Ellentomologist
Hatchling Member
Hiya everyone,
So, I um. Dropped my previous enclosure. Down a flight of stairs.
Yeah, it's wrecked.
Luckily I still had Guac's old tank, so he can happily chill in there kinda indefinitely until I can afford to build a good enclosure again (moving in with my SO for the first time - we burnt most of our spending cash on the safety deposit, furniture and car repairs/upkeep). It's a bit small for him, but considering he gets full run of the reptile room (I have a reptile room now, guys! ) for 1-4 (usually 2) hours a night I'm not too worried about it.
While I am very upset my old enclosure is donezo, this is a great opportunity to re-make his enclosure with the lights and heart source I want to use in mind from the start! I have a new table I bought at a garage sale that's PERFECT for building an enclosure that will fit on it, though I don't have the exact dimensions right this moment... It's roughly 60 inches long by 20 inches wide, I think. Will edit the true values in here later.
What I really want help with and why I am posting here, though, is because I want help figuring out how to do the lights. Like, how to actually build a terrarium around the UV and heat sources. I, uh... Well, I really struggle with figuring that business out, and previously I just went through a bunch of posts here until I found something that made sense and did what it said for my UVB.
The exact UVB bulb I'll be using is the T5 HO 10.0 bulb in This Setting. I was using a different one, but, well. That broke. I would also think I want to install both a heat light and a CHE on the inside of the enclosure (with wire protectors, of course) so that I can have a bit more control regarding heat output, especially at night (turn on the CHE in particularly cold weather).
Can someone with a bit more experience tell me if/how they've done this in the past? I am particularly worried about finding and installing a socket for the CHE, as well as figuring out where/at what height to put the UVB.
Thanks in advance!
-Ellen
So, I um. Dropped my previous enclosure. Down a flight of stairs.
Yeah, it's wrecked.
Luckily I still had Guac's old tank, so he can happily chill in there kinda indefinitely until I can afford to build a good enclosure again (moving in with my SO for the first time - we burnt most of our spending cash on the safety deposit, furniture and car repairs/upkeep). It's a bit small for him, but considering he gets full run of the reptile room (I have a reptile room now, guys! ) for 1-4 (usually 2) hours a night I'm not too worried about it.
While I am very upset my old enclosure is donezo, this is a great opportunity to re-make his enclosure with the lights and heart source I want to use in mind from the start! I have a new table I bought at a garage sale that's PERFECT for building an enclosure that will fit on it, though I don't have the exact dimensions right this moment... It's roughly 60 inches long by 20 inches wide, I think. Will edit the true values in here later.
What I really want help with and why I am posting here, though, is because I want help figuring out how to do the lights. Like, how to actually build a terrarium around the UV and heat sources. I, uh... Well, I really struggle with figuring that business out, and previously I just went through a bunch of posts here until I found something that made sense and did what it said for my UVB.
The exact UVB bulb I'll be using is the T5 HO 10.0 bulb in This Setting. I was using a different one, but, well. That broke. I would also think I want to install both a heat light and a CHE on the inside of the enclosure (with wire protectors, of course) so that I can have a bit more control regarding heat output, especially at night (turn on the CHE in particularly cold weather).
Can someone with a bit more experience tell me if/how they've done this in the past? I am particularly worried about finding and installing a socket for the CHE, as well as figuring out where/at what height to put the UVB.
Thanks in advance!
-Ellen