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RyanHomsey
at Sun May 20 16:51:48 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RyanHomsey ]
On the far right are some new shelving units I built. I needed racks fast so I decided to "build" a few. The shelves are from target, you choose the height at which each level is placed using plastic stoppers. It was very easy to setup. I cut some plywood to fit into each shelf so I could install flexwatt to provide a temperature gradient. It worked out great, although I would highly reccomend pull out style racks like my boaphiles. It is so much easier to feed large numbers of boas without having to pull the tub out, take the top off, do whats needed, replace top, put tub back. It may sound trivial but when you're feeding large numbers, it makes a fairly big difference. These racks I built are just to get me by for this season. The great part about them is that I wired up each strip of flexwatt individually, so they will be very easy to break down and store (just pull each strip of plywood w/flex attached out, break down, and store).
Here is a link to the target shelf unit I used if anyone is interested, I purchased it in store on sale for $50: http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-3/qid=1179697189/ref=sr_1_3/601-2103660-2174543?ie=UTF8&asin=B000LP9M5S
In this stack is my 20 shoebox boaphile rack and a melamine rack I built. The melamine rack is is heated with heat tape. This stack works out well because I sat it on an old TV stand, which provides a good bit of storage, and the melamine rack has a good ledge on it for setting the tubs on to feed boas or for whatever reason (I use it all the time).
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 A few shots of the boa room - RyanHomsey, Sun May 20 16:51:48 2007
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