My custom tank!

Ok so after lots of planning and research, I decided to built my own tank! I built it out of melamine. It is 36 wide by 16 deep and 18 high. I put a pro products RHP in (thanks bob). I have a white led light for daytime and a 3 color red, blue and green led for night viewing. I made acrylic sliding doors (1/4 inch. I'm so happy with how it came out. I'm giving it a few days before I transfer my girl into it! Let me know what you guys think....http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/04/buramedy.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/04/yhe6y5er.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/04/u6ydedy5.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/04/a3usumud.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/04/ze2ybesy.jpg

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Wow I love it!! It looks great! You did an amazing job on it :) you should be very proud.


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Thank you!!! I am!!!

That is pretty awesome looking, very nice building it yourself!

I just moved her in today. Let's see if she likes it as much as I do!

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It looks great! Pics of her in it? :)

Thanks so much!http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/05/reru3yby.jpg

I'll get one when she comes out too!

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It looks very nice! I don't know how big your girl is, but you may want to add some more clutter (maybe some fake plants), especially if she's small.

Yeah, that's a great idea thanks!

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You're welcome!

Looks awesome. Is that the lowes accent led light kit?

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well I did buy that, but when i went to install it, it was open. so, i ran to walmart and bought a car LED kit. it was $14. It changes colors with the push of a button. I also bought a converter from radio shack because the LED kit was an a/c car plug. the radio shack converter accepts that plug, then plugs into the regular outlet.

Where did you get the materials to build the encloser? Iv been thinking about making my own also

Lowes and/or home depot to build it using melamine. Its what they both sell to use as shelving. Home depot also carries it in 4x8 sheets.
My diy enclosure is here and i have a video for it.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=210213

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Lowes and/or home depot to build it using melamine. Its what they both sell to use as shelving. Home depot also carries it in 4x8 sheets.
My diy enclosure is here and i have a video for it.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=210213

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This is exactly what iv been looking for thank you very much

It looks amazing, you should be really proud of yourself for doing it!

Thank you for posting the steps, will come in very useful when I'm building my second (don't know who I'm trying to kid, my partner will build it) :D

Great Job!

I really like the front sliding doors.

looks amazing! What size/wattage RHP did you end up having to go with to generate a hot spot with it being 18inches tall?

Anyway you could further on how you went about the acrylic sliding doors? such as what material and hardware you used

What size nails or screws did u use I'm about to assemble mine but screw started to split the wood n I did use pilot holes

Predrilling is a must, especially in melamine.

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What size nails or screws did u use I'm about to assemble mine but screw started to split the wood n I did use pilot holes

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Ok, I did not pre drill. I used my Brad Nailer. It worked perfectly.

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looks amazing! What size/wattage RHP did you end up having to go with to generate a hot spot with it being 18inches tall?

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It looks amazing, you should be really proud of yourself for doing it!

Thank you for posting the steps, will come in very useful when I'm building my second (don't know who I'm trying to kid, my partner will build it) :D

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Thanks sooo much!

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Anyway you could further on how you went about the acrylic sliding doors? such as what material and hardware you used

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I bought a square piece of plastic lumber. 2 inches by 2 inches. Tge length was double the width of your tank opening (cut in half, one piece for the top, one piece for the bottom). Then using a table saw, I set the depth of the blade to aboit 1/4 inch (bottom rail) and made a cut about 1/2 in on the rail. Then made a few more passes to widen that track until it was wide enough for glass to fit slighty loose. Repeat steps for another track about 1/4 away from the first one. Now you have 2 tracks 1/4 deep. For the top rail, do it the same way but make the tracks an inch deep so you can slide doors up to remove them.

I hope this helped.

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and this is giving you a hot spot no problem?

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Cool side 74. Warm 87.

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Anyway you could further on how you went about the acrylic sliding doors? such as what material and hardware you used

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Looks good. It does not look like you have much depth from the top of the bottom track to the cage floor?
I took a section of melamine cut to fit the front and cut out the center to the size area that i wanted my sliding doors to be.

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It's 2 inches. Plenty off depth to keep being in. I wouldn't change a thing. Works perfect

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