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i posted this in the nile section but that board dosent seem to have had much activity lately....

hello... i post in other forums allot but not so much in here.. my name is brandon or Meaingless Endeavor in the other reptile forums.

question.. what sort of systoms do you guys with adult niles use for draining the watter out of your cages? i am planing to build my monitor its adult cage in another month or two and im trying to get a few ideas before starting construction. It will be 8'4'4 with two feet of that being for beding. i would like to use one of the small pond liners from home depot as the water sorce but they dont have drains in them so i was thinking about getting a drill and some PVC to test my plumbing skills and try to put in a drain... have any of you done this? if so i would love to see some pics of what you came up with so i can get a visual... thanks for you help in advance.

ive attached a pic of the little guy from a few months ago.. (he's now around 3 1/2 feet.. coming up to 4 in no time)... he was under a foot when i got him in JAN... i love how fast they grow

I used to use a metal stock tank for my salvator. I had a one inch drain that was way too small. I'd got with a minimum of two inches.
PVC is probably your best bet (Cheap & easy to work with). I had used poly tubing, but it was expensive. The only advantage to it, was that I could roll it up & out of the way.
Cheers,
James

here's an idea.
I bought some cheap plastic sinks from the Home Depot for about $50. I then bought a few pieces of ABS plumbing parts and a valve.

This makes changing the water a breeze. Open the valve and the water gets flushed down my driveway. Close the valve and fill it up. These pics were taken during the cage construction.


cheers

nice.. thats exactly the consept i was looking for. i saw that same sink at home depot yesterday and was thinking it might work. i think im going to tackle the project of attaching puming to one of those black ponds though.. the dimentions of the pond liner is like 36"-30"-12" so if i can use your same idea for the drain but with that size of a watter sorce it should be pritty tight...

Im all exited now i realy want to get started =]

The pond should work well.
If you do go with the sink, you might want to cut out the little cross piece in the drain 'cuz fecal material will get stuck in it.
Good luck,
James