DIY ULTIMATE Paludarium Reptile Background & Hardscape

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

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[@wayneabetes1840]

I wish I had the time and space to do stuff like this, but until I do, I'll keep coming back to videos like this

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@wayneabetes1840 thanx for coming back and I hope some day you do find the time and space! 🤘💯🤘

[@phoenixgaminglt4749]

I'm about to start my own build after months of watching and rewatching your videos. Wish me luck. 😅

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@@phoenixgaminglt4749 u got this! Send some pics to my IG or patreon chats when finished 🤘💯🤘

[@thatmansgmammingchannel1901]

Right. Stable enough in life where this wo t take up actually time you need 😂

[@Snake_Therapy]

Brad, you’re a genius! So inspiring as always.

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@Snake_Therapy thank you so much. Keep up the great work yourself! 🤘💯🤘

[@kylecush5898]

This is some awesome inspiration man!

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@kylecush5898 thank you! 🤘💯🤘

[@riddlerreptiles]

Brad you’re both an artist and a magician at the same time bro.. I think I say it after every video you drop but your work is truly inspirational my friend, it just makes me want to do more and do better 😂 so buzzing for the next part 🔥

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@riddlerreptiles thank you, brother 🙏 and thanx for your help along the way during this build, helping me bounce some ideas around. For anyone reading this check out my guy @riddlerreptiles youtube channel. He just built a huge vivarium that's an epic watch. CBC 🤘💯🤘

[@mikesmonitors1148]

Fine work My friend! So looking forward to the day you put the Mertensi in!

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@mikesmonitors1148 thanx Uncle Mike! And I can't wait to get them in. You definitely produce some amazing Mertens and hoping i do them justice with this build. Thanx for all the inspiration, guidance, and knowledge u have thrown my way 🙏! 🤘💯🤘💚✝️

[@ravishingreptiles]

Man, what a build !!

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@ravishingreptiles thanx brother, and thanx for your help throwing down some zoopoxy! 🤘💯🤘 CBC

[@ravishingreptiles]

That intro was insane 🔥

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@ravishingreptiles glad u liked it bro! CBC 🤘💯🤘

[@raphaeltalon3622]

Such an amazing project!! Big hug from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@raphaeltalon3622 thank you! Right back at u from the US!

[@paulbridgers3820]

Amazing, great job. You have a very creative mind. Thanks for sharing.

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@paulbridgers3820 thank you and I'm happy to share! 🤘💯🤘

[@bobapel5201]

It looks absolutely awesome

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@@bobapel5201 thank you 🤘💯🤘

[@CopperheadCustoms]

Such a beast of a ln enclosure, vid turned out fantastic!

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@CopperheadCustoms thanx brother, much appreciated! Thanx for bouncing some ideas around with this build. Anyone reading this subscibe to my brother from another mother @copperheadcustoms

[@jonnynewman86]

Looking tidy cw to see them in there 😍

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@@jonnynewman86 thanx and me to.... Sooooooon! 🤘💯🤘

[@VIVVISIONS]

Amazing work my friend 🔥

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@VIVVISIONS thank you 🤘💯🤘

[@moritzlaszlo3115]

The adapter method for the plants is genius!

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@@moritzlaszlo3115 it definitely solved some problems in the future!

[@michaelsturgill666]

I have learned so much from this series as well as your other videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and allowing us to experience this journey with you.

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@michaelsturgill666 I'm glad you are learning from this series, and I'm happy to share the journey!

[@jamielovesjohn]

So detailed! The solutions you come up with never cease to amaze me. And your son is too cute. ❤

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@jamielovesjohn thank you and he is a Rockstar, aka Brad's Bioactive Builds Jr. Your continued support is appreciated!

[@HappyFrogVivarium]

Great stuff! Can't wait to see the monitors in it!

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@HappyFrogVivarium thank you and me too, gonna be epic!

[@Tdiddyx23]

Happy Sunday!! Love all the new techniques you’ve been trying out! I learn so much from your channel. Thank you boss

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@Tdiddyx23 happy Sunday to you as well! I'm glad u are enjoying some of the new techniques and learning from my channel!

[@benktm1254]

It’s all the small details for me you’re a perfectionist and I love it such an insane build you deserve big credit!! Can’t wait for the next vid!!

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@benktm1254 thank you and hopefully have it out soon. This one is gonna get crazy

[@benktm1254]

@ every build you have done I thought has been crazy and can’t be topped but you manage more and more amazing things

[@willexotic]

THIS IS LOOKING AMAZING

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@willexotic thanx brother! Your help was appreciated!

[@dawnnyd148]

This is amazing!

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@dawnnyd148 thank you 🤘💯🤘

[@michellemcfarland80]

Wow!! 😍 👌👏 Cant wait to see the finished habitat!!!

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@@michellemcfarland80 I'm looking forward to showing u!

[@TamNguyen-zv9pd]

Man it just tooo much work, wish I can built stuff like you, you make it to easy.

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@TamNguyen-zv9pd thanx Tam, i remember seeing some of your reptile room on fb years ago thinking some day I'll have some cool monitors and enclosures. 🤘💯🤘

[@TamNguyen-zv9pd]

@@bradsbioactivebuilds 😊😊thanks but you have a nice collection too.

[@PatriciaFasanella-p7e]

❤ Awesome job! Beautiful work!

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@@PatriciaFasanella-p7e thank you 🤘💯🤘

[@ultimatefishkeeping]

@Brad'sBioactiveBuilds. This video has just earned you a new Subscriber! 😃 I am actually shocked that I have never come across your channel before. This seems to be the most incredible Paludarium I have seen so far. I hope to build One for myself One day. I really like Paludariums, it's like having best of both as it is a combination of a Vavarium and an Aquarium. Out of appreciation to you for taking the time to produce this content to share with us viewers the construction of this amazing Paludarium, the video has now been given the 460th like 🤙🏼to say thankyou very much. Have a great Weekend and take care, Sir. 🤙🏼🙂🤙🏼❤️

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@ultimatefishkeeping welcome to the channel and I'm glad u enjoyed the video. This has been a fun build and I look forward to showing you the progress! Hope u get to build a paludarium sometime soon, you won't regret them at all! I appreciate the 460 🤘💯🤘

[@ultimatefishkeeping]

@bradsbioactivebuilds Thankyou, Sir. I would like that. I look forward to watching the rest of this build. 🤙🏼🙂🤙🏼❤️

[@DFangs219]

Super interesting as always 🔥🔥

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

Thank you, it was fun messing with some new ideas on this build! Your continued support is appreciated! 🤘💯🤘

[@pranavtekumalla3531]

Your builds are always amazing! I’m using your arid build as inspiration for a bearded dragon enclosure! Quick question, where do you get your doors for all these builds from? I find that getting custom cut tempered glass, especially for something like a 6x4x2, is prohibitively expensive. Love your vids!

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@pranavtekumalla3531 thank you and the arid set up will be a fun build to do! I get my glass cut from a local shop. It can ba a little pricy but much cheaper then ordering an enclosure online that usually has plexiglass

[@TheGenericDragonKeeper]

I think a Pygmy python would love it just enough room to stretch out

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@@TheGenericDragonKeeper that would be cool!

[@KevinHubbell-vv6il]

Great video informative

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@@KevinHubbell-vv6il thank you 🤘💯🤘

[@ravenwolf64]

Absolutely amazing build! Can't wait for next video. Can you include the type and amount of zoopoxy you used and model of silicon stamp? I went to Polygem site and there were three types of zoopoxy, I assume you used 307 Lite? About how much surface would the 2 quart kit cover. I also can't find the silicone rock stamps that match the scale of yours. Thanks again for the video.

[@IQWhiteBear]

Do you clear coat after the acrylic & drylok? I'm tinting drylok with acrylic to try and avoid using a clear coat. Actually about to start painting right now!

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@IQWhiteBear no need to clear coat after painting. Have fun with it. It's when everything starts to come together 🤘💯🤘

[@IQWhiteBear]

@@bradsbioactivebuilds nice, thanks for the reply! My beardie likes to bite things so I was just checking!. If that's the case I don't really need to tint the drylok with the acrylic, just use it for detail over the top. My day just got a lot easier Lol. Thanks again, you build fantastic realities for your creatures!

[@Snake_Therapy]

@@bradsbioactivebuilds I was going to ask about that too- cleaning with disinfectants and needing to scrub urates and poo off of straight acrylic makes me worry I’d need a clear coat. I put it on my pvc branches and it made such a difference. You don’t have issues with the paint coming off or being damaged when you clean and it’s just acrylic?

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@Snake_Therapy nope, not at all. I have 1 completely submerged in water, no issue, my Cumingi enclosure has not scraped off with his long sharp nails. All my builds i have either done 7-12 coats of drylock with no clear coat or polygem zoopoxy and acrylics with no clear coat. All have held up great! Hope this helps

[@cezannejimenez7164]

19:03 “Watching the Merten’s”? You’re getting a Merten’s Water Monitor, aren’t you?

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@@cezannejimenez7164 you got it, 1.1 mertens will be going in this one! 🤘💯🤘

[@marquismccoy447]

🐐

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@@marquismccoy447 🤘💯🤘

[@SpyrhoTheOneManArmy]

how many buckets zoopoxy you put in that build? I tried getting my hands on that stuff but they don't ship to the Netherlands =/ and the only company that could had shipped it asked me how much I needed after my reply they never answered me

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@SpyrhoTheOneManArmy the vivarium series i did took 20 gallons. This build i should end up using just under 40 gallons. But there was a lot more surface area to cover in thid paludarium. Its hard to gauge, it sll depends on how many ledges and extra features you use. Hope that helps

[@SpyrhoTheOneManArmy]

@bradsbioactivebuilds that has been really expensive you should make some budget designs =p

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@@SpyrhoTheOneManArmy i agree 🤣