Freshly built new rack!

Please let me know what you think.

http://www.elusivereptiles.com/images/rack01.jpg
http://www.elusivereptiles.com/images/rack02.jpg
http://www.elusivereptiles.com/images/rack03.jpg
http://www.elusivereptiles.com/images/rack04.jpg
http://www.elusivereptiles.com/images/rack05.jpg

Thanks for looking!

-Matt

looks great to me mine

btw, nice albino you have

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by atp151415

looks great to me mine

btw, nice albino you have

---

Thanks on both accounts! :gj:

pretty nice raack

Very nice well done what kind of substrate is that? i like it

Very cool... I need to do something like that. Mine are all in tanks all over the house.

Yea i use to be the same way but racks just make it so much easyer will heat humid all that so much easyer i can sleep so much better at night

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Drew87

Very nice well done what kind of substrate is that? i like it

---

It looks like Diamond Soft.

Nice!


How much did you pay for everything? If you don't mind me asking :)
Was it pretty easy to build?

where can i get some diamond soft at haha i want some?

I would have used 1 sideplate or without the space in between.
But its looking good!

Thanks for all the support everyone!

The substrate is actually "Desert Snow" made by T-Rex. It's very similar to Diamond Soft. It's excellent though, clumps up for easy spot cleaning and there really wasn't any play in the humidity.. if anything the humidity went up.

-Matt

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by MATTI

I would have used 1 sideplate or without the space in between.
But its looking good!

---

Yeah I would have built it like that except the Lowes in my town didn't have boards that wide.

And the total cost for the entire rack with tubs was $210. about $330 with thermostat.

Very nice. However... I demand more pics of that Albino... Love it!:gj:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by V1L3 DiaL3cT

Very nice. However... I demand more pics of that Albino... Love it!:gj:

---

LOL... YES SIR :salute:

Looks really nice! :gj:

If you wanted to enclose the whole side you could have used MFD board. It comes in 4' X 8' sheets and costs slightly over $20.00 per sheet. All you need to do is paint it to seal it up. Since the snakes never contact the sides all you need to worry about is sealing it so moisture does not affect it. You can also use it to close up the back solid if you wanted too. Then you just use the laminate shelving for the shelves!

Sweet I was thinking about building one but I am too lazy my tank that I built was a big pain.

what are the dimensions of your tubs???

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Drew87

Very nice well done what kind of substrate is that? i like it

---

Looks like Care Fresh to me

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by elusivereptiles

Yeah I would have built it like that except the Lowes in my town didn't have boards that wide.

And the total cost for the entire rack with tubs was $210. about $330 with thermostat.

---

Well, another thing you can do instead of mdf board is use dry erase board for it. It will hold the humidity in very well and is very cheap for a 8X4 foot piece of it

$210!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, for the melamine on my 4 slot rack costed me $45, each 8X4 melamine sheet only costed 35 bucks, and i only used one

Yeah I bought pre-cut stuff from Lowe's which is heavily over priced... I saw the Melamine board like you are talking about at home depot, but I don't have a vehicle big enough to put something like that in. :(

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by sg1trogdor

what are the dimensions of your tubs???

---

The tubs are 25"x16"x6.5"

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Drew87

Very nice well done what kind of substrate is that? i like it

---

Desert Snow - Made by: T-Rex

Clumps really well making spot cleaning really easy. I also like the fact that it's white because everything shows up on it (If you were to have a mite problem.. or maybe just to make finding the urine easier). There wasn't a change in humidity really... if anything it got more humid. This stuff is super absorbent too.

You can order it offline for about $5-$7 for 2lb bag, or $60 for a 50lb bag which is a much better deal if you have a use for such a large bag.

Anyway hope this helps.

-Matt

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by elusivereptiles

Yeah I bought pre-cut stuff from Lowe's which is heavily over priced... I saw the Melamine board like you are talking about at home depot, but I don't have a vehicle big enough to put something like that in. :(

---

They could have cut it down to size for you before you took it home. I got my melamine at home depot. I needed 4 sheets of 8'X4' to make my rack (it weighs over 325 lbs!!!) and they cut it down to size before I loaded it into the truck to take it home. All I had to do once I got home was trim a few edges to make all the shelves identical. Getting them to pre-cut all of it for me only cost $2.00 lol.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by elusivereptiles

The tubs are 25"x16"x6.5"

---

Is that big enough for for adult balls? also were the tubs purchased at lowes or home depot I cant find anything online at all.

Looks like similar measurements to a 32QT tub which can usually house an adult male or a female up to 1500-1800g (most ppl like to go to 41QT after 1500g). Wal-mart and target have alot of tubs. Target seems to have better ones for building racks though. My rack can hold 3 diff tub sizes that are sold at target. I can arrange it in any combo I like and change it as my tub needs change.