Wanting to upgrade enclosure for my BCI

[Gio]

Yea, I'm a bit old school on that I don't budge on how I do things unless I notice a problem, lol. See for the most part I keep my reptile room already the proper temp, and the light is only to mimic their lifestyle, I usually put a 50w day bulb, and a 25w night bulb and I keep them dimmed real low, but enough so it gives off the lighting. Then again I may need to switch if I were to go with a PVC enclosure, but as I was thinking about it, it wouldn't be fun to clean.

Gio, I love your setup also, could you take some pictures of the top inside of your setup so I can see what you did? I'm curious to see how you mounted your lights. Because I may do that way when I get ready to get a PVC enclosure, or if I do decide to get one.

Nothing wrong with old school LOL!

Sure thing Neal, The mounting was VERY easy. The heat panel is 2 screws and that strip light is an LED from Home Depot. 2 small screws into a couple brackets.


I AM NOT A HANDYMAN. I did not have any problems, I was just a little nervous about screwing up.

The Arcadia Moonlight LED was purchased through LIGHT YOUR REPTILES.

This picture shows it all mounted the panel, the LED white, and the Moonlight.

I did not like the plastic mounts they had and actually broke one 10 minutes after opening the package. I just went to the hardware store and bought something in the plumbing section that worked.

I really only need one more perch when I decide to go hunting for it. The cage is complete.

Cleaning is easy, but an 18" high will be even easier than mine.

Seriously, if I can do this, about anybody can. The main thing is not to use screws that penetrate one side to the other.

My basement can run cold so I actually used Reflectix insulation on the outer top, bottom and rear with some 1" styrofoam too. I used it on the glass tank too. I figure insulating anything will ease the power bill and make whatever heat source work less hard.