-up! I like naturalistic enclosures. What about adding some duckweed and/or water lettuce? I think it would look great in that tank - also give a feeling of security from above for the little guy.

Never heard of it, but I was looking into maybe getting some plant life for the aquarium.

[Pareeeee]

Should be able to get both at a local pet/fish store or pond store.

[Snakeman8]

it looks amazing!

[Herpophiliac972]

Awesome setup! Looks like it took forever. With my setups (I only have local species of Herps, no Caimans in PA) I like to use real stuff that I collect. I like to use fungi, rocks, branches, etc. I am thinking about making a semi terrestrial tank for frogs or toads of some kind. Probably Firebellys or North American Toads. How do you keep the water from soaking into the land? I was thinking maybe some plastic covered with gravel or sand, something like that. Any tips? I just don't want to pour water in and end up with no water and drenched substrate. Can you post some pics of the little guy once you get him?

[Jeepers]

Originally Posted by Herpophiliac972

Awesome setup! Looks like it took forever. With my setups (I only have local species of Herps, no Caimans in PA) I like to use real stuff that I collect. I like to use fungi, rocks, branches, etc. I am thinking about making a semi terrestrial tank for frogs or toads of some kind. Probably Firebellys or North American Toads. How do you keep the water from soaking into the land? I was thinking maybe some plastic covered with gravel or sand, something like that. Any tips? I just don't want to pour water in and end up with no water and drenched substrate. Can you post some pics of the little guy once you get him?

Thanks!

We took a custom cut piece of Plexiglass(9" tall, 17" wide for our specific tank), and placed it in the desired area for land cut off. 'Glued' it in place with Silicone.

One thing I definitely recommend... PUT IN LAND FIRST. Majority of my problems was with -this-. I put in my water first, and the water pressure caused one side of the plexiglass to detach from the silicone. Why one side held up better, I dunno. I immediately tried to equalize the pressure with substrate, I'd underestimated how much I needed... so in the 10 minutes it took to get 40lbs. of substrate, what was in there had flooded... so I had to take a bucket to the water in there to drain it, and pack down as much substrate as possible to equalize the pressure on the side. Packing it down, if this happens, applies more pressure against the water. Just don't put too much pressure, because then you'll wind up in the same situation, just reverse.

Once ya have the water in and that happens, the only option is to move on to substrate ASAP, or drain it and replace the silicone, because there's no way you can do that -with- water and the silicone wet.

Edit: And yes, it took foreeeever! So much hard work! We first had to get the heavy tank up the stairs to the second level. Just a straight up flight of stairs. Then we had to get it in our room on the other side of the house... I mean, that tank is HEAVY. We drove an hour just to pick it up from a very lovely couple. The picture was so deceiving as far as the weight went.. but we managed. I had to stand in the tank, on the surface we placed it on, just to tape and level out the back ground, make sure it was tight-fitting and not wrinkled or anything. After placing everything for the water side, we took a large 20g bucket, filled it with water several times, and carried it back and forth between our bathroom several times to fill the water side(and this is where my problems began with the silicone), Then did the land side. The water heater had to adjust for a little while before being adjusted to the proper temperatures. Cured the water and everything... It easily took me 6 hours just to set it up, not even including our travel and getting it in the house.

[moshirimon]

Awesome enclosure. I always looked at the Cuvier's as the crocodilian that I would most likely own IF I did own one. Really happy there's someone on the forum who is going to have one. Cant wait to see!