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Re: show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by jasonmcgilvrey83
I really like acrylic one. Did u make it or buy it and how much was it all together?
I made the black one. It was pretty expensive. I think the materials were around 500.00 or so
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Money well spent. It looks great.
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Okay...I have a couple of old pictures...but they will work nonetheless.
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1752/0yeu.jpg
This is an CB-70 and a Sweaterbox rack both from RBI. This was taken before I had snakes in them. Now 5 of the 7 tubs are full. Breeder girls on the bottom, grow-outs and males on top.
http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2597/vj2z.jpg
This is a homemade 8 tub 28qt rack. The bottom 4 tubs house my corn snakes. The top four tubs (a seperate strip of flexwatt) are currently unused, but those tubs will be replaced with 6qt hatchling tubs as my makeshift hatchling rack.
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/4589/p6rs.jpg
One of several QT tanks. I really need to get a QT rack but for now the tanks do fine. The QT tanks actually all have newspaper in them but the setup is the same. They also have 3 of 4 sides blacked out but I did that after this picture was taken.
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/6537/ij05.jpg
Finally, this is my "display tank" (pardon my clutter on the shelves). In there is a miami phase corn snake. She's more of a pet than anything. However, I plan on upgrading my corns and getting them a 7 or 8 tub rack (to house another breeding project from them). She'll go in the corn rack and I will turn this into either a beardie tank or a crestie tank...one of the two.
Coming in August, I'm getting a V-18 rack and possibly a hatchling rack (I have to decide if I want both a V-18 rack and a hatchling rack or just the V-18 rack with more tubs in it). I plan on ordering from Chris at C-serpents and picking up my order at the NARBC. I'm also building a cornsnake hatchling rack this fall because I'll have corn snake babies in the spring.
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Re: show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by C&H Exotic Morphs
Are those v15 tubs on the top right? How long do you keep hatchlings in them?
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Very colorful. That fish tank looks really neat. Kinda make me want to have fish so I can have a set up like that
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Coca cola. Good stuff. Nice rack.
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Re: show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by jasonmcgilvrey83
Coca cola. Good stuff. Nice rack.
Haha. thanks! I have a minifridge that's a 2-door where I keep my frozen rodents. Since I only use the freezer part for frozen rodents, the bottom gets used for my cokes and anything else I might have. Once I get my beardie, I'll keep beardie food in there too.
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Oh and BTW, give a few weeks and I will show you a proper BP enclosure after I build it.
Think naturalistic display tank with all husbandry requirements met ;)
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show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by Expensive hobby
Oh and BTW, give a few weeks and I will show you a proper BP enclosure after I build it.
Think naturalistic display tank with all husbandry requirements met ;)
Like this
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/06/y3y3ahun.jpg
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show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by Bobbafett
Very much the idea! Nice setup!
It will be 40"L x 18"H x 18"D
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show off your tank or racks
This one is 3'x2'x18".
I like to keep display cages:
Boa cage: 6'x4'x3'
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/06/py5ymy8y.jpg
Gecko cage:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/06/hesyte5e.jpg
Other boa cage:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/06/vu3uqudy.jpg
I have 3 boaphiles waiting for me to get heat tape and another thermostat.
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That gecko cage is awesome, how did you make the dirt/substrate walls?
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show off your tank or racks
I used black silicone(GE II with no mildew stuff) to cover the sides, and then used Great Stuff window sealer(blue can) to make ledges and stuff. Covered that (as its yellow) with black silicone and covered the silicone with Eco earth.
Saw it on a gecko website.
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Its awesome, filing that away in the ole memory bank for when I get my house and can setup display cages haha.
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Yeah she seems to be enjoying it. Haha
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show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by Bobbafett
Very nice! With heat tape like flex watt where do you apply it on a wooden enclosure? Mine will be wood construction with Formica laminate inside and sealed with silicone for water proofing but I'm not sure as to where the heat tape goes...
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For the boa cage (my only wooden one), I cut out a hole on the bottom, covered the hole with plexiglass, and attached the heat pad/flexwatt to the outside of the plexiglass. That way my heat tape doesn't have to be set so high as it just heats through the plexiglass and Lino.
I used silicone to seal the inside as well.
More pictures:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/06/7yry5e8y.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/06/y4ehehyp.jpg
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Hobby- Is your house an aquarium store? ;)
Great displays thus far, cannot wait to get my pvc cages next year and make my snakes' enclosures "pretty". :D
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Re: show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by Bobbafett
I used black silicone(GE II with no mildew stuff) to cover the sides, and then used Great Stuff window sealer(blue can) to make ledges and stuff. Covered that (as its yellow) with black silicone and covered the silicone with Eco earth.
Saw it on a gecko website.
yeah, you did a great job with that gecko cage!! It looks like some type of display youd see in a zoo!!!
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show off your tank or racks
Teaser?
http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/...2/null-189.jpg
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show off your tank or racks
Guess nobody cares to see how awesome this enclosure is really gonna be...
That's ok, I'll keep all the awesomeness for myself ;)
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That is going to be an awesome enclosure.... I see lights bursting towards the heavens in the background when I look at it .......:gj:
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show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by Tribal
That is going to be an awesome enclosure.... I see lights bursting towards the heavens in the background when I look at it .......:gj:
Don't know if sarcastic or not...
Lmao. Thank you. It's not the best in the world, but I assure you it will be at least nice.
Pro-products RHP's, automated humidity control, plenty of storage, furniture quality looks, secure and strong as an ox.
It'll be nice to just get to admire my snakes instead of constantly worrying about things in their glass fish tanks.
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I'm guessing green tree python condos?
Should be pretty awsome. :gj:
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Re: show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by Expensive hobby
Looks great, You definitely go all out on your tanks and enclosures. Cant wait to see a finished product.
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Just a little ego boost lol. On a serious note it really does look good. Alot better than anything I can do.
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show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by MarkS
I'm guessing green tree python condos?
Should be pretty awsome. :gj:
Actually gonna be for my 2 boas in my sig. Well for awhile lol.
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Originally Posted by Seth702
Looks great, You definitely go all out on your tanks and enclosures. Cant wait to see a finished product.
Thank you! Finished product coming soon!
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Originally Posted by Tribal
Just a little ego boost lol. On a serious note it really does look good. Alot better than anything I can do.
Lol thanks for the ego boost haha. Maybe I can do some good and show others some ideas so they too can save a grip of money by DIY'ing.
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*taps foot waiting quite impatiently*
is it done yet, is it done yet? :D
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Is that all one piece or is that just a table the two cages are sitting on?
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http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...on_rack_02.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...on_rack_01.jpg
Racks from LP Racks, Denmark. As you can see I started off with half racks (half racks = 5 tubs high). The smaller rack is V18, the middle one is V35 and the larger one is V70. Works great ! If you wonder why the middle tub on the V35 and V70 rack is missing it is because the sensor to my thermostats are located on those heating mats and makes it difficult to slide the tubs all the way through. Anyone have a solution to that problem? Sorry for my messy room :P
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show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by MsMissy
*taps foot waiting quite impatiently*
is it done yet, is it done yet? :D
Haha not quite. They've got me working 10 and 12hr days right now so time is short but I work on it every chance I get...
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Originally Posted by norwegn113
Is that all one piece or is that just a table the two cages are sitting on?
The top sections are one piece an the stand(the 2x4 construction) is another piece. All is getting skinned with cabinet grade plywood and painted(don't hate me for painting can grade wood) black, to match our other furniture in the living room.
I made the pieces separate so they can be moved easily. There will be provisions to attach them for safety and to keep then aligned.
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Re: show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by Expensive hobby
Haha not quite. They've got me working 10 and 12hr days right now so time is short but I work on it every chance I get...
The top sections are one piece an the stand(the 2x4 construction) is another piece. All is getting skinned with cabinet grade plywood and painted(don't hate me for painting can grade wood) black, to match our other furniture in the living room.
I made the pieces separate so they can be moved easily. There will be provisions to attach them for safety and to keep then aligned.
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ok cool. cant wait to see it finished. I love seeing what other people create! You were asking earlier about attachind an UTH to wood? It looks like you have wood working skills so this is what you do! ... on the bottom of the cage cut out a hole 1" smaller than a ceramic tile. ( I use a 16"x16" tile) I cut the hole to 15"x15" and then route the tile into the remaining 1/2" surrounding the hole so you have a 1/2" lip all the way around the hole to where the tile is flush with the INSIDE of the enclosure. Then silicone the tile onto that lip. When that dries cover the whole floor with laminate and you have a perfectly waterproof spot on the floor that you can attach a UTH to the outside and the ceramic transfers the heat perfectly to the inside with very little heat loss!. There you have it, from one custom cage builder to the next! Did you check out a pic of my set up?
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Originally Posted by norwegn113
ok cool. cant wait to see it finished. I love seeing what other people create! You were asking earlier about attachind an UTH to wood? It looks like you have wood working skills so this is what you do! ... on the bottom of the cage cut out a hole 1" smaller than a ceramic tile. ( I use a 16"x16" tile) I cut the hole to 15"x15" and then route the tile into the remaining 1/2" surrounding the hole so you have a 1/2" lip all the way around the hole to where the tile is flush with the INSIDE of the enclosure. Then silicone the tile onto that lip. When that dries cover the whole floor with laminate and you have a perfectly waterproof spot on the floor that you can attach a UTH to the outside and the ceramic transfers the heat perfectly to the inside with very little heat loss!. There you have it, from one custom cage builder to the next! Did you check out a pic of my set up?
Thanks for the advice! I actually changed my mind and I'm gonna go with Pro-Products RHP's instead.
And yes I did check out your build and it looks phenomenal! Awesome work!
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Re: show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by Expensive hobby
Thanks for the advice! I actually changed my mind and I'm gonna go with Pro-Products RHP's instead.
And yes I did check out your build and it looks phenomenal! Awesome work!
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i run pro product rhp in all of my set ups ( they work fantastic as far as im concerned ...BUT just to be on the safe side I did inlay a tile into the floor of all of the cages anyways. It only cost me $1.67 per cage to do it . Now I have a back up plan just in case I have a mechanical failure in one of my RHP ( unlikely but possibly) The way I look at it , for that price its better to be safe than soory. I could run an UTH while waiting for a replacement RHP. Something to think about!
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Originally Posted by norwegn113
i run pro product rhp in all of my set ups ( they work fantastic as far as im concerned ...BUT just to be on the safe side I did inlay a tile into the floor of all of the cages anyways. It only cost me $1.67 per cage to do it . Now I have a back up plan just in case I have a mechanical failure in one of my RHP ( unlikely but possibly) The way I look at it , for that price its better to be safe than soory. I could run an UTH while waiting for a replacement RHP. Something to think about!
Good idea!
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Re: show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by norwegn113
OMG LOVE that!!! Can you make me one???????
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http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/07/punajaqa.jpg
Hubby is making sliding doors this weekend.
Sent from my LG-E970 using Tapatalk 2
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Originally Posted by Smitty524
nice looking set up.....very clean looking and sleek. I like that!
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My Vision Rack
Here's my Vision Rack system. My home-made incubator is on the top shelf now, but the photo just shows a spare tub up there. Photo #2 is the incubator, (15L aquarium). I have 5 bp's, seven leopard geckos, and 8 bp eggs incubating in, (or on), it.
Love it.....whole thing sits in a corner of the room, very space-savvy set up!
http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps1e380728.jpg
And here is the incubator: Pip day should be around 8-14/24-2013
http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/u...psf8de49b3.jpg
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It ain't much, but it's home.
I'm in the process of rebuilding from scratch after selling off just about everything before my cross country move.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ps48ddbabe.jpg
Also have a table to work on, big trash can, metal rack/shelving to hold supplies, and my coolerbator. Just a normal spare bedroom turned snake room.
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Originally Posted by DooLittle
Um, pretty sure I'd get an infraction if I showed you guys my rack...:p
I'm pretty sure we don't want to see your rack,I can only imagine what ya look like,bahahaha olololoolol,for real!!!
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Originally Posted by NYHC4LIFE8899
I'm pretty sure we don't want to see your rack,I can only imagine what ya look like,bahahaha olololoolol,for real!!!
I'd rather look at Doolittle, than an inflated ego meatball like someone in here
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Re: show off your tank or racks
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Originally Posted by NYHC4LIFE8899
I'm pretty sure we don't want to see your rack,I can only imagine what ya look like,bahahaha olololoolol,for real!!!
If racks aren't your thing, that's cool. But some of us have been trying to get a picture of Doolittle's rack for a very long time.
It's just one infraction, Doolittle. Take one for the team!!
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