DireTrollJake
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My yearling from last year's black and white's is now over 2 feet long and outgrowing his tank. I've been hesitating on what I wanted to do cage wise as my living situation has been less than permanant. I got some ideas and began searching craigslist and found a deli case that I wanted to convert, typically a 6-8 foot case will run $1200 used. Found this for $500 but let the guy wait around on an offer of $200 and 3 weeks after it wouldn't move, I got it!
It is 10 feet long, a little over 3 feet deep, and 4-5 feet tall. The backside is all glass but will be against the window (will also let in some sunlight from my windows) and the side facing the room has 4 sliding glass doors, all very secure tracks.
The entire thing is insulated and I've began removing the compressor and cooling units, and there is a track lighting system across the top that will be nice, and I intend to mount rail lights for their UVB's and heat lamps. The area where the compressor motor was is cased in aluminum. I am going to cut out a hole and mount a full size bathroom sink as their water source and have a bucket with a pull stop to drain it (I HATE having to lift dirty water out of a cage!!!)
There is also a light switch on the front of the unit that has an outlet on it too. This will be very nice to incorporate into the lighting units.
The bottom has siliding doors as well, just solid metal. Not sure if I will just secure them, or come up with a creative way of using it for access if I build a burrowing area down below. Open to suggestions.
I will keep posting updates as they come, but fingers are still crossed waiting to hear from Bobby about my Red...among other people having contact issues this season...
It is 10 feet long, a little over 3 feet deep, and 4-5 feet tall. The backside is all glass but will be against the window (will also let in some sunlight from my windows) and the side facing the room has 4 sliding glass doors, all very secure tracks.
The entire thing is insulated and I've began removing the compressor and cooling units, and there is a track lighting system across the top that will be nice, and I intend to mount rail lights for their UVB's and heat lamps. The area where the compressor motor was is cased in aluminum. I am going to cut out a hole and mount a full size bathroom sink as their water source and have a bucket with a pull stop to drain it (I HATE having to lift dirty water out of a cage!!!)
There is also a light switch on the front of the unit that has an outlet on it too. This will be very nice to incorporate into the lighting units.
The bottom has siliding doors as well, just solid metal. Not sure if I will just secure them, or come up with a creative way of using it for access if I build a burrowing area down below. Open to suggestions.
I will keep posting updates as they come, but fingers are still crossed waiting to hear from Bobby about my Red...among other people having contact issues this season...
