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OK, so I'll be separating the male for the next 4 month or so while I grow out the girls more (got pics of them coming, don't want to stress them any more than necessary just now). I was a bad herper and didn't actually have an appropriate cage to put him into if something went wrong, so he is in a 20 gallon for now, but I just threw together a neat arboreal setup out of a 50 gallon Sterilite Tub. It's not "done" done, but just about. I still need to figure out how to light it, but that should be easy (compact fluorescent!). He'll be in it tomorrow night, and I'll post another pic.

Jared
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With great power, comes great responsibility.
-Ben Parker

interesting idea. you'll have to let us know how it works. looks pretty good. are the metal clamps on the side really neccesary or are they just there until something dries? good idea, cheap and effective.

Yeah, I need the clamps to keep the sides tight, but the are the small ones so they are a cinch to squeeze (even for my wife who CANNOT open the large spring clamps! lol!).

Oh, and the plethora of screws holding the substrate dam in place are to keep the seam tightly sealed with 7" of substrate in place, and a bead of hot glue on the inside finishes the job.

In case anyone wanted to know, the tub cost me $15 as Target, I had the plexy for the front, but a new sheet that size would only be about $10 at H0me Dep0 , the 32 screws tightly clamping the substrate dam into place were $3 at HD, the spring clamps where $3 a piece so $12 total, the hinges I had, and I had some fiberglass screen sitting around to use for vents (do not use fiberglass screen if you will have free roaming crix, they will chew through it and get out). I used hot glue--which I never seem to run out of, so I have no idea how much it costs--to seal and attach all permanent fixtures. I find hot glue to bind very tightly and be fully waterproof when used on sterilite containers.

This cage cost me under $30 and took about 4 hours to slap together (yeah, that long with all the cutting, gluing, drilling, and manual screw driving).

Jared
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With great power, comes great responsibility.
-Ben Parker