Vivarium Photo Gallery
Vivariums With Heavy Duty Backgrounds, Manufactured Backgrounds, and No Backgrounds
Most of the vivariums featured below are fairly simple to build, and range from incredibly basic to moderately complex. While not as intricately detailed as a vivarium with a fully custom background (showcased in a separate gallery), the methods of building shown below provide an extremely durable & long-lasting environment which won't break the budget. This gallery features many NEHERP Heavy Duty custom backgrounds, some manufactured backgrounds, and one or two enclosures without any background at all. Since those types of backgrounds aren't common for large enclosures, most vivariums featured below aren't exceedingly large. We hope these images can help inspire builders of any experience level to create the environment they are dreaming about. If you'd like to see what's involved with building your own, we'd suggest checking out our Vivarium Kit pages. Just about every single one of these enclosures was built using our discounted, specially designed kits following our Vivarium Articles as DIY instructions.
A unique Vivarium ID Number has been assigned to every vivarium in our galleries. This helps us keep our photos organized, and also allows anyone to reference specific enclosures for detailed info when contacting us. With a Vivarium ID number, we can access any enclosure's build data to answer questions regarding plants, lighting, background type, wood decor, and more. Furthermore, we've broken up the vivariums into a few classes to keep organization simple, and to help viewers know a little more about each vivarium just by looking at the class prefix.
Vivarium ID Classes:
CB Series: Vivarium built with Custom Background Kit
CT Series: Vivarium built using a Cork Tile Background
EB Series: Vivarium built using Exo Terra's Stock Background
HD Series: Vivarium built with Heavy Duty Background Kit
NB Series: Vivarium built without any background material
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![Rhacodactylus leachianus Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/1.jpg)
Rhacodactylus leachianus Vivarium
Enclosure: 36x18x24
Viv ID: HD1
![Rhacodactylus leachianus Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/2.jpg)
Rhacodactylus leachianus Vivarium
Enclosure: 36x18x24
Viv ID: HD1
![Gargoyle Gecko Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/3.jpg)
Gargoyle Gecko Vivarium
Enclosure: 18x18x24
Viv ID: HD2
![NEHERP Moss Slurry In Gargoyle Gecko Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/4.jpg)
NEHERP Moss Slurry
In Gargoyle Gecko Vivarium
Enclosure: 18x18x24
Viv ID: HD2
![Coqui Frog Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/5.jpg)
Coqui Tree Frog Vivarium
Enclosure: 18x18x24
Viv ID: HD3
![Simple & Easy Gecko Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/6.jpg)
A Simple Gecko Vivarium
Built By A High School Student Employee
Enclosure: 18x18x18
Viv ID: HD4
![Simple & Easy Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/7.jpg)
A Simple Vivarium
Built By A High School Student Employee
Enclosure: 18x18x18
Viv ID: HD5
![Quick & Easy Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/8.jpg)
A Quickly Built Vivarium
Built By A High School Student Employee
Enclosure: 18x18x18
Viv ID: HD6
![A simple Crested Gecko Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/9.jpg)
Simple Crested Gecko Vivarium
Enclosure: 18x18x18
Viv ID: CT1
![An Overgrown Crested Gecko Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/10.jpg)
An Overgrown Crested Gecko Vivarium
Housing an 8+ year old pair!
Enclosure: 18x18x24
Viv ID: CT2
![Temporary, Inexpensive Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/11.jpg)
A Temporary Hatchling Vivarium
For Mourning Geckos
Enclosure: 8x8x12
Viv ID: EB1
![Basic Crested Gecko Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/12.jpg)
A Basic Crested Gecko Vivarium
Built on a shoestring budget!
Enclosure: 18x18x18
Viv ID: CT3
![Simple, beautiful vivarium display](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/13.jpg)
An easy & beautiful vivarium display
For Dendrobates leucomelas
Enclosure: 18x18x18
Viv ID: CT4
![Chahoua Gecko Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/14.jpg)
Rhacodactylus chahoua Vivarium
The center log acts as a huge hide!
Enclosure: 18x18x24
Viv ID: HD7
![Leaf Tail Gecko Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/15.jpg)
A Vivarium For Large Geckos
Enclosure: 18x18x24
Viv ID: CT5
![Gecko Vivarium Floor, Acclimated](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/16.jpg)
Gecko Vivarium Floor
(Acclimated)
Enclosure: 18x18x24
Viv ID: CT6
![Cheap Gargoyle Gecko Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/17.jpg)
Budget Gargoyle Gecko Vivarium
(A low expense build)
Enclosure: 29 Vertical
Viv ID: CT7
![Phelsuma klemmeri Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/18.jpg)
Phelsuma klemmeri Vivarium
Enclosure: 12x12x12
Viv ID: NB1
![Phelsuma klemmeri Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/19.jpg)
Phelsuma klemmeri Vivarium
Enclosure: 12x12x12
Viv ID: CT8
![Dart Frog Growout Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/20.jpg)
Acclimated Dart Frog Growout Vivarium
(A low-expense build)
Enclosure: 10 Gallon Aquarium
Viv ID: NB2
![Starter hobbyist vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/21.jpg)
Starter hobbyist vivarium
(A low-expense build)
Enclosure: 8x8x12
Viv ID: EB2
![Understated live vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/22.jpg)
Understated, nice looking vivarium
(A fairly low-expense build)
Enclosure: 18x18x18
Viv ID: CT9
![Gargoyle Gecko Breeding Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/23.jpg)
Gargoyle Gecko Vivarium
Enclosure: 18x18x24
Viv ID: HD8
![Gargoyle Gecko Breeding Vivarium Closeup](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/24.jpg)
Gecko Vivarium Closeup
Fern rhizomes
Enclosure: 18x18x24
Viv ID: HD8
![Tree Frog Vivarium](galleryimages/2017/vivarium/hdbg/25.jpg)
Basic Tree Frog Vivarium
Enclosure: 18x18x24
Viv ID: HD9