Pictures of Big Glass Terrariums

Big glass terrariums can be a bit of a challenge but they can come out so very beautiful. There are lots of things you can do with them including making a theme. And the terrarium container itself can be part of the overall theme of the terrarium. Here are some pictures submitted by web visitors showing their work. I also have a tutorial on how to make a big terrarium which includes how to add a waterfall and water pump. The Big Terrarium Tutorial

The picture below is of a beautiful terrarium (made by Chris D.)that is six feet long, eight inches tall and eight inches wide. Here is a little bit about how Chris made this terrarium:

The long tank is 6'x8"x8". It was all recycled glass. I got the long pieces for the body from a airline lounge that was closing (I work in Logan airport in Boston) They were shelves in their previous life. The rounded top was made from 1 gal olive jars that I cut the tops and bottoms off, cut in half and them assembled with copper foil and soder in the tiffany stained glass style. The top comes apart in 3 pieces. Inside there is a tank on the left side and then a channel that runs into a small pool on the right. There is a pump in hte pool that pumps water back to the tank. I have guppys in the tank and dwarf frogs in the little pool.

A very big terrarium

A look inside the big terrarium

The Cube Terrarium by Chris D. (picture below)

Here is what he has to say about making this terrarium:

The cube terrarium was a project that started as a tile covered table. I placed the tiles and then had some thick glass I got from a restaurant supply store that was going out of business. The glass squares were also old used shelves (I am seeing a pattern forming here). It was a free hand project in the sense that I just started putting it together with no real plan of how it would end up (probably why I am stuck now). Before I filled it with gravel and dirt I drilled 2 holes in the tiles to run pipe through. In the tank there is a 1/2"PVC pipe with a piece of bamboo over it. I dipped the bamboo in polyurethane a few times and sealed the top and bottom with aquarium silicone. there is a longer piece of PVC that I ran up so I could have a waterfall. Where I got stuck was the base. I can't think of what I want it to look like.

A Cube Terrarium