The fronts are 3/4" composite board, secured with a power nailer and then painted. The best part is the "cricket corral", another Rob Dachiu idea. It's an area along the front edge surrounded by 2 1/2" boards covered with aluminum tape that the crickets can't climb and has a shelf liner substrate. The rest on the cage is sand.

I built the prototype in April in my family room. Have been trying to get the others done since then. lol. The prototype is the one pictured with the dragons in it and I am making a few changes in the final design. Right now there are 3 others almost completed. 2 in the family room and 1 in the living room. Can't wait to get my house back. lol. Had to rework my terrariums to make space for them so that took some time. The shelves that hold up the light hoods above the terrariums are all custom made by me from poplar and stained.

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