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Hi there, thought I'd share some details about a rack I plan on building to see if those of you here who've done it before have any modifications/suggestions I could use. I'm not sure about overall size, but since I'm only going to be breeding 3 or 4 females at a time and I'll be temp. sexing for females I think I've got enough space for hatchlings... If I don't, or if there's anything else you notice I should change feel free to comment on it or make fun of it.

It's at
http://www.geocities.com/midwest_geckos/leorack.jpg

If the picture doesn't work click here... :-(

The pics worked fine for me...

A couple thoughts...the only thing being is that this is my opinion only and since everyone has one you know what they can be worth

1) I would move the hatchlings to the upper most shelve...even though you have dimmers set on each "bank" of tanks heat rises and the little ones would do better if the temps were a degree or two higher than the adults.

2) I wouldn't add my feeder/mealies to my rack...just toss em on some shelf as sooner or later you will wish you had more rack space for the inevitable "holdback" baby that is just too dang nice to sell or get rid of...

3) I wouldn't put my supplies in there either...higher heat isn't great for supplements, etc. I'd pick up one of those nifty 3 drawer verticle Sterilite or whatever setups for you mealies and your supplies...save the rack as an animal rack only and really capitalize on that space.

Good luck and be sure to post pics when your done...I've built two racks in the last 2 months and even now I'd change a few things concerning my materials, construction methods, etc.

There is no PERFECT rack but they are a nice way to house mutilple animals in a limited amount of space.

Lee
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1.0 Fattail - Amel het Stripe
0.2 Fattails - Normal het Amel, het Stripe
0.0.5 Fattails Juvies - Amel het stripe
20 Corn Snakes (many different morphs)
2 tubs of Mealies, a ton of Roaches and too many crickets