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I am going to be making a cage for my water dragon and I was wondering what kinda of glass would be best to use.The doors will be sliding bypass doors with the plastic track.The size will be about 2`3"h x 3`w.Thanks for any replys. Steve
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Thanks Steve
Owner of:
2.2 Bearded Dragons
0.1 Argentine B&W Tegu
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.0 Chinese Water Dragon
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Is that 2'3" tall or 23" tall?

Regardless, I assume you'll be using a pretty healthy upper and lower lips for a Water Dragon cage to hide the lights and contain substrate, so the actual height of the glass won't be all that great.

In that case I would recommend 1/8", double-strength glass. Have them polish and bevel at least one lower edge to make it function better in the track.

If you already have track for 1/4" glass then I'd use reglar plate glass. Same polish and bevel.

Hey, how is the contact paper holding up in your cages? Are you going to use it in the water dragon cage?
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Current snakes:

0.2 Gonyosoma oxycephala - (Silver/Yellow)

3.3 Gonyosoma oxycephala - (Green)

2.1 Gonyosoma janseni - (Black)

3.3 Gonyosoma janseni - (Black & Tan)

Yeah it would be 2ft3in tall. I dont have the track yet but there is a do-it-best hardware store here and they stock the 1/4 & 1/8 track in 4 & 6ft. The contact paper is working great I have not had a problem with it.The tank my wd is in now has it and the tank I had my tegu in had it and it lasted 8 months but I just got rid of her. I have used it before in snake cages and never had any problems with it. The only thing I would suggest is put it on before you put the cage together then caulk all the edges.I have even used it with bearded dragond and never had a problem. Thanks for the reply about the glass. Steve
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Thanks Steve
Owner of:
2.2 Bearded Dragons
0.1 Argentine B&W Tegu
1.0 Veiled Chameleon
1.0 Chinese Water Dragon
home.wi.rr.com/stevesreptiles

It is nice to have the strength of 1/4 inch glass