Questions about AP cages and RHPs.

[Doggtyred]

Just set up my T11 a few weeks ago... still waiting on my first shed since moving my two BP's into the divided habitat. I ordered it around the 1st of the year.. it Arrived near the end of April. It is located on a custom built/stained entertainment center that we ordered with other furniture in late 2015 so the "stand" matches the rest of the suite's furniture. Glass sliding doors. Lock. No basking shelf. Ordered the LED strip in Red. I have the divider in the middle, two 40 watt Pro Products RHP's, one in each "inside" corner. Heat and humidity monitored/controlled by a Herpstat 4. The T11 is 18Hx24Dx48W... its partitioned into two 18x24x24 cages, each with two to three hides and some vertical relief... and big water bowls in one corner. The Herpstat gives me 88 degrees in the hot corner during the day and 80 degrees there at night. Temp probe lays on top of the bedding, directly under the respective RHP's. I installed the RHP's using gorilla glue on the back face of the RHP's and then I through-drilled the Enclosure top via the RHP's mounting hole and used a single pop rivet to ensure the panel doesn't fall. I've never.. EVER.. had a gorilla glue failure, so the pop rivet is simply belt and suspenders. I will get a flexible drill shaft if I want to get up close to the divider and through-drill the other hole.. but its low on my list.

I'm still finding the sweet spot with humidity. I previously had a glass cages with screen tops and basking lamps/UTH for heat. Previously the glass case with screen top required lots of screen being covered, and a mister/humidifier being piped in to keep humidity up, particularly during shed times.. The AP cage with cypress mulch goes to 98% humidity at first.. a month later its just now getting to 75%.. my next bedding will be a little drier, and I will just bump the humidity when shed starts either by spritzing it a bit, or tossing some fresh mulch in. No supplemental humidification used thus far.

My habitats are not complete yet.. and will have some sort of perch arrangement devised that will allow them or their prey to climb in the cage. The glass cages had a vine that my adult was fond of hanging along... I DID have a fake plastic log in the adult's cage that was awesome looking but was just hollow enough for him to go completely INTO but not get out of. We had to cut it apart to get him out as he wasn't appearing able to back out. Will be sealing the hole on the next fake log.

So far: The LED crapped out on day 1 and went from steady on to continuously pulsing. There are no user controls to adjust this. I think it was a faulty power supply. Just haven't gotten around to getting another one yet, but if the replacement craps out I will do my own led lighting install. Holds heat and humidity like a champ. I will need to revise my procedures to adapt to the humidity issues and keep it on target.

If I order another AP enclosure, I will likely not be using the LED lights. I would otherwise do it all the same again: Glass sliders, lock, RHP's

Not an expert.. just a few steps above noob, but sharing what I've done, based on what I learned on this forum myself.