I've attached a few photos of my preliminary setup.
The cage is 4x2x2 ft in size. The left side is the hot side where I currently have a halogen bulb on a timer, a ceramic heat emitter on a proportional thermostat with a night drop feature, and a Arcadia UV compact flourescent. The cool side has a standard "full spectrum" (non-UV) flourescent bulb just to increase the lighting on that side.
All of the rocks came from the local hardware store. I've cleaned all the debris off them, and sanitized them by soaking in bleach water and rinsing thoroughly. I've tried to construct hides on both the hot and cool sides. Currently the rocks are just sitting on top of one another. Once I decide on the final stacking sequence, I plan on gluing them together with epoxy (the kind you get at the pet store for holding rocks in place in a fish tank). I also plan on putting a thin (0.25-inch) layer of substrate. Sand and soil blend most likely.
Please ignore the low temperatures shown on the thermometer. The photos were taken within a few minutes of the lights coming on, but they are a little on the low side in general so I'm still tweaking that.
Comments/concerns?
Thanks for the input.
