I am a European terrarium builder and I have never seen a complicated way of making terrariums. :) :)

Great video man! I think you're the first one to get a euro tank video up which is awesome because I know a lot of people want to know how to build them.

Dude seriously helpful! Loving all the frequent content! Keep it up!

This was the 'Best How To' video of any I've seen. Oh and nice beard man. 10x Thumbs up.

Great build tutorial Troy!

Thank you for the video! I've wanted to turn a 20g long aquarium into a vertical vivarium, and will adapt your DIY here for the screen vent under the doors for my tank.

I was thinking of doing something similar with a 40 breeder aquarium in the vertical orientation. Dope build!

All great videos and great source for DIY cage Herp keepers. Thanks so much for sharing and taking the time. So useful and will help us all make great looking and functional vivariums!! Keep doing it for us!!

Back at it again with the great build aha! I wanna see how the drainage work tho.

I’m gonna go for it. You’ve convinced me. Great video. Thanks Troy!

Just a small detail: the vent in the top should actually be more to the back, in order to provide good airflow throughout the enclosure. In this case it's positioned straight in the middle, or even slightly forward. Buy hey, it's a detail. In a smaller terrarium like this it shouldn't matter that much. In larger and deeper terrariums though, this becomes really important to prevent mold: the air in the back of the enclosure would become stagnant. As a European, I agree that this style of enclosure is probably the best way to go for keeping a healthy environment in high humidity enclosures.

im actually gonna give this a shot! thanks for the vid! killing it as always keep it up!

Great video. Very inspiring! Greetings from Sweden

That is awesome! Beautiful enclosure and instructions

Thank you for this! This is the best diy how to enclosure build. Going to be attempting this in the future for my spiders. You're awesome and cheers!

super helpfully video, thank you very much, I hope some day you can make a drain system video!! that would be awesome!! thumbs up

Another great video Troy, I have been interested in making my own euro vivarium, and now you have shown the whole process. Awesome keep up the great work !!!

Super video😆😊😄

Also I love this video and all the others as well. I'm a big herp nerd and this really is super cool

Sweet now we know how to build it. Can you do a setup for background, soil, planting and such for your vivs with the bromeliads and such would love to see the artist at work! :)

Best video on KZfaq!

Nice vid mate

I'm definitely late, but thank you for making this video! I have some catching up to do on your videos..

Super informative video...

Very cool.

Where do you purchase the corner 1/4” track?? You are awesome! I wish I had your talent in building glass tanks.

Thank you! Will try make on my own!

great video, but why didn't you drill the glass BEFORE you assembled it?

I’m going for it I like you setups and plan on becoming a breeder like you some day

Best how to video very informative!

As a continetal European I say we use the metric system and on my terrarium I glue little pieces of glas to the frontdoors to open them easy

I appreciate the time you put into this video. Over a year old and it’s still informative. BTW where do you get your glass?

Awesome! I definitely want to try this

Looks good.

Looks great man

Really well done...thank you

Question about door measurements: You have it at 17"x11". I get the width 11x2 is 22 (the length of the tank +1/2" overlap) but the hight is 17". If you dam is 6 and total height is 24, that leaves 17.5" space (accounting for 1/2"glass thickness). Are your doors 1/2" smaller? is that correct (24-6=18-.5(bottom and top glass thickness)=17.5 space

Nice. I'm gonna make after I move.

Do you have links to some of the parts and materials? Like the black silicone and door tracks, etc Would be helpful if you could put some affiliate links in the description :)

thank you, lol think ill try my hand at building one... how are there tanks with fruit flies escaping?

This is what I've been waiting for!! Where did you get the glass?

looks nice ... gj sir :)

Omg this helped me sooooo much thanks 🙏

For cutting holes instead of drilling at an angle to lvl what about creating a jig by cutting the same hole in wood then putting that where u want still using water of course

Great build. I've always liked this European style of enclosure for dart frogs. I've always used Exoterra or ZooMed enclosures in the past, but I'm currently pricing this out to see if a local glass place can beat the price of the typical 18x18x18 Exoterra I usually buy. I'm curious about your use of the window screen though. Don't you find that fruit flies can pass through that size of mesh? I've always swapped out the tops of Exoterras for acrylic pieces or glass and then I've sealed all the edges of the doors with beads of silicone, as well as gluing in fine mesh to cover their little under-door vent panels. I still get fruit fly escapes, but I can't imagine what it'd be like if I didn't I think I usually use a 150 mesh stainless steel screen. Anyway, looks like you have a lot of nice content. I'll be watching more videos when I get time.

I can't believe it's been 3 years since this video

Hey dude how u doin man could u make a euro style hexagon tank with a hinge door and to include a water feature

Amazing bro can you tell me how do you take care of the excess water and I didnt see where is the whole for the drainage at the bottom ?! Can you explain about drainage system thanks keep it up

How did I miss this video yesterday....hmmm KZfaq not notifying me

Very nice, thank you for this nice tutorial! Does anyone have an idea how much glass of this size costs in central europe? Or to be honest i would like to have it 2,5m high 😮😂😂

Great video! What do you use for the drain port/bulkhead?

I'm sorry but I was too obsessed with that red silvia , what is it a rc or model car? , btw terrarium looks great

What about using uv glue to glue the paines of glass together then siliconing the seems?

You’re the man! Thanks for posting this. How well do the doors hold in the flies? I always find that melos can get through the front vent of an Exo-Terra so I’ve been looking towards alternative caging. Are the sliding glass doors close enough that they’d hold in the flies?

Thank you for making this video! Once filled with substrate/water, is it strong enough or will the glass bow/crack? Never made my own tank from scratch but you make it look easy! I’m trying to build a paludarium, so the bottom would hold a water reservoir and towards the back it’ll hold substrate. Just want to make sure I don’t end up messing this up!

Came here thinking I'd save a bunch by building my own terrarium, turns out the glass alone for this project is nearly $500.00 here in Canada if you have it cut to specs. That's the same as a pre-built paludarium. Looks like I'll have to get into cutting my own glass, to actually reduce costs.

None of the hardware stores have any l track? Am i not looking at the right place?

what do you think the cost is , including materials like the drill and drill bits etc. just trying to figure out whether all the effort is cost effective too ?

Any idea how to make swinging doors?

if you use your fingure wet it with water before you do it and it won't stick to you. also they actually make a small plastic tool for doing that exact job.

hello friends, is the size used in this terrarium in inches or cm?

This is an excellent video! I have a question though: why use side door tracks? I think I’d personally prefer if the glass doors met the glass tank sides. Can you see a downside to that?

much better than the exo terras if you ask me. how much do you pay for the glass? I remember I bought my 85x55x45cm with broken top but otherwise fine for 5bucks and paid around 18 for just the top piece. I guess yours summs up at around 100+ with the sanded edges?

Where did you get the glass track parts?

Dude amazing video and tanks!!! I’m convinced a euro style tank would be the best for my darts, but I can’t find one for sale anywhere in stores or online. The closest thing I found was Sherman Tanks conversions out of New York but they aren’t selling to the public anymore, only lid conversions for exoterra tanks. Do you sell these euro tanks at all? Or the supply kits for the tanks? Any help on this subject will be greatly appreciated!

beautifull

Nice video and content ! What brand of glass drill do you use ? I have used in the past and could only make 1 hole with it basically.

I'm just going to take a really wild guess and say green is your favorite color... 😆

Where do get your led strip lights and what bulbs do you use for dart frogs? Thanks

So coool!!!

Sorry for all the questions! What exactly is the substrate dam for?

Is there a reason to wait until it's all assembled to drill your holes? Seems like it would be easier when it's not.

Hi great job. Wanna ask you about the drainage drill height, do you think its better to drill it in like an overflow height or just at the bottom so you can drain everything out when you need to. Also about the ventilation. Are you still using these measurements or have you narrowed it down?

Hello, where did you purchase the glass? Thanks

Could you add all the measurements to the description box or in the comments ? Please ! ❤

do you have part # from cutwater for those black angle flats you use for screens ?

Fantastic video. Would it scale up to a 4'x3'x2' paludarium? Likely just more bracing in the front?

What is the point of the braces? Is it just to add additional support for the weight of the doors?

Nice instruction video but way to fast camera work, there is no change to see any details

I’m having a hard time finding L tracks anywhere including from the out water plastics. Can you link where you got it from? Also how were you able to measure the doors with the tracks? I’m having a hard time trying to measure doors that fit properly

Do you place the side panels onto the bottom panel? Or do you shuff them against the sides of the bottom panel?

Your lucky to get the glass for $145 my local glass and mirror just priced this at $262 does yours ship glass

Where do you buy the door track and elbow track?

Awesome build! Did you get the glass locally?

you mentioned ordering glass. I was wondering where you ordered from? (edit) also, where did you get the glass sliding tracks?

l didn't know that these are called Euro style, l'm in Europe btw. These are always cheaper in stores here than Exo terra so naturally l thought they are worse, l've been waiting on my Exo for 3 weeks now they broke it twice during shipment. l guess l should just get one of these and be done with it.

What were the lengths of the door tracks and L tracks

No sloping glass false bottom though?

First

Amazing

Why don't people put the side glases on the sides ot the bottom glass?

How much for one..

where did you get the oor track

Would this be cheaper than buying a Exo Terra or Zoo-Med encloser? I know it is better quality to hand build your own. How long does one encloser take to complete with silicone curing etc...5 days?

Where is the drainage hole? The bottom? What do you do with it

how do you get the doors i

What is the pros about having a ventilation system like this?

Hey man, are the side track pieces the top or bottom piece?(or a totally different piece)

how much did your glass cost per sq foot?

why don't you pre drill before assembly? you could put the whole piece of glass in a tote with water and then if you do accidentally crack it you don't need to take the whole thing apart.