Venomous Tree Viper Bioactive Jungle Vivarium

In this one, I teamed up with one of my buddies to bring you a build for some venomous reptiles, specifically the Variable Bush Viper (Atheris squamigera). Like most of you, I don't ever intend on keeping these animals myself, but I like to showcase other aspects of the hobby. So, when the opportunity arose, I knew I had to make it happen!

The Variable Bush Viper is a great candidate for a bioactive vivarium because of its placid demeanor and relatively small size. They'll spend most of their time in the canopy, but aren't shy about exploring the forest floor. Like many other medium-sized animals, spot cleaning is necessary for optimal results.

Let me know what you think about the completed build down in the comments!

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Plant List
Asplenium nidus (Bird's Nest Fern)
Calathea rufibarba 'Green'
Cryptanthus bivittatus (Red Earth Star)
Davallia fejeensis (Rabbit's Foot Fern)
Goeppertia insignis (Rattlesnake Plant)
Ophiopogon japonicus (Mondo Grass)
Peperomia albovittata 'Rana Verde'
Pillow Moss
Saintpaulia sp. (African Violet)

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00:00 Intro
00:21 Making the Background
03:22 Installing the Background
04:20 Mixing the Substrate
04:55 Adding the False Bottom & Substrate
05:39 Extra Details & DIY Jungle Vines
06:27 Plant Preparation
06:54 Adding the Plants pt 1
07:19 Additional Hardscape
07:34 Adding the Plants pt 2
07:43 Going Bioactive
08:05 Including Botanicals
08:26 Completed Enclosure
09:04 Adding the Snakes and Final Thoughts

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[SerpaDesign]

I'm always open to do setup for animals that I don't have if I know someone who does. Let me know what you want to see in the future! Also let me know what you think about the build down in the comments. Have a great weekend SerpaSquad!

[emmacavalier]

I love how the snakes are kept in bioactive enclosures rather than the usual plastic drawers that some snake owners have.

[Jartopia]

Those are some interesting looking snakes! They're lucky to have such a beautiful vivarium to call home.

[ThaBeatConductor]

Vipers might be the most beautiful of all snakes, the scales are crazy, especially when some of the body/skin color peaks through them. I would love to have one, but I'd always want to hold it. :(

[bundlesofjoe]

I love how compared to some of your other projects this is a great beginners project. No expensive tools, no cutting class, no massive time delays from having to attach like 20 different things with silicone for structural support, no major modifications to the enclosure, and a relatively small amount of components especially considering how dense it looks. This is an affordable, easy to replicate, and beautiful set up. One of your top 5, granted nothing can top the 600 unless you make like say a 1, 200 gallon aquarium and go find a Picture of underwater in a river and replicate it as much as possible even down to plant and hardscape placement. Which you should totally do. If anyone can do it it's you.

[ajmeraki]

I watch a lot of diorama and tabletop game crafting videos, and it's kind of surprising just how much the two hobbies overlap in the materials and skills used. Just one year ago I never in a million years would have guessed that insulation foam of all things could be such a versatile artistic medium. I love reptiles, but I also just love how you can take such mundane hardware store materials and turn them into such high-grade animal enclosures.

[leafystreet]

vipers are so stunning man. awesome work as always

[billymacaraeg]

awesome snakes especially the scales they have, they do deserve a great build that you've made 😁,

[themurrrr]

Gorgeous vipers and you built them a home worthy of their beauty.

[extraordinary_ordinary]

It's a beautiful build, however, I feel that it is a little small in size to house three animals.

[crazyladyjess]

Thank you so much Tanner for your help in creating reptile jungles!! My crested gecko, Luna now has a dream jungle once it stops smelling. Its getting better every day. You have truly encouraged me to be bold and go for a natural build that should hopefully last for a very long long time. Shame I can't show you! Jess and Luna 👍🏻🤩

[BriSessions]

I will likely never own a reptile and don't particularly feel like I'd want to - but they are wonderful animals, and I'm obsessed with your videos. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful build. I am always so enchanted by them.

[Erissa]

Those vipers are some of my favorite hots. Just absolutely gorgeous animals, but not something I would ever feel confident trying to keep myself.

The enclosure design looks so pretty and natural. No wonder they settled right in.

[rebekahstahl]

I love that he asks if you used his moss 🤣 I can see why you’re friends ❤️

[ebenoid]

In response to your request, I would love to see what kind of hermit crab tank you could come up with, to see a waterfall hermit crab setup serpa style would be epic dude! Lol unless I missed that episode!

[shevaunhandley]

To be honest, I would love to see what you would do with at least one enclosure at Snake Discovery's zoo 🥰 I love your builds and to see your work evolve from their original base is always a fascination for me.

[Billbeaux]

Dude. You're like the Bob Ross of enclosure scaping! Your canvas is something special.

[blus]

Those snakes are stunning!! This is one of my favourites of your builds tbh!

[tuckerbetz]

This is incredible! I lost one of my snakes two days ago and I'm coping with the sadness. This helped a lot buddy!

[etcktryd]

Love that you used a wood from Africa where they're from. Details like that help show how much thought and care you put into your builds. Thanks for including Will's reaction! It was great to see.