40 gallon breeder tank

[Slither Seeker]

I have set up a 40 breeder that will be the future home of one of our BP's once it outgrows the 20 long. for now, our baby red foot tortoise lives in the 40. what I've done is rather involved and I'm not sure what your goal is but if you'd like I can post some pictures. I added insulation to all the sides, turned the tank on it's side, mounted plexiglass to the front with a sliding door. the tank is covered on all sides, top and bottom with the lid facing forward instead of up. the rim of the tank makes a nice groove for the sliding door if you are willing to go through the trouble to cut out a window in a larger piece that mounts to the front. I mounted it with a small stainless bolt in each corner of the plastic rim. I also used a hole cutter to cut a hole in the plexi for all the wires to go through and I mounted a cover for the hole. I rely entirely on two UTH's mounted on glass with T-stats because I don't like heat lamps, they dry everything out and create a headache if you want to seal the tank up, without catching something on fire, the bulbs burn out and that get$ annoying, especially if you put them on a thermostat.