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Check my vivarium Design... any flaws / tips?

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Hi guys.

I have a set space to work in, and cannot find a 30" Vivarium what I like the look of. I suppose it is handy that I am good friends with a cabinet maker / shop fitter / exhibition stand creator :) so a Viv shouldn't be any problem to him

The material is 15mm thick, and there will be ventilation holes, since i am not sure where to put them I have left them out. It is designed to fit ontop of a set of shelves that i will be having made, so it will be easy to remove and clean thoroughly when needed.



Now as you can see it is a twin viv design, that I plan to house my Corn when it grows big enough for it, and a male( smaller hopefully) Royal / ball Python too.

My question is, will it be big enough? From what i have read it seems like it will be, but a more informed opinion would be great.

Also, How would i go about heating a tank viv like this? would it be suitable to stick a UTH on the roof of the lower viv ( under the floor of the top viv) ?
or would the UTH be better in tha viv its self, directly underneath the substrate.

Are there any materials to avoid? ( except oily woods like pine and cedar)


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Thanks,
Rick
 
blueapplepaste said:
Looks real nice; very similar to a design I did a while back. Take a look at mine and maybe it can answer some questions: http://www.blueappleherps.com/page13/page5/page5.html

What I did for heat is to use flexwatt. I sealed the connections with silicone and then put it in the viv and covered it with a piece of acrylic and sealed the acrylic so that the flexwatt was water proof.
Click to expand...

Thanks, ill check that out.

by the way, What is Flexwatt?


Here's a better description of what i meant earlier:
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great look we have the same design but the top one we put a glass top on it so you can see from above as well.
 
I have a cage stack, and the bottom cage has a "ceiling UTH" as well as it's own. There is a several degree difference between the two. (But, even in an open set up, the top cage always runs a few degrees warmer, and with the cages touching, it isn't any worse, that I can tell, than the temp difference a difference in height would make). I have two thermostat cables so I can run the top cage in the summer and the bottom cage in the winter. I mean, they both run, but the thermostat probe changes.
 
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Here is picture of granddaughters new enclosure for her new snake.

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Picture of granddaughters new butter corn.
He loves climbing on all of the vines, or inside of coconut, or under his log.
 
I've sent the plans off for a quote, and added some vent holes in there too.

I've asked the guy to try and think of a way to make the sliding doors removable, or create a neat hinged door. as i have a good idea to cut cleaning times in half, and keep the over all sanitary conditions at a peak.

I still have to look a bit further into the temperature monitoring.

thanks for the help.
 
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