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Chris Vanderwees
REPTILE SALES AND INFORMATION
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1.3.0 Bearded Dragons
1.2.0 Green Basilisks
1.1.0 Crested Geckos
1.3.0 Veiled Chameleons
1.1.0 Corn Snakes
1.0.0 Tokay Geckos
0.0.1 California Kingsnakes
2.7.0 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 Green Iguanas
1.1.0 Savannah Monitors

LOL, just trying to be funny

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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield

And my corn cages are like this 80 cm wide (almost 3')

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Marcel Poots (Holland)
'Where is your crown King Nothing?' James Hettfield

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1.2 Corn Snakes
1.0 Licorice Rat Snake
1.0 Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Ball Python
1.0 ATB
0.1 BRB

It holds 12 32 quart sterillite containers. It is my first one, and it isnt real pretty, but it works like a champ!!

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1.0 Corn snake
1.0 Black rat snake
1.0 Albino Black rat snake
1.0 Everglades rat snake
0.1 Yellow rat snake
1.1 California king snake
1.0 Prairie king snake
0.1 Black king snake

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

Do the top edges of those tubs touch the wood...like really tight fitted??? Or is there a small space between the wood and the tubs edge?

Also how did you make the holes is the tubs? We find if we drill sometimes the tubs crack.
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Chris Vanderwees
REPTILE SALES AND INFORMATION
E-mail Me
1.3.0 Bearded Dragons
1.2.0 Green Basilisks
1.1.0 Crested Geckos
1.3.0 Veiled Chameleons
1.1.0 Corn Snakes
1.0.0 Tokay Geckos
0.0.1 California Kingsnakes
2.7.0 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 Green Iguanas
1.1.0 Savannah Monitors

How do you heat the tubs???
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Chris Vanderwees
REPTILE SALES AND INFORMATION
E-mail Me
1.3.0 Bearded Dragons
1.2.0 Green Basilisks
1.1.0 Crested Geckos
1.3.0 Veiled Chameleons
1.1.0 Corn Snakes
1.0.0 Tokay Geckos
0.0.1 California Kingsnakes
2.7.0 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 Green Iguanas
1.1.0 Savannah Monitors

Yes there is a small space at the top edge of the tub. It is small enough that the snake cannot squeeze out, and just big enough to allow the tub to slide in and out easily. There are a couple I got a little too tight, and they rub just a small amount. But they work fine.

I used a drill to make the holes in the tub, and yep I cracked a couple. But the cracks are pretty small, so no big deal. Doesnt hurt the containers any.

To heat the rack, I used peg board for the backing and attached heat tape to it. I got the heat tape from The Bean Farm. I used the 11" flexwatt heat tape and the electrical connectors from them as well. I wired the heat tape through a rheostat light dimmer switch from Lowes that was rated at the flexwatt heat tape maximum wattage. I mounted the switch on the side of the rack using a common plastic double light switch/plug housing. I hooked the rheostat switch up to an electrical plug unit and put it in the same housing. This way, if I ever need to replace the heat tape or I need it for something else, I can just unplug the heat tape and take it off. If you want I can take a pic of it and post it for you.
Brian
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1.0 Corn snake
1.0 Black rat snake
1.0 Albino Black rat snake
1.0 Everglades rat snake
0.1 Yellow rat snake
1.1 California king snake
1.0 Prairie king snake
0.1 Black king snake

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

IMHO Holes are best made with a normal sodering iron that you can pick up from any hardware store for $10-20. Heat tape is best run on each shelf under the tubs 3" works fine if done this way. You can use a dimmer switch, but I recommend picking up a $24-30 reptile thermostat. They are more reliable and keep a more constant temp than a dimmer swith that needs to be adjusted as the room temp goes up and down.

Tom

ifyou can get a soldering iron it melts holes easy and quick.
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1.1 Leos
1.1 Corn snakes (1 Lav & 1 Ghost)
0.1 Banan California King
0.0.1 Childrens python
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow boa
1.0 Rat (as pet not food)
1.0 Cat
"whats with you and all those dang reptiles?"

heres mine

What source for heat do you use?
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right now i have heat tape on the bottom with a reostat attached to it and right now im installing flood lights or cermatic heaters for a little more heat. I also have just regular shop lights to light up the enclosure

A TV and VCR for your snakes to watch?

I just finished this up a couple days ago. I wanted to use standard 40 gallon breeder tanks, but I wanted a bottem shelf to pull out for easy access. This is what I built.

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