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This tip comes from Bruce of Twin City Reptiles. It is important to provide your reptiles with clean water. Not only does the water need to be clean, but also so does the water bowl. Washing each water bowl can take up a considerable amount of time – especially if you have a large collection. Instead of traditional water bowls, use plastic deli cups put inside cut PVC pipe. As you clean, you simply replace the old deli cup with a new one.
I keep a gallon jug on-hand to fill the new deli cups. Time saved is worth the cost of the deli cups. If you are feeling real frugal, you can was the deli cups and reuse them.

I hope you found this tip useful. Do you have any timesaving ideas? I’d love to hear.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

I've been using this system for a few years now and it really does cut down on the time. I'm pretty much a cheap skate and reuse my deli cups though. I'll take the old ones dump them out and store them in an old large blue rubbermaid storage container, then when there are a few hundred dirty ones I'll soak them all for a day in a tub of Nolvasan solution and then scrub them out before putting them back in the rotation.

>>This tip comes from Bruce of Twin City Reptiles. It is important to provide your reptiles with clean water. Not only does the water need to be clean, but also so does the water bowl. Washing each water bowl can take up a considerable amount of time – especially if you have a large collection. Instead of traditional water bowls, use plastic deli cups put inside cut PVC pipe. As you clean, you simply replace the old deli cup with a new one.
>>I keep a gallon jug on-hand to fill the new deli cups. Time saved is worth the cost of the deli cups. If you are feeling real frugal, you can was the deli cups and reuse them.
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>>I hope you found this tip useful. Do you have any timesaving ideas? I’d love to hear.
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>>Jay A. Martin
>>Jay Martin Reptiles

what size cups and pvc pipe do you use?

Thanks, Kyle
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Royal Variations

Many a false step is made from standing still.

you use 4"pvc connector coplets from home depot , and 16oz deli cups, dart brand is i think cheapest .

If you need a large amount of deli cups holders. I found it cheaper to buy 8ft sections of 4in pvc & cut them down to 4" high sections. If you can afford it, buy a "cut off" saw. They are about $30.00-$60.00. The cut is cleaner with less pvc dust & they don't burn out as fast as a miter saw.
Bruce Delles c/o Twin Cities Reptiles
CELEBRATING OUR 27TH YEAR IN THE RETAIL REPTILE BUSINESS

I use this method as well. The only difference is I use a 7 gallon jug with a spout that I got from Wal Mart.I set the jug with the spout facing down and then all i have to do is turn the spout to fill the cup. Fast and easy.

>>If you need a large amount of deli cups holders. I found it cheaper to buy 8ft sections of 4in pvc & cut them down to 4" high sections. If you can afford it, buy a "cut off" saw. They are about $30.00-$60.00. The cut is cleaner with less pvc dust & they don't burn out as fast as a miter saw.
>>Bruce Delles c/o Twin Cities Reptiles
>>CELEBRATING OUR 27TH YEAR IN THE RETAIL REPTILE BUSINESS
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Thomas Jones
aligatorhunter@cox.net

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Royal Variations

Many a false step is made from standing still.

Sorry for the newbie question, but what do you do with the PVC pipe?

......I think it's 4 inch pipe.you cut a section long enough to fit a deli cup into it and it holds the cup stable...cups alone will be very light and tip easily.......you can cut it for 8 oz or 16 oz cups...you could even use 3 inch pipe and find a smeller cup(find cup first).....

cups are going up and up in price due to oil prices also.....this worked better when cups were 4 cents each........yes.but the cheapest cups you can get.....not like 16 oz solo clear/crystal with holes in them for 20 cents each or more.........

they make small cups too....2 oz and 3 1/2 oz and 5 oz.....

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I just set the cups in small water bowls.....I think 3 1/2 oz for baby balls.....

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washing cups defeats the purpose.........

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