Josh Gibbs of Frog Forest Designs built a custom vivarium for a client who wanted to surprise her Star Wars fan husband. He recreated the look of the environment on Dagobah, where Yoda trained Luke Skywalker to become a Jedi, right down to Luke's crashed X-Wing starfighter!
This tank was truly a delight to plan and build with a singular direction in mind. We tried to make the hardscape look as true to the theme as possible, while still functioning as a bioactive vivarium capable of housing live plants and animals – which was no easy feat! This 20 gallon vivarium includes an external fogger drilled and installed seamlessly hidden into the hardscape, a daylight LED light with a blue night time setting, natural California manzanita wood to form the “trees”, a hand built and painted model X-Wing, custom cut glass lid, printed concept art background, custom hand carved coco hut with Star Wars emblem, and “Zebra” isopods scurrying around. We are very happy with how this tank turned out, and even more happy about how excited the surprised husband was upon seeing it!”
See a gallery of pictures of the vivarium, including daytime, nighttime, and fog mode, at the artist's website. -via Geeks Are Sexy